I was recently sent thins by the guys over at Beer Tourism, so thought I’d share it with you. With 10 provinces and a seemingly endless number of different beer styles, Belgium can truly be called the Beer Capital of the world. The province of Antwerp kicks off with a Trappist, a straffe blond that […]
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Over the last few weeks I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked which pubs and bars we visited while we visited Bruges just before Christmas so to save me having to email/text/Facebook it every time I thought I’d put a quick run down on here, It’s by no means the definitive […]
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I’ve made this a couple of times now and served it with both Stoemp and skinny fries (the photo is of the skinny fries and salad version), it’s best done in the slow cooker but if you don’t have one you can do it one the stove or in the oven. The stoemp can be […]
View Post beef in ale, beef in beer, Belgian BeerWhat is your Brewery name and where did it come from? Brasserie de Brunehaut. Founded in 1890 in the village of Brunehaut, by the Allard-Groetembril family What is your brewery capacity? 4500 Hl/year What is different about your brewery? We are artisanal, we make NO compromise with quality, we grow our own barley, we have been the […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, Meet The BrewerFor Open It day 2 had had planned on drinking more than just one bottle of beer but an impromptu trip out to a lovely sunny Whitby and a tour of a few of it’s fine drinking establishments didn’t leave me with much time or much space in my considerably large beer belly. Not wanting to miss […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, open it, whiskyUnsure what to do during the day on new year’s eve and with the other half at work myself and Dave managed to swing some cheap train tickets to York so I decided to dig out the map I made for 2009’s trip with Mark from Real Ale Reviews add a couple of new pubs […]
View Post Belgian Beer, bottled beer, cask beer, IPA, keg beer, pub crawl, train beer, york, york beer, york pubsA few weeks back I recieved a Duvel gift pack and press release in the post, The pack contained 2 bottles of Duvel and a nice big branded Duvel Glass. The whole box is well put together and covered in the nice but simple Duvel branding, the box has lots of information about Duvel on […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Golden ale, Strong beerThe very kind guys and girls over at R & R recently sent me a bottle of Liefmans Fruit beer, which I in turn gave to my other half as she loves her fruit beers. Liefmans’ Fruit is a new introduction to the Liefmans range. It is based on older brother Liefmans Cuvée Brut (formerly […]
View Post Belgian Beer, Fruit BeerWay back in September I was sent these two bottles of Westmalle beer, One Tripel and one Dubbel, I decided the best way to tackle them would be one after the other. For those of you who haven’t heard of Westmalle it is brewed in a Trappist Abbey in Belgium, from what I have heard it’s only […]
View Post abbey beers, Belgian Beer, double, dubbel, tripel, WestmalleFollowing up from the £1 Ale Taste Challenge a few weeks ago I thought I would let you in on some of the ales i have been buying from the supermarkets over the week or two, not only have I found some absolute crackers I have manged to try/buy quite a few new ales. I […]
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