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Surfing Hop, Birra Toccalmatto (Fidenza, Parma, Italy): Strong ale with an Italian twist to them (sometimes owed to a Belgian yeast strain). (CS1) ALSO SUGGESTED: Skizoid Traquair House Ale, Traquair House Brewery (Innerleithen, Scotland): History in a bottle. Produced in the original estate brewery located under the chapel—fabulous warm or cool with notes of fruitcake, dark fruit and spices. Yes, I said fruitcake—in its only edible form. (LV) Trumer Pils, Trumer Brauerei (Salzburg, Austria) Uerige Doppelsticke, Hausbrauerei Uerige (Düsseldorf, Germany): Usually not available in Europe at all, it’s fairly easy to find in the U.S. market. (CS1) Trader Joe’s Vintage Ale,by Unibroue (Chambly, QC, Canada) ALSO SUGGESTED:Unibroue 15 Gose, Upright Brewing Co. (Portland, OR): A refreshing seasonal German beer style with a 300-year history, brewed with salt. (LM) ALSO SUGGESTED: Upright Brewing’s numbered French-inspired beers Waldhaus Pils, Waldhaus Brewery (Waldhaus, Baden-Württember, Germany): Arguably the most aromatic pilsner in Germany—the nice little brewery is in the southernmost part of the Black Forest. (CS1) Westmalle Extra, Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle (Westmalle, Belgium) Worthington’s White Shield,White Shield Brewery (Burton-upon-Trent, England): Now being produced in slightly greater quantities in Burton-upon-Trent, but still not at all widely available—a textbook bottle-conditioned ale. (SB) Zyviec Porter, Zyviec Brewery (Zyviec, Poland): Actually a black lager, matured for 90 days, it’s now a rare example of a Baltic porter. (RP) Contributors’ comments are identified by initials: Stephen Beaumont (SB), Jay Brooks (JB), Lew Bryson (LB), Kerry Byrne (KB), Chuck Cook (CC), Ray Daniels (RD), Horst Dornbusch (HD), Jeff Evans (JE), Charles Finkel (CF), Steve Hamburg (SH), John Hansell (JH), Steve Hamburg (SH1), Stan Hieronymus (SH2), Matt Kirkegaard (MK), Greg Kitsock (GK), Keith Klemp (KK), Rick Lyke (RL), Alan Moen (AM), Mikko Montonen (MM), Lisa Morrison (LM), Maryanne Nasiatka (MN), Ola Nilbrink (ON), Owen Ogletree (OO), Jerald O’Kennard (JO), Charlie Papazian (CP), Roger Protz (RP), Paul Ruschmann (PR), Don Russell (DR), Lucy Saunders (LS), Conrad Seidl (CS1), Carolyn Smagalsky (CS2), Matt Stinchfield (MS), Adrian Tierney-Jones (ATJ), Don Tse (DT), Lisa Variano (LV), Rob Ulich (RU), Bob Woodward (RW), Steve Winegar (SW), Brian Yaegar (BY). —compiled by Julie Johnson VOL. 31, NO.4 SEPTEMBER 2010 ALL ABOUT BEER 35