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Brew Day!… “Cuvée Covid”

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 / pursuitofabbeyness / Leave a comment

An experiment in ageing and “cutting” beer.

Store in a Quiet Place, or Tweeting in Tynt Meadow

September 1, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

This summer, England got its first certified Trappist ale. While not yet perfect, it already shows signs that it will honour Belgian abbey ale traditions in an authentically English accent – confident in its own quiet authority.

Sais Who?

April 30, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

An encounter with Mark Tranter, founder of the Saison-specialist Burning Sky Brewery, coincides with a homebrewed Grisette, inspiring some reflections on these rough-and-ready, Belgian workers’ ales.

Go! A Chronicle of Christmas in Beers

January 8, 2018November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

Board games, beers, Blimp, and a Bavarian tale make for a nostalgic chronicle of Christmas.

Brew Day!… “Memento Mori” Barley Wine

December 4, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

Making an ale that may require as long as a decade to reach its peak causes a brewer to mull over more than just the way a beer is put together. Thinking in decades makes the ageing of a beer analogous with the ageing of a man.

Brew Day!… Revisiting “Pacific Northwest”

November 6, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 1 Comment

Were brewers to be divided up into “tweakers” and “experimenters”, I would certainly find myself categorised as an experimenter. But I have been tweaking lately... and learning about the ageing of essential-oil components in hops.

Time: the Secret Ingredient

July 17, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 9 Comments

With Vintage Beer, Patrick Dawson has given us a handy, easy-to-use book on a topic that is attracting more and more attention from beer drinkers.

A “Word to the Weiss”

June 19, 2017November 5, 2018 / pursuitofabbeyness / 3 Comments

Why was Dany Prignon – the George Best of Belgian brewing, its Richard Feynman, its Doctor Who, if you will – enquiring after my drinking habits?

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