Beer & Whisky

Beer

Hermit hoar, in solemn cell, Wearing out life's evening grey; Strike thy bosom, Sage! and tell What is bliss, and which the way? Thus I spoke, and speaking sigh'd Scarce repress'd the starting tear. When the hoary Sage reply'd, "Come, my lad, and drink some beer." -Samuel Johnson

Whether or not you believe it, I did not really care for beer before arriving in Deutschland. I have come to enjoy this nectar and try to taste local brews whenever & wherever I travel. Here are some of the brews I have tasted thus far. My favorite remains...

Brewery Tours

	2005 07	Palm Steenhuffel			MITRE/BEL + JT Goulet
	2004 07	Rochefort , Rochefort Abbey, Rochefort			JT Goulet
	2004 07	Maredsous , Abbaye de Maredsous, Maredsous			JT Goulet
	2004 07	Leffe , Notre-Dame de Leffe, Dinant			JT Goulet
	2003 04	Orval , Abbey Notre-Dame d'Orval, Orval			JT Goulet
		Westmalle , Abdij de Trappisten Westmalle, Westmalle
		Westvleteren , Sint-Sixtusabdij Westvleteren
		Achel , Achelse Kluis, St Benedictus
	2002 09	Cantillon , Brussels			Belongie, RP Galloni, JT Goulet, J Hammond, J Kuhn, JF Legrande
	2002 08	Heiniken , Zoutwoude
	1999 06	Yuengling , Pottsville, PA			JJ Goulet, W Goulet, JT Goulet
	1999 05	Privatbrauerei Franz Josef Sailer , Marktoberdorf, Bayern
	1995 05	Samson Brewery , Budějovický měšťanský pivovar a.s., České Budějovice			JT Goulet
	1994 05	De Halve Maan , Bruges			JT Goulet
	1994 05	Chimay Scarmount Abbey, Chimay			JT Goulet
	1994 04	Budějovický Budvar České Budějovice Ceské Budjovice & Pilsen compiled and presented by Gene Vogt.			G Vogt & A Moyer
	1994 04	Pilsner Urquell Plzen Ceské Budjovice & Pilsen compiled and presented by Gene Vogt.			G Vogt & Al Moyer
	1993	Pilsner Urquell Plzen			Keith Hans, Rob Gehl, David Dickerson, & I.
	1992	Dinkel Acker Stuttgart-Vaihingen
	1982 06	Heiniken , Amsterdam

Whisky

For me whisky used to also be something I would never have touched. If, like liver, you have to develop a taste; why bother. Then I met the Scottish Single Malts. It was a cold winter day, 22 Dec 1983, in Edinburgh, but that's another story. Unfortunately I have let my membership with the Scottish Malt Whisky Society (SMWS) lapse. My comments in this area therefore have been put on hold.

jtg