The Traveler Beer Company, based in Burlington, Vermont, released their Pineapple Shandy in their "Springtime Traveler's Variety Pack," with Illusive Grapefruit and Curious Lemon Shandy. It is a wheat ale made with pineapple juice. The pour is cloudy gold, the nose more candied sweet lemon than pineapple. But the pineapple
It's that time of year again. This week we will be running our favorite articles from Palate Press staff writers. In this piece, Born Digital Wine Award-winner Simon Woolf ruminates on wine and beer "faults." Brettanomyces and volatile acidity – these are a few of my favorite things. No really –
Perhaps the most vivid memory of my wine training is of repeated olfactory forays into containers stuffed with leather, lavender, grass, beef jerky, etc., in order to discover signature wine aromas and flavors. Though it may be cliche to use the term wine epiphany, I certainly had my fair share
Brettanomyces and volatile acidity – these are a few of my favorite things. No really – in the past month I've enjoyed both a wine and a beer that managed a perfect fusion of the two. Let me explain, lest you think I've gone clean out of my senses from
When it comes to 21st century microbrewers, I have a certain image in my head, probably heavily based around the world's most famous “Gypsy brewer” Mikkel Borg Bjergsø. Hailing from Scandinavia and sporting a resplendent fisherman's beard, Bjergsø is a defining figure in today's dynamic microbrewing world. Sophocles Panagiotou, master brewer
Let me get this straight: Budweiser bashes craft beer lovers as “fussy,” then Budweiser boasts of their own “beechwood aging.” Feels like it’s 2005 again, and I’m listening to Pope Benedict loudly oppose gay relationships while wearing faaaaaaabulous red Prada shoes. Fortunately for us, there’s a new Pope, and a
Cocktails, Culture and Customs from Turkey to Tennessee: With Jack Maxwell, host of Travel Channel’s new Booze Traveler series. Once there was a little kid who snuck into bars in South Boston and shined shoes. You could to do this in Southie a few decades ago, if you were a