De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s lambic country, organizes several events throughout the year. The club is based in Halle, a historic old market town ten miles south of Brussels. One of the club’s premier events is their Bier Weekend, a beer festival that is usually held during the…
One of Belgium’s premier festivals is just a few weeks away. After an absence of two years due to the pandemic, the BXL Beer Fest will return, with a great lineup of breweries and beers from around Belgium, and the globe. BXL’s first edition was 2017, and I attended in 2018. The venue will again…
De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s lambic country, organizes several events throughout the year. The club is based in Halle, a historic old market town ten miles south of Brussels. One of the club’s premier events is their Bier Weekend, a beer festival that is usually held during the…
Patrick Van der Spiegel knows lambic beer. As a resident of Halle, ten miles southwest of Brussels in Belgium’s lambic country, he has lived his life savoring and enjoying lambic. I recently spoke with him regarding two of his projects, “The Land of Geuze” and “Lambic Tours” which both have Facebook and Instagram pages. The…
De Lambikstoempers, the premier lambic beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s Payottenland, Belgium’s lambic country, are holding their fifteenth annual “Dag van de Oude Geuze” or Day of the Old Geuze, the weekend of October 16-17. The venue is the Streekproductencentrum (Regional Products Center) in Halle, eight miles south of Brussels. Halle is linked…
The Snallygaster Beer Festival in Washington, D.C. is one of the premier beer festivals in the U.S.A. This years edition, which will be held on Saturday, October 9th, will feature no less than 200 different breweries from around the world, and over 450 different beers. The location is a beautiful one. I attended on a…
There is big news in the Belgian beer world today, and especially for the lovers of artisanal lambics brews. Lambiek Fabriek, a new lambic brewery and blendery that officially opened in 2016 in Ruisbroek, in the heart of the Payottenland, has been accepted into HORAL, The High Council for Artisanal Lambic Beers. Here is the…
HORAL’s Oude Geuze Mega Blend, is a brew released every odd numbered year as part of Toer de Geuze, held in Belgium’s lambic country. Oude Geuze Mega Blend 2019 is a cooperative effort between most of the lambic producers who participated in the 2019 Toer de Geuze, an open house which was held at most…
De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s lambic country, organizes several events throughout the year. The club is based in Halle, a small city ten miles south of Brussels. One of the club’s premier events is their Bier Weekend, a beer festival that usually is held during the last full…
What is sure to become one of Belgium’s most popular beer festivals will organize its second edition this year in a late summer event that will feature over 60 breweries from around the globe, and 300+ beers. The final list isn’t even complete yet. The BXL Beer Fest will take place at Tour and Taxis,…
