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THE Lambic Beer weekend in August
Heading to Belgium for a late summer trip this year, or thinking about it? If so, and you are a lambic/sour beer aficionado, I have some news for you. If you have no plans for a trip to “The Beer Country,” maybe I can change your mind. 🙂 De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated lambic beer…
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De Pandoerenhoeve in All About Beer Magazine
A short piece I wrote about one of Belgium’s great beer drinking spots, Cafe De Pandoerenhoeve and Heemerf Kaasstrooimolen, has been published in the July issue of All About Beer Magazine, on this page, as part of a larger feature article by multiple authors about great places to drink beer outdoors. Just in time for…
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Cafe Rose Red, a great Bruges bar
It only opened a few years ago, but in my opinion, Cafe Rose Red is one of the top three beer cafes in the beautiful medieval city of Brugge (Bruges.) Kris Veireman, who is the general manager of both Hotel Cordoeanier and the attached cafe, is a very passionate beer lover who is a great…
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Trappistes Rochefort, Part 2: Abbey, Church, Library
Well, it’s been awhile since I posted Part I of this Rochefort series. Here is part 2, finally: A look behind the scenes in the Abbey, Church, and library at the Trappist ‘l Abbaye Notre Dame de St-Remy, and its Brasserie Rochefort. This April 2013 tour was given by Frère Pierre, the monk in charge…
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Délices & Caprices: a great beer shop in Brussels
Our “Cafe of the Week” really isn’t a cafe, per se, but you can drink beer there. You can also buy beer to take home (or wherever else you plan to drink it. As long as you enjoy it.) Délices & Caprices calls itself: “The Belgian Beer Tasting Shop in the heart of Brussels,” and…
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ZBF (Zythos Beer Fest) article in Celebrator Beer News
I’m happy to say that I have a piece on the 2014 Zythos Beer Festival (ZBF) in the June/July issue of Celebrator Beer News. You can see the cover here and read the article beginning here There’s also a shot of a booth on the lower right side of page 3, here.
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Beer of the Day: Alvinne Niks Meer Nodig
I was fortunate enough to visit the great Nüetnigenough in Brussels twice last month, and enjoy the great food, beers, and hospitality of co-owner Olivier Desmet. Olivier is a huge beer lover, as anyone that visits his superb establishment will discover. He poured me and Stijn Van Houdt of Visit Flanders a very special dessert…
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“Welcome to Lambic Country” article in All About Beer Magazine now on-line
I’m happy to say that my cover feature in the March 2014 issue of All About Beer magazine is now on-line, for free, here Thanks to All About Beer for putting it on-line for all to see!
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Beer of the Day: Bockor Cuvee de Jacobins Rouge
A fine, delicious Flemish Red Brown beer from Brouwerij Bockor in Bellegem, West Flanders. The brewery is now renamed as Brouwerij Omer Vander Ghinste. Cuvee de Jacobins Rouge is based on a beer with 100% spontaneous fermentation. There is a huge coolship on the top floor of the brewery, and the Red Brown (Rood Bruin) is aged…
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Cafe Le Trappiste, Brugge
The wonderful, atmospheric new “Le Trappiste” in Brugge (Bruges) is already making fans from all over the world, despite opening just a little over a year ago. “The Trappist” first lured beer lovers on May 9, 2013, but it still feels new. Co-owner Regnier De Muynck has been a fixture on the Belgian beer scene…