Author: Chuck Cook

  • Stokerij De Molenberg: Het Anker’s new distillery

    Stokerij De Molenberg: Het Anker’s new distillery

    While I primarily write about Belgium’s great beers and beer culture, when the opportunity arises, I do enjoy artisanal liquors. With a number of Belgian breweries, such as Pirlot, Craywinckelhof, and Wilderen now also having distilleries, the opportunities to indulge, and research artisanal spirits, have been frequent during my last several trips to Belgium. Brouwerij Het Anker of…

  • Brouwerij and Distilleerderij Craywinckelhof

    Brouwerij and Distilleerderij Craywinckelhof

    Louis Schrevens loves Scotch whisky. He also likes other types of distilled spirits, and beer. He’s building what would be a dream to many, a multi-purpose site where both beer and spirits will be born. It is located on the outskirts of Lubbeek, a little town near Leuven, in the Province of Flemish Brabant. “Brewery…