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De Lambikstoempers “Beer Weekend” festival
De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s lambic country, organizes several events throughout the year. For the first time, I attended their “Bier Weekend” on August 30-31. This beer festival usually occurs during the last full weekend of August, and features over 100 different brews. The new venue for this…
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Antwerp’s Modeste Beer Fest is October 4-5
One of Belgium’s better beer festivals is coming up soon. The Modeste Beer Festival, held on the grounds and buildings of Brouwerij De Koninck in Antwerp, is set for Saturday and Sunday, October 4-5. The hours are 11 am to 7 pm, which will give you plenty of time to explore Antwerp’s many great beer…
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Maryland Brewer’s Harvest Festival, this weekend in Fell’s Point
It’s not exactly about Belgium, but there will be a major beer festival right in my backyard this weekend here in Baltimore. The first edition of the Maryland Brewer’s Harvest Festival will be held at Bond Street Wharf in historic Fell’s Point, from 2pm to 6pm. There will be a VIP session from noon till…
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Cantillon Bomb Shelter article in USA Today
I’m happy to say that my first newspaper article was just published. A 600 word piece I wrote about Cantillon’s Bomb Shelter Beer Cellar, “Revered beer ages in a bomb shelter” was published on USA Today’s website yesterday, July 12. The article also features a dozen photos from the cellar. USA Today has about 1.3…
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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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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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“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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Leuven Beer Tasting and Talks, April 25th….
Next weekend, April 26-27, Belgium’s premier beer festival will be in full swing in Leuven’s Brabanthal. The Zythos Bier Festival (ZBF) will feature over 100 Belgian breweries and 500 different beers. The city of Leuven has fully embraced the festival and its local beer culture since the festival moved to Leuven in 2012. In fact,…
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The Great Belgian Beer Dinner 2014 is next week in Ghent
What is likely to be one of the most remarkable beer dinners in Belgium in 2014 is next week. The “Great Belgian Beer Dinner 2014” initially sold out so quickly for the Wednesday, April 23 date-in just 20 minutes or so-that an extra day, Tuesday the 22nd, was added. For next Wednesday, extra tables will…
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Bier! Magazine available in English, for iPad
Bier! Magazine, the leading Dutch magazine on the subject of artisanal beer in Belgium, the Netherlands, and further afield, is now available in English, for the iPad tablet platform. The magazine has been around since 2008, and the English version is brand-new as of issue 21. Editor-in-Chief Fedor Vogel was one of my judging colleagues…