Intellectual Ferment of a Different Kind
~ “The past is a foreign country.” ~ You might have ended up here thinking this post was going to be about barley wines, Belgian quads, barrel-aged imperial stouts, or winter warmers. It’s not, much as I enjoy those typically malty styles. My apologies. Blame …
’Tis the season, once again. Chances are you’ve fended off the icy grip of a frosty December night with a cup of mulled wine at some point in your life, especially if you’ve been to Europe around this time of year. But mulled beer? Last …
Nose, nose, jolly red nose / And what gave thee that jolly red nose? Cinnamon and ginger, nutmeg, and cloves / And that’s what gave me that jolly red nose. At the beginning of his chapter on warm beer, W.T. Marchant expresses regret that “some …