Ritterguts Gose is a top-fermented, sourish and slightly salty-tasting ale that was first brewed in 1824. It is the beer specialty of Leipzig, German and the oldest still existing Gose (Goes-uh) brand in the world. Gose is a ancient style of beer that does not correspond to the German purity law. Even today, it is [...]

  Summer Solstice (solstice d’été) is a German inspired sour wheat beer known as a Berliner Weiss. The obvious and domineering acidity of this beer is obtained by letting the unboiled wort go sour for several days before fermentation. The beer is made complete by the addition, during the fermentation process, of a phenomenal quantity [...]

A pale, strong, fruity, hoppy Trappist ale from one of Belgium’s six official abbey breweries. Achel 8° is hard to find even in Belgium; in the U.S. it’s up there with the rarest of beers.  This blond, flavorful beer is a surprisingly refreshing brew at 8% alcohol by volume. It is lightly filtered, but still [...]