Mould's Beer Blog

Weyerbacher has been a most charitable brewery as of late.  Two campaigns from them have really stood out to me. Most recently, Dan Weirback, president of Weyerbacher, made a $12,336 donation to the Breast Cancer Patient Assistance Fund of the Lehigh Valley Health Network.  They donated $1.00 from every bottle of Althea that was sold (they sold all of it!).  The fund helps patients cover the costs of non-medical expenses related to their disease and their treatment.  The campaign was so successful, Weyerbacher will be brewing Althea again for next fall.  Althea is a belgian-style dubbel ale brewed with plums.  (It tasted fantastic, too.) Weyerbacher Althea, copied from my Instagram  Weyerbacher also donates a portion of the sale of every bottle of Last Chance IPA to small, regional, animal rescue operations.  According to their website, they have donated a total of almost $35,000 to these ope...

Hey everyone!  Tonight, I bring you this beer tasting with a winter storm cutely named Nemo knocking on my door.  With plans of staying inside for the next 12 - 20 hours, Kerry and I reactivated our Netflix streaming subscription.  Right now we are watching Adventureland, which has a few Velvet Underground/Lou Reed songs playing on the soundtrack.  There is lots of other good stuff too (The Replacements, Bowie, Husker Du).  Those are good, but it really makes me question why I don't listen to Lou Reed more.  I think I'm going to have to add him to my Pandora stations! Allagash Dubbel  In the world of craft beer, Allagash Brewing can't seem to do much wrong.  They have an incredibly strong core lineup of beers, including their White, Tripel, Black and Curieux.  Tonight I am going to drink a bottle of their Dubbel.  I have had this beer in the past, but not in quite some time.  With Allagash's reputation, I have high hopes this ...

Hey everyone!  Thanks for stopping by!  We had a pretty crazy storm in NJ last night.  It was windy as heck, and when Kerry and I woke up this morning, the power was out!  Today was also our dating anniversary!  I ended up just taking a personal day, and we got to spend the day together!  To celebrate the night, I opened a bottle of Otto by Victory Brewing!  Victory released this beer sometime last year, but I missed my chance then.  I was lucky to find a bottle at Petrock's in Hillsborough, NJ sometime before Christmas!  Time to uncork this one! Victory Brewing Otto Otto Victory Brewing Company Smoked Dubbel 8.1% ABV Victory Otto pours the classic brown with hints of red of a Belgian Dubbel.  It pours with a single finger width white head, which dissipates fairly quickly, and doesn't leave much lacing.  The smoke is apparent and strong in the aroma and flavor from the get go.  There's also dark fruits in t...

Hey everyone, I hope you've all been able to have a great weekend.  Today I am going to begin to explore the world of Chimay  as a result of a great Christmas present from my wife!  Hopefully along the way we can all learn something about this brewery/abbey that we did not know before. Chimay is a town in Belgium where the Scourmont Abbey resides.  The monks who live at the abbey operate a farm, a brewery and a cheese plant, all within the confines of the abbey.  The money the monks make selling their beer and cheese is used for the upkeep of Scourmont Abbey, and what is left they use for social services, such as aiding the poor and less fortunate. The Scourmont Abbey is known as a Trappist Abbey.  Monks who live at a Trappist Abbey follow the Rule of St. Benedict, which leads the monks to living a simple life, with no private possessions.  They live to follow their religion and to help those less fortunate.  It is important to note, that ...