Flanders
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3 Fonteinen: New brewery, same great beers
New brewery officially christened on March 23, 2013 In March 2011, I mentioned on the pages of my blog, belgianbeerspecialist.blogspot.com, that 3 Fonteinen was likely to brew again, sometime in the near future. Brewer/blender Armand Debelder didn’t give me a specific time frame, and I’ve been waiting patiently for the day to come. When I…
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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…
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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…