A very sweet series of imperial stouts, named after the Lost Generation, calls to mind Wilfred Owens’s critique of Horace’s “old Lie” that it is “sweet and fitting to die for one’s country.”
All in Poetry
"Spontaneous Me" and Bell's Leaves of Grass VII
The final installment in Bell’s seven-beer Leaves of Grass series is a wild-yeast fermentation that connects the unseen creation of all sorts of life.
Autumnal Poems and Land Grant's Lawnraker
An Oktoberfest beer for October 1, one that reminds me of the coziness offered by fall and a hometown brewery.
"The Prairie-Grass Dividing" and Bell's Leaves of Grass II
The second beer in Bell’s Leaves of Grass series, a plum gose for a poem about rural America.
"Song of Myself" and Bell's Song of Myself
More Whitman-inspired beers! This time, a “German-style American IPA” called Song of Myself, the first entry in Bell’s Leaves of Grass series.
"Song of Myself" and Walt Wit
In “Song of Myself,” Whitman broke with tradition; so does the Philadelphia Brewing Company’s “Walt Wit.”
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" and Ommegang's Lovely, Dark, and Deep
An Ommegang beer named after a line from Robert Frost prompts me to consider the ways that we evaluate beer.
"One Art" and Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere
A nostalgic farmhouse ale to go with my favorite poem, "One Art," by one of my favorite poets.