Breweries
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Brasserie Trappistes Rochefort: the brewhouse
Last April, I paid a visit-my fourth since 2003-to l’ Abbaye Notre Dame de St-Remy, and its storied Brasserie Rochefort. The stunning brewhouse, said by many to one of the most beautiful in the world, continues to impress on every visit. The copper kettles and stained-glass windows create quite and effect, especially on sunny days.…
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Brouwerij Timmermans Oude Lambiek and Kriekenlambiek
Brouwerij Timmermans of Itterbeek has just launched two lambics for sale that beer lovers should be very interested in. The venerable brewery, which I covered in great detail here, just released Oude Lambiek 2011 and Kriekenlambiek 2012 in bag-in-box form. Brewmaster Willem Van Herreweghen and owner Anthony Martin had told me of their plans to…
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Aerial photos from Achouffe, with a red-hatted grain silo
Chris Bauweraerts, who co-founded Brasserie D’ Achouffe in 1982, is a big fan of model, remote-controlled airplanes. He’s also loves photography, and has paired the two to capture some pretty impressive aerial images of Houffalize, the small city where Achouffe is located. One of them is a grain silo covered with what looks like one…
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Château d’Ychouffe, Achouffe’s new dessert beer…and more from Duvel
Brasserie D’ Achouffe has a new beer, and it’s a unique, tasty one. The brewery is calling it “The missing link between beer and wine,” and it does have many wine- like qualities, due to the juice, skins, and seeds (also known as “must”) of dessert wine grapes. These grapes come from the Loupiac area…
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The Alvinne/De Struise Brouwers tap trailer
There’s nothing like having a portable trailer purpose built for housing a lot of different beers on draft. Good beers. Great beers, in this case. Anyone that’s had the pleasure of seeing-and drinking from-the Brouwerij Alvinne–De Struise Brouwers “Tap Trailer” will know what I mean. (I just made that name up, but it kinda sounds…
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Brasserie Cantillon 50 N 4 E
Another great from Brussels’ own, the great Brasserie Cantillon. This one uses lambic aged for 2 years in Cognac barrels. It is a collaboration between Cantillon and Cognac maker Grosperrin. It’s a superb beer, with a noticeable but not overdone character added by the cognac, and 7% abv. I picked this bottle up at Cantillon…