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De Lambikstoempers Beer Weekend is August 26-27, 2023 at De Lambiek Visitor’s Center
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…
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Brussels’ BXL Beer Fest is August 27-28: 60 breweries, 400 beers!
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…
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De Lambikstoempers Beer Weekend is August 27-28, 2022 at De Lambiek: lambic beer heaven
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…
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Introducing “The Land of Geuze” & “Lambic Tours”
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…
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De Lambikstoempers 15th Annual “Days of the Oude Geuze” are October 16 and 17
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…
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Snallygaster beer fest in D.C. to feature eight premier Belgian breweries
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…