Si je me sens vieux aujourd’hui, ce n’est pas seulement parce que je viens de fêter mon anniversaire. Non, c’est plutôt parce que je mesure toute la distance parcourue ainsi que l’énorme changement qui est arrivé au monde de la bière. En fait, j’ai énormément de chance que ma passion ait débuté pendant une période [...]
Posts Tagged ‘BFM’
Bière du mois (mars)
Posted: April 12, 2012 in Beer of the Month, Beer tastingTags: BFM, Bierzunft Wehntal, brasserie du pays Flamand, Emelisse, Erzbierschof, Evil Twin, Front Hexagonal de Libièration, Hoppin'Frog, Mont Salève, Närke, Oppigårds, Pleine Lune, ProMurten, Saint Bon-Chien, Struise, Talchern Bräu, The Bruery, Trois Dames
A look back at 2011
Posted: January 13, 2012 in Beer of the Month, Beer tastingTags: BFM, De Proef, Degenbier, Engadiner Bier, Erzbierschof, Lost Abbey, Mikkeller, Rietgassbräu, Saint Bon-Chien, Sudwerk
For the third consecutive year I have been able to taste an average of two beers a day, even setting a personal best mark of new beers with 777 (the good twin of 666, probably). After “vegetating” for years at about one new beer a day, I have now found my cruising speed. The fact [...]
Cellar cleaning
Posted: November 23, 2011 in Beer tastingTags: Achel, Belzebuth, Berliner Weisse, BFM, cellaring, Chimay, La Trappe, Landré, ratebeer.com, Rochefort, tasting, Trappist, vintage beers, Westvleteren
Once in a while (pretty rarely indeed…) I just don’t have enough motivation to rate beers and I only would like to sit back and enjoy the content of my glass. That is the major difference between a beerticker , who can just drink a beer and tick it, and a beer rater, who wants/needs [...]
Top Swiss beers by style: Stouts and Porters
Posted: November 5, 2011 in Beer tasting, Swiss beer scene, Top tenTags: BFM, Brasserie Artisanale de Fribourg, Faiseurs de Bière, Locher, Porter, Stout
I like … what do I say ? I love ranking lists ! It’s like this, I am definitely more a scientist than a poet… That is why I would like to present you periodically my personal top tens of Swiss beers in different beer styles. First of all, I must state something precisely: I [...]
8 days in the Swiss beer world
Posted: October 25, 2011 in Swiss beer sceneTags: Au Grain d'Orge, beer guide, BFM, Bière Buse, Bières de Neuch, biergenuss, Freiburger Biermanufaktur, l'Enclave, Murailles, Napf
For those of you who don’t know it yet, I have to say it again: the little beer world of Switzerland is far from being static ! Do you need a proof ? So take these 8 days from mid-October… It began with the opening festivity of the new Napf brewery (October 7th to 9th). Martin [...]
Sudwerk: der Beginn einer neuen Ära ?
Posted: August 6, 2011 in Breweries and Shops, Swiss beer sceneTags: Aare Bier, Altes Tramdepot, Öufi, BeSte, BFM, Bières de Neuch, Bief, Biervision Monstein, Brasserie Artisanale de Fribourg, Brasserie Artisanale du Dérochet, Brauerei.sh, Carlsberg, Coop, Degenbier, Faiseurs de Bière, Falken, G48, Gold Miner, Haldemann, Heineken, Käppelijoch Bier, l'Enclave, Luterbächlihof, Mungga, Officina della Birra, Pacific Pioneer, Rappi Bier Factory, Schwarzbuebe Bier, Sevibräu, Sierrvoise, Stein+Bock, Strättligen Bier, Striker, Sudwerk, Trois Dames, Turbinenbräu, UG Bräu, UHB, Unser Bier, Western Rider
Ursprünglich plante der Chefbrauer Gerry Farrell mit seiner brandneuen Brauerei Sudwerk in Pfäffikon, eine jährliche Produktion von 500 Hektoliter zu erreichen. So einfach zu schaffen, sollte dies, mit dem durch die beiden Giganten Heineken und Carlsberg geschlossenen Markt, wohl nicht sein. Kaum wurde aber die erste Flasche abgefüllt (Ende März 2011), kam Mitte Mai eine [...]
Beer of the Month (March)
Posted: April 30, 2011 in Beer of the MonthTags: BFM, ranking, Saint Bon-Chien
What could be a better way to start my blog, than to do it with a beer from the amazing Brasserie des Franches-Montagnes ? I can proudly say I have been a very early fan of Jérôme and his beers. I can remember having recommended his brewery to the Canadian beer writer Stephan Beaumont who [...]