Posted in Belgium, beer, beer marketing, craft beer, food, pubs, travel on May 9, 2008 | No Comments »
I won’t be in Brussels on 7 June, but if I were, I would go for a birthday celebration! Happy birthday, Bier Circus, one of my favourite bars in the world! Sorry about the poster, I can’t get it right here.
Posted in Belgium, beer, travel on March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Even in a country like Dubai there is beer to be had, there is even a Belgian Beer Café. No doubt it is stocked by InBev, but in a region which is rather dry in all senses of the word, I suppose you are grateful for small mercies. And there are far worse beers than [...]
Posted in Belgium, Canada, Italy, beer, food, pubs, travel on February 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Back to Parma last week, and, as I wrote recently, I had used Google and Babelfish to do some research beforehand. Nothing much new and exciting at the places I have blogged about before, Mentana 104 and Birreria Underground, although I managed to find a salumeria delicatessen that had a few beers from the new Birrificio [...]
Posted in Belgium, UK, beer, beer marketing, brewing, pubs on January 29, 2008 | No Comments »
I was amused by the furious reaction of InBev over the Young’s Pub Company to throw out Stella in favour of other bland lagers.
Yes, it’s the pub arm of once proud and independent brewer Young’s of Wandsworth we are talking about. They have decided to to replace Stella with a number of other lager brands, [...]
Posted in Belgium, Italy, USA, beer, beer marketing, brewing, craft beer on January 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There is some interesting research being done on the various beer markets, but it usually comes with a hefty price tag. Take the reports from Minte, who have recently published an overview of imported beer in the US market.
On their web page you’ll find just the table of contents and an outline, with a few [...]
Posted in Belgium, beer, beer history, brewing, craft beer, travel, tagged Brussels, Cantillon, lambic on December 30, 2007 | No Comments »
I don’t know how long the good people over at mo’time will keep my inactive old blog up, so I’ll republish a few of the best posts of 2007 here. I haven’t found a clever way to migrate the whole blog. The first offering is from the end of February:
This micro brewery in Brussels also [...]
Posted in Belgium, France, UK, beer, travel, tagged Eurostar on December 6, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Nice of the Eurostar blog to link to my post about the Bier Tempel. And it got me thinking. How about a European Pub Crawl? Brussels-Paris-London during a long day? I’ll have to look up their schedules!
Posted in Belgium, beer, beer history, brewing, craft beer, travel, tagged , monastery, monks, St. Sixtus, Westvleteren on November 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A fine illustrated article in the Wall Street Journal today about the Westvleteren beer from the St Sixtus monastery in Belgium. For beer geeks like me, there is nothing new here, but for everyone else, it is an example of how endlessly fascinating the world of beer is.
Yet another beer story in mainstream media, it [...]
Posted in Belgium, beer, craft beer, food, pubs, travel, tagged Brussels on November 27, 2007 | 1 Comment »
OK, then, one more Brussels spot, this one a return visit.
It was the end of a long day of meetings, finishing up with a stand up networking dinner. Good food and pleasant company, but I needed some time of my own before going to bed. The Metro a few stops to the Central station, a [...]
Posted in Belgium, beer, craft beer, food, pubs, travel, tagged Brussels on November 26, 2007 | No Comments »
This pub is on the same street as the Bier Temple shop, but it is located at the end of a blind alley, so look for the sign, you won’t find any windows or doors inviting you in here.This is a serious beer bar. They have other drinks, too, but for once, this is focused [...]
