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From the Editor: Fall 2026, Issue 86
Howdy folks! It’s time for Issue 86 of The Beer Connoisseur Magazine! Beer has a funny relationship with time. We spend an awful lot of energy looking for what’s next, only to periodically rediscover something brewers figured out 50, 200 or 600 years ago and declare, correctly, that it is fantastic. This issue spends plenty of time looking in both directions. We begin in Eastern Idaho, where Heide Brandes combines fly fishing, local beer and the occasional bull moose in…
Chris Guest Beer Connoisseur editor at Brouwerij Bernardus in Watou, Belgium.
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Hanssens Oude Kriek bottle on wood tabletop.
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Hanssens Oude Kriek bottle on wood tabletop.
World Class Beer Highlight: Hanssens Oude Kriek
Some beers reveal themselves immediately. Hanssens Oude Kriek is not one of them. Dry, tart, funky and intensely fruited, this traditional Belgian lambic rewards attention and, as our judges discovered, considerable patience. After five years in the cellar, the bottle opened for our original roundtable review earned an extraordinary World Class rating of 99, placing it among the very best…
Einbecker Brauhaus historic beer in museum exhibit.
A Journey to Einbeck and Bock
When one thinks of Bock beer today, Bavaria, and Munich in particular, often come to mind. Yet the style’s roots…
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From the Editor: Fall 2026, Issue 86
Howdy folks! It’s time for Issue 86 of The Beer Connoisseur Magazine! Beer has a funny relationship with time. We spend an awful lot of energy looking for what’s next, only to periodically rediscover something brewers figured out 50, 200 or 600 years ago and declare, correctly, that it is fantastic. This issue spends plenty of time looking in both directions. We begin in Eastern Idaho, where Heide Brandes combines…
Chris Guest Beer Connoisseur editor at Brouwerij Bernardus in Watou, Belgium.
Chris Guest Beer Connoisseur editor at Brouwerij Bernardus in Watou, Belgium.
From the Editor: Fall 2026, Issue 86
Howdy folks! It’s time for Issue 86 of The Beer Connoisseur Magazine! Beer has a funny relationship with time. We spend an awful lot of energy looking for what’s next, only to periodically rediscover something brewers figured out 50, 200…