BELGIAN AND FRENCH BEERs Gold: Bardock – Belgian-Style Strong Ale from Cervecería Bardock Beer Company Silver: Limamanta Belgian Blond – Belgian-Style Blonde Ale from Cervecería Limamanta Bronze: Bicentenario – Belgian-Style Tripel from Cervecería Volcánica PALE ALE AND GOLDEN ALE Gold: Quinua – American-Style Cream Ale from Cervecería Cumbres Silver: Kontiki – American-Style Pale Ale from…
Category: Breweries
Backus Workers Achieve Contract, Avoid Strike
In the predawn hours of Tuesday, the union representing the workers of Peru’s Backus & Johnston S.A. brewing corporation, the Sindicato Nacional de Obreros de Unión de Cervercerías Peruanas de Backus y Johnston S.A., reached an agreement with the company after seventeen hours of negotiations. The agreement came about a mere hour or so from…
Buck Wild Brewing (Oakland, CA)
Buck Wild is one of a number of breweries that have opened in recent years in Oakland’s Jack London Square district. I had been interested in trying it since I met the owner, Mike Bernstein, a few years ago at a beer festival. That was well before they opened, but the beer he was pouring…
Wondrous Brewing Co. (Emeryville, CA)
After a COVID shut down-imposed delay, Wondrous Brewing Co. finally opened its doors to the public on May 12th. To say that it’s been a much-anticipated event may be a bit of an understatement. Wondrous is the brainchild of an acquaintance of mine, Wynn Whisenhunt -at one time we were both part of the same…