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Beers of Europe My original intention was to use this blog to archive pieces that previously appeared elsewhere. I’ve stalled a little in implementing this plan, but now is the time to return to it. I’m starting with this piece which first appeared over ten years ago, in the November 2005 issue of […] First published in Beers of the World April 2008 Beers of Europe The UK’s biggest range of international beers, comprising over 1,700 lines, can be found at a shop and warehouse in an industrial unit on the unpromisingly named Garage Lane, Setchey, just off the A10 on the rural southern outskirts of Kings […] Weltenburger Kloster Asam Bock Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 6.9% Origin: Kelheim, Bayern, Germany Website: www.weltenburger.de The Low Countries aren’t the only part of the world where monks mix with mash tuns: the German-speaking countries too have their brewing brothers, or at least breweries located in working monastery premises. […] Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 6.5% Origin: Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Website: www.latrappe.nl Koningshoeven La Trappe Dubbel The only official Trappist brewery outside Belgium is operated by the secular Bavaria brewery in partnership with the brothers of the Abdij Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven near Tilburg — for more background see the review […] Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 4.7% Origin: České Budějovice, Jihočeský kraj, Czech Republic Website: www.budvar.cz, www.budweiserbudvar.co.uk Budějovický Budvar tmavý ležák / Dark Lager Alongside Plzeňský Prazdroj (Pilsner Urquell), Budvar was already a famous Czech name in international beer circles before the Velvet Revolution, thanks in part to the international currency of the […] Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 8.5% Origin: Achouffe, Luxembourg, Wallonie Website: www.achouffe.be Achouffe La Chouffe and Mc Chouffe Today the Achouffe brewery is one of the most internationally familiar of Belgian micros, with its cheerful trademark “chouffes” (gnomes) grinning out from beer store shelves in more than 20 countries. All this […] First published in BEER May 2008 as part of a piece about Norfolk milds. Beer sellers: Beers of Europe ABV: 3.8 per cent Origin: Acle Website www.tipplesbrewery.com Tipples The Hanged Monk The English region most associated with mild is, of course, the West Midlands, still home to a good few classics in cask. […] |
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