28th January 2013

Next weekend will already be February, meaning I will be able to enjoy beer again. I'm looking forward to it, maybe I have to create some kind of ceremony. Don't forget to follow on Twitter and like the blog on Facebook

Espresso (England)

Adding coffee to beer seems like such a brilliant concept, especially on a night out. While the beer makes you sleepy, the coffee perks you up. Sort of like a less disgusting vodka/Red Bull. It could also work as a hangover pick-me-up. It has other advantages too, the taste being the biggest of these. If you like strong tasting dark beers then you should definitely give this a try. The coffee taste isn't overpowering, but gives the beer a sharp edge, which makes it all the more delicious.

21st January 2013

This hasn't been an easy week for me. I gave up smoking five days ago, so my weekend was filled with anger, withdrawal symptoms and a lot of lollipops. But so far so good. They say that my sense of taste should improve, so my reviews of these beers might be a little more accurate.

Stone IPA (USA)

Sometimes deciding to stop in for a quick drink to escape the weather when you're walking past a pub can be a great idea. We found a nice little pub in Helsinki where I found this very nice beer. Stone brewery are really confident in the beers they produce, and with very good reason. Hoppy and strong-flavoured, this is exactly the kind of beer that I've grown to love during my voyage through this book. 

14th January 2013

Following the advice of a friend, I've created a Twitter page for the blog. @1001beerquest if you want to follow what I get up to. I'll try to post stuff there, if I can figure out what the bloody hell I'm doing on there. 140 characters seems a little bit short for me, so maybe I need to learn some teenage text speak... roflwtfzomgtbx. Or something. Also, don't forget the Facebook page.

Brugse Zot (Belgium)

Whenever I go to the pub, I always make sure I have a piece of paper and a pen with me, just in case I find a beer from my book. Unfortunately, living with a woman forces me to clean sometimes, and it would appear that I've thrown away my notes for this beer. But here is a picture as proof that I did indeed drink it. So there's no review this week, just a picture of a beer and me saying "I drank this beer, but I don't remember what it was like." I do remember that I liked it, but other than that... The glass was nice too. 

To be honest, I'm almost at 150 beers, and only one missing photo and now one set of notes is not a bad record for me. 

7th January 2013

Welcome to the first blog update of 2013. Because of the New Year, I'm going to introduce a new format to the blog; I will review only one beer per week from now on. This is to increase the longevity of the blog, as my stash is running quite low and the beers are getting more and more difficult to find.

In other news, I've given up alcohol for the month of January. But don't worry, I have enough reviews of beers that I've already drank to see me through until February

Juniper Pale Ale (USA)

I always get excited when I find these little known (to me, at least) American beers. Not only because they're hard to find, but also because they're usually amazing. This one kind of bucks the trend though, it just wasn't that great. To  be honest, I'm not sure what juniper tastes like, but I didn't get any special flavour from this. It just tasted like an average IPA. But still, it was hard to find, I found it, now I can cross it off the list and move on.