tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1775685775324033312024-03-14T13:59:04.596-04:00Belgian beer and travelThe intent of this blog is to inform, educate, and entertain those who enjoy the brews of the greatest beer country, Belgium. I will also talk about Belgian-inspired brews and breweries, beer bars, beer events, and beer stores in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.comBlogger197125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-37376491344587232632013-12-05T15:42:00.004-05:002013-12-05T15:42:58.249-05:00Just a reminder....check out DrinkBelgianBeer.com!It's been a couple of months, so I thought I'd repeat it again: My new website,<br />
<a href="http://drinkbelgianbeer.com/" target="_blank">DrinkBelgianBeer.com,</a> is now live.<br />
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This blog will not be updated with any new material any more...so please point<br />
your browsers to the new website!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
<br />
ChuckChuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-41286402669788019322013-10-08T21:42:00.000-04:002013-10-08T21:42:00.264-04:00DrinkBelgianBeer.com is live!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
I haven't been posting much here of late, and there's a good<br />
reason for that.<br />
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It's called <a href="http://drinkbelgianbeer.com/">drinkbelgianbeer.com</a>. Yes, my new website is finally<br />
live. Please head on over and take a look!<br />
<br />
I probably won't be updating these pages much in the future,<br />
but I'll likely keep it active as an archive of past articles.<br />
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Or, maybe we'll move 'em to the new site. I haven't quite decided.<br />
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Thanks for years of reading and viewing....and I look forward to<br />
being far more active with DrinkBelgianBeer.com!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
<br />
ChuckChuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-45091148102843790332013-09-19T11:56:00.003-04:002013-09-19T11:56:50.872-04:00Stillwater Artisanal and The Brewer's Art craft new collaboration beers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Photo: Brian Strumke, smelling the wort</div>
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Brian Strumke, the gypsy brewer behind <a href="http://stillwaterales.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stillwater Artisanal Ales</a>,<br />
and <a href="http://www.thebrewersart.com/" target="_blank">The Brewer's Art</a> have teamed up again to produce a couple<br />
of new beers.<br />
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"This is sort of a 'remix' of each other's beers," Strumke told me<br />
on Tuesday, September 17, during the collaboration brewing day<br />
at Brewer's Art, in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon neighborhood.<br />
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"I came up with a take on their Green Peppercorn Triple. It's going<br />
to be Green Peppercorn Single. It's a golden ale using Tettnang,<br />
Styrian, Hallertau, and Sterling hops, with dried green peppercorns<br />
added. It will come in at around 4% abv," Strumke remarked. "It<br />
should debut during Baltimore Beer Week in October," he added.<br />
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Photo: some of the sage from Steve's garden</div>
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Brewer Rob Perry of Brewer's Art stated: "We brewed a beer called<br />
'Down Bar Door' which is our take on Stillwater Cellar Door. It's<br />
brewed with Amarillo and Citra hops, and sage from my colleague<br />
Steve's back yard. It will clock in at 4.5% abv, so is very sessionable<br />
as well. It should on tap here next week."<br />
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Around eight barrels of each beer was produced.<br />
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Both beers should be available at Brewer's Art and <a href="http://ofloveandregret.com/" target="_blank">Of Love</a><br />
<a href="http://ofloveandregret.com/" target="_blank">and Regret</a>, Strumke's bar/restaurant in Canton.Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-61258371599958167302013-08-28T23:43:00.001-04:002013-08-28T23:43:23.310-04:00Ebenezer's Belgian Beer Dinner 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Below is a link to photos from a fabulous beer dinner at Ebenezer's<br />
Pub in Lovell, Maine, last week.<br />
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I'll be writing about the dinner in various publications. I'll<br />
post info here about that when it happens.<br />
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See <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/belgianbeerspecialist/sets/72157635275556709/" target="_blank">here</a> for the photos. Click on the arrow button inside the<br />
rectangle in the top right corner to play as a slideshow.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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Cheers,<br />
<br />
ChuckChuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-65145745830109662292013-08-08T14:18:00.001-04:002013-08-08T18:02:11.930-04:00Lambic experts to speak at Ebenezer's Belgian Beer fest August 23<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oud Beersel)</div>
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Gert Christiaens doesn't get away from his Oud Beersel lambic<br />
blendery very often. The demand for his excellent lambic,<br />
Oude Geuze, Oude Kriek, and other beers far exceeds supply,<br />
so he's usually in Belgium, slaving away, producing more lambic<br />
so we beer lovers can be happy. He also runs the business, with<br />
the help of his father, Jos.<br />
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Good news, though: Gert is headed stateside in less than two weeks.<br />
You'll have to go to Maine to meet him, and hear a talk from one of<br />
Belgium's hardest working lambic makers. Gert will be there with Yves<br />
Panneels, one of the two brothers that run and own In de Verzekering<br />
tegen de Grote Dorst, one of the Payottenland's premier lambic cafes.<br />
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Grote Dorst)</div>
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Yves is also in charge of Public Relations for HORAL, the group that<br />
helps protect and promote lambic beer in Belgium. Yves is also an<br />
expert on lambic beer, and is Chairman of the "Geuzegenootschap" a<br />
Gueuze Society that organizes several special lambic events at his cafe:<br />
Night of the Great Thirst; Day of the Kriek; and Day of the Lambic.<br />
I have been to all of them. See <a href="http://www.beerconnoisseur.com/Belgiums-Best-Lambic-Cafe" target="_blank">here</a> for more info about the cafe.<br />
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In fact, this year's Night of the Great Thirst (Nacht van de Grote Dorst)<br />
will be on Saturday, August 24th at Ebenezer's Pub in Lovell, Maine.<br />
"I'll be bringing a special blend that the Gueuze Society made last<br />
December. It's drinking beautifully right now," Yves told me today.<br />
Night of the Great Thirst is held on even years in Belgium, hence<br />
the date in Maine for this year.<br />
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shirt, of Ebenezers Pub, Lovell, Maine.)</div>
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Yves will give a lecture titled: "The Typology of Lambic Beers"<br />
at Ebenezers on Friday evening, August 23. Gert will give a talk<br />
"The Revival of Oud Beersel and Authentic Lambic Beers" that<br />
same evening. Contact Ebenezer's Pub directly for details and<br />
ticket availability. See <a href="http://www.ebenezerspub.net/ContactUs.html" target="_blank">here</a> for their email address and telephone<br />
number.<br />
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Ebenezer's owner and lambic lover Chris Lively is organizing<br />
the events. As if anyone needed another reason to celebrate, Chris's<br />
40th birthday celebration is also the same day as<br />
the Night of the Great Thirst, Saturday August 24th. It surely<br />
should be a day of great enjoyment.<br />
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Lovell, Maine.)</div>
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There may be a slideshow to accompany the talks. This is sure to<br />
be a special event and sell out quickly!<br />
Ebenezers Belgian beer festival will run from Friday, August 23,<br />
through Sunday, August 25.<br />
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<br />Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-64902610647153366532013-07-31T15:48:00.002-04:002013-07-31T15:48:59.599-04:00Four Fabulous Cafes in the Payottenland-Celebrator Beer News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Well, looooong time no post here. Moving for the first time in five<br />
years, and writing content for a new website will do that to you.<br />
<br />
New website, you say? Yep. More on that later this summer.<br />
<br />
Meanwhile, here's a link to a piece I just had published in Celebrator<br />
Beer News. It's about four great lambic cafes in Belgium's lambic<br />
country.<br />
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Cover page is <a href="http://www.fricke-parks.com/CBN_Aug_Sept13/#/0/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
Article <a href="http://www.fricke-parks.com/CBN_Aug_Sept13/#/8/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Continues <a href="http://www.fricke-parks.com/CBN_Aug_Sept13/#/32/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
I just received the sad news that one of them will be closing soon,<br />
but I'll leave it to them to make the announcement.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
<br />
ChuckChuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-7200902594818093732013-04-25T05:54:00.002-04:002013-04-25T05:54:44.683-04:00Dry-hopped Girardin Oude Lambik to debut at Zythos Beer Fest this weekendZBF, Belgium´s biggest beer festival, begins in two days.<br />
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There are lots of special brews that will be offered, such as<br />
the unblended version of Liefmans Kriek.<br />
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There will also be 200 liters of Girardin Oude Lambik, run through<br />
a randall filled with Nelson Sauvin hops.This should be a great beer!<br />
<br />
Better get to the Girardin/Brouwerij Montaigu stand early. I know<br />
I will...Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-75152550014771665832013-04-14T16:28:00.003-04:002013-04-14T16:30:23.673-04:00Leuven's "Extra Muros" event, ZBF weekend, April 26-28. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(M Cafe, a great new bar in Leuven.)</div>
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Well, it's less than 2 weeks now to the second time the<br />
Zythos Bier Festival (ZBF) will be held in Leuven, Belgium.<br />
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(Part of the beer board at M Cafe.)</div>
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Leuven has embraced the festival like previous cities never<br />
did, as it promotes it own beeriness at the same time.<br />
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See my new article in Celebrator Beer News, "The Bars and<br />
Breweries of Leuven, Belgium" <a href="http://www.fricke-parks.com/CBN_AprilMay13/#/4/" target="_blank">here</a> for more info about the<br />
cities' pubs and local breweries in the region.<br />
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(Leuven's beautiful old town hall.)</div>
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So just what is "Extra Muros"? Well, the city of Leuven got together<br />
with local beer speciality bars and members of the local beer<br />
appreciation and promotion club, LBT (De Leuvense Biertherapeuten-<br />
"The Leuven Beer Therapists"-see <a href="http://www.lbt.be/" target="_blank">here</a> for more info) to develop<br />
events in the city worth a diversion during the ZBF weekend,<br />
April 26-28.<br />
<br />
During that weekend, bars in the city will offer beers that are not<br />
available at the fest, as well as several tastings and other events.<br />
About twenty bars are involved in Extra Muros over the weekend.<br />
<br />
The Extra Muros website, with details, is <a href="https://extramurosleuven.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
I expect that Friday night, April 26th, will be very busy, as the fest<br />
starts the next day.<br />
<br />
I <i>know </i>that Extra Muros will be a hit for beer lovers, as I have been<br />
drinking....I mean, researching, beer with LBT members, such as<br />
Luc Smekens and Steven Vermoere, for about 15 years. They know<br />
beer and they know Leuven, so it should be a fun, beery time.<br />
Be there. Tell 'em I told you so.Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-45528791573353324522013-03-15T23:13:00.000-04:002013-03-15T23:14:07.904-04:00Late 1940's-1950's St-Sixtus Abdij Westvleteren bottle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This Sint-Sixtus Abdij/Westvleteren bottle likely dates to<br />
the late 1940's or early 1950's, and is one of the few I have<br />
seen from Westvleteren with a label.<br />
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I have heard different stories behind the origin of the bottle.<br />
There are also two different versions: one with the word<br />
"Abt" in the lower left corner, and the other with "12" with a<br />
degree mark to the upper right of the "12." While the bottle<br />
shown above is slightly torn in the area, it is clearly the 12<br />
and not the "Abt."<br />
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This <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-cMYS3d8nU" target="_blank">video</a> from Tournée Générale Season 2 Episode 2 shows, at<br />
the 9.30 mark, Brouwerij St. Bernardus Sales and Marketing Manager<br />
Marco Passarella with a number of old St. Bernardus bottles, of which<br />
he says this one is the first ever with a label.<br />
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However, the bottle shown here and the third one from the left<br />
in the video both have the Palm tree of St. Sixtus on the label,<br />
rather than the metallic-appearing cross that appears on later<br />
St. Bernardus bottles.<br />
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<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/belgianbeerspecialist/2286217594/in/set-72157603966458566/lightbox/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/belgianbeerspecialist/2286217594/in/set-72157603966458566/lightbox/</a><br />
<br />
The photo linked above, which I took, shows the two of the same<br />
bottles on the floor of the old brewery at Westvleteren. So the question<br />
remains: were these bottles brewed and filled at Westvleteren, within the<br />
walls of the abbey, or at the St. Bernardus brewery in Watou?<br />
<br />
The website of expert Cyril Pagniez shows Westvleteren labels <a href="http://www.trappistbeer.net/trappist_portal.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br />
and St. Bernardus labels <a href="http://www.trappistbeer.net/trappist_portal.htm" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
Note that the 1941 Watou/St. Bernardus labels cannot have been<br />
made that year, as the St. Bernardus brewery did not exist until 1946.<br />
The 1941 date must have referred to something else.<br />
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If anyone can shed any light or has a definitive answer for this<br />
mystery, please let me know!Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-19345384702314222972013-03-09T08:58:00.002-05:002013-03-09T08:58:26.103-05:003 Fonteinen's new brewery set to be christened<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
3 Fonteinen has a new brewery, and it will soon be officially<br />
christened. I can't give details, but watch this space for news.<br />
<br />
Check out the brewery's new logo, above. Disregard the leafs<br />
at the top, as they are not part of it. Very cool, eh?<br />
<br />
Look for more and more great things (meaning beers!!) from<br />
a reinvigorated Armand Debelder, with the help of wife Lydie<br />
Hulpai and protege/brewery co-manager Michaël Blancquaert.<br />
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Full speed ahead.Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-56686818863368081852013-03-07T15:17:00.004-05:002013-03-09T08:11:44.415-05:00Biercentrum Delvaux and Brouwerij de Kroon<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Dr. Freddy Delvaux, and Peter Delvaux,</div>
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There are a lot of very interesting projects
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right now, and I’ve had the privilege of visiting many of them in the
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Professor Emeritus
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sons Dr. Filip
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Dr. Freddy
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creation
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went on to
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where he
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was
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the
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has worked at the
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consulting company where
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lab analysis for about
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During my
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of the breweries
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our analysis from
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That’s certainly a nice advantage of visiting
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Freddy then
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doing something
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Belgium. I’m past
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my position at KU
Leuven in the near future. So, we looked for a suitable </div>
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site for our plans and
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The locale is
Brouwerij De Kroon (The Crown) in Neerijse, a little town </div>
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about 10 km south of
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1972. The German army took away
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The old
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opens. The last
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of the old
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trucks to add to
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“Let’s see
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without hesitation. “This is a 5-hectoliter
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Velo system, where we will make many
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automated, so we can do as many as three or
four batches a day if we want,” </div>
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Freddy commented. He continued: “We will serve
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that will also be constructed here. We’ll have piping
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to the brewpub, and there will be four duotank
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brewpub. But there
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served here is fresh.
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Down the road
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But that is
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we may
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consult for,” Freddy remarked. Some
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being new beers at breweries that enlist
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a tasting room
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some of the brewers
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course in the not
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of it!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Peter Delvaux
ran an event management company for 15 years, and he will </div>
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manage the brewpub,
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Barrel-aging,
you ask? Yes, indeed. Ask and ye shall receive: “It’s another </div>
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very interesting
thing that we want to do here, and we will have barrels in </div>
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the cellar, aging
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that yet,” Filip
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Hmmm, with a
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cellar…it makes one
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sides of Brussels. Places
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St-Ulriks-Kapelle, and Vlezenbeek. But
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Neerijse is
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will tell, but my
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The lab that
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Biercentrum Delvaux. “Beer
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running first,” Freddy
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labwork during my visit, late on a Friday afternoon. I had the
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“This is what
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de Kroon will
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brewery, and brewpub
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Belgian specialty beers. In short,
it will be <i>the </i>place to be for
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lovers!”<o:p></o:p></div>
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on April 22nd. That, my
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Special thanks go to Marie and Tourism Vlaams-Brabant for<br />
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It's a shame this 1963 Abdy Westvleteren bottle is empty.<br />
Perhaps this one contained the mighty 12, or Abt as it was<br />
known in those days. Must have been a <i>good</i> one. Or a<br />
great one.<br />
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I'm a little late posting this, but as it is <i>still</i> the current issue,<br />
I'll tell you that I have a 1,000+ word piece on several<br />
Belgian subjects in the February/March issue of Ale Street<br />
News.<br />
<br />
and you can read it, <i>for free</i>, <a href="http://editions.us.com/alestreet_020313/#/10-11/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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I'll let you know that I covered Brouwerij De Plukker,<br />
Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle, Brouwerij Alvinne,<br />
and B&B with cafe, De Schraevenacker.<br />
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I hope you enjoy it!<br />
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<br />Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-18619028107710660582013-02-10T19:59:00.000-05:002013-02-10T19:59:05.254-05:00Belgian Spring Beer Fests article in BUZE Magazine<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm happy to say that I have a nearly 1,000 word piece on<br />
three of Belgium's best spring beer festivals in the second<br />
issue of BUZE Magazine.<br />
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BUZE is a digital magazine targeted at tablets like iPads.<br />
The first two issues are available for the iPad, and for issue<br />
3, it should be compatible with Amazon Kindle Fire HD as<br />
well.<br />
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I cover the superb Toer de Geuze, the open house where many<br />
of Belgium's lambic producers open their doors to the public<br />
for a day, every two years. It is Sunday, April 21st this year.<br />
<br />
The Zythos Beer Festival, Belgium's premier beer fest, is<br />
also a focus. There should be close to 500 beers on offer<br />
on April 27-28 in Leuven.<br />
<br />
The Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation is the third in<br />
this trio. It's focus, as the name suggests, is lambic-based<br />
brews. It will be held May 25-26 this year, in Buggenhout,<br />
East Flanders.<br />
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You can read about these fantastic events by downloading<br />
the BUZE app at the iTunes store <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buze-magazine/id570210741?ls=1&mt=8" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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Cost is $3.99 for a single issue or $19.99 for a year.<br />
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Enjoy!Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-42476778612735997462013-02-06T18:45:00.000-05:002013-02-06T19:01:26.280-05:00Microbrouwerij Urthel and De Hoppeschuur<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm happy to say that I have a nearly 1,000 word article on<br />
the new project of Hildegard and Bas van Ostaden in the<br />
February/March issue of Celebrator Beer News.<br />
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I wrote about Microbrouweij Urthel on these pages in<br />
January 2012. You can read that post <a href="http://belgianbeerspecialist.blogspot.com/2012/01/microbrouwerij-urthel-and-de.html" target="_blank">here</a><br />
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My first visit was in September 2011, and I returned for<br />
a second visit-and a meal-at the new De Hoppeschuur<br />
restaurant in December 2012. De Hoppeschuur means<br />
"The Hop Barn," and the excellent new restaurant is<br />
adjacent to the brewery.<br />
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Inside De Hoppeschuur</div>
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You can read about it in on pages 2, 8 and 45 at:<br />
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I urge anyone that can to visit this fine brewery and<br />
restaurant located in the countryside of West Flanders,<br />
Belgium!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen is almost ready to brew again,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">probably sometime this month.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
Look for a full report on the new brewery and 3</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fonteinen's future, soon. Meanwhile, check out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the photo sent to me by Armand's wife, Lydie</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hulpiau, yesterday. Lydie is 3 Fonteinen's</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marketing and Sales Director.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
It could be brewery co-manager/assistent</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">brewer Michael Blancquaert, putting the finishes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">touches on a new brewery sign that should be </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">visible from far away. </span><br />
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<!--StartFragment--><!--EndFragment-->Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-70421172940521646302013-01-09T17:32:00.001-05:002013-01-09T17:32:50.744-05:00Trappist Abbaye du Mont des Cats cheese makery tour<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
I know it's not about Belgium, and not directly about beer...<br />
but here's a link to a little slideshow I put together from photos of<br />
my tour at the Trappist Abbaye du Mont des Cats Fromagerie<br />
in northern France. French Flanders, to be exact.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/belgianbeerspecialist/sets/72157632476736028/show/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/belgianbeerspecialist/sets/72157632476736028/show/</a><br />
<br />
The Mont des Cats Abbey was, after all, the mother abbey of<br />
Sint-Sixtus, which brews the Westvleteren beers, and<br />
Koningshoeven in the Netherlands, which brews the<br />
La Trappe beers.<br />
<br />
One of their four cheeses is made with their beer, which is<br />
brewed at Chimay.<br />
<br />
They also have a shop and a tavern/cafe/brasserie on site<br />
where you can purchase both their cheeses and beer. It's<br />
well worth the visit if you love cheese and beer, which yours<br />
truly surely does. The shop's website is <a href="http://magasin.montdescats.over-blog.com/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
Danny Van Tricht and I visited on a cold December day. A<br />
day when both the main roads were closed due to construction,<br />
and the last remaining road coming from the Poperinge area,<br />
just 15-20 minutes away, was a winding, narrow country lane at<br />
best. With snow or ice on the ground, it would be nearly impassable.<br />
<br />
Brother Bernard-Marie greeted us in the Abbey, where we talked<br />
about cheese and beer. He told us that the Abbey was founded in<br />
1826, and cheese making began in 1849. There was also a<br />
brewery as well from 1848 until the First World War, when the<br />
German army took away the copper kettles.<br />
<br />
We then headed to the Fromagerie, where we donned white<br />
lab coats, hair nets and special rubber shoe covers. Tours are<br />
rarely given at this cheese-makery. In fact, I'd say the<br />
workers were shocked to see visitors, especially those toting<br />
cameras.<br />
<br />
The tour was quite fascinating, and seeing cheese ripening<br />
is becoming a welcome site for me. The milk is provided by<br />
local farms, and most of the Mont des Cats cheese is sold in the<br />
local region, while a small portion makes it to Paris and also<br />
to Belgium.<br />
<br />
The four cheeses are: Dessert des Trappistes, Le Flamay de<br />
l'Abbaye du Mont des Cats, Grands Mont des Cats, and<br />
Mont des Cats à la Bière Trappiste.<br />
<br />
For more info about the abbey and their products, see <a href="http://www.abbaye-montdescats.fr/" target="_blank">here</a>Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-27336051263127561192013-01-03T19:37:00.003-05:002013-01-03T19:37:33.849-05:00"New Breweries Fermenting in Old Belgium" in Celebrator Beer News<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
I have a 1,300 word article in the December 2012/<br />
January 2013 issue of Celebrator Beer News, titled<br />
"New Breweries Fermenting in Old Belgium."<br />
<br />
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Brewer Anne-Cathérine Dilewyns with a </div>
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Dilewyns Winter beer</div>
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I cover Brasserie de Bastogne of Luxembourg province;<br />
Brouwerij Dilewyns and brewer Anne-Cathérine Dilewyns<br />
of East Flanders; Huisbrouwerij Danny of Erpe-Mere,<br />
East Flanders; Brouwerij Den Triest of Flemish Brabant;<br />
Brouwerij Anders and Brouwerij & Alcoholstokerij<br />
Wilderen of Limburg Province; as well as Brasserie de<br />
Bierkaai in Limburg.<br />
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Brewer/Owner Danny Hoffelinck, </div>
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Huisbrouwerij Danny</div>
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Marc Struyf, brewer/owner of Brouwerij</div>
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Den Triest, in his atmospheric tasting cafe</div>
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Luc Van Esch, owner of Brasserie de Bierkaai</div>
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Bart Durlet, Brouwerij Anders</div>
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The article is now on-line where anyone can read it<br />
for free <a href="http://www.fricke-parks.com/CBNDec_Jan12_13/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
I hope everyone enjoys it!!<br />
<br />
Cheers,<br />
ChuckChuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-54211067704589111042012-12-21T11:47:00.003-05:002012-12-21T14:35:17.009-05:00BÜZE Magazine debuts, with Antwerp Province article<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Another day, and another magazine debut.<br />
<br />
With a Belgian beer article.<br />
<br />
Gotta love it. Happy Friday.<br />
<br />
BÜZE Magazine: A Modern Drinks Resource, in the works for<br />
a number of months, is now live and available for download at<br />
the iTunes store here:<br />
<br />
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buze-magazine/id570210741?ls=1&mt=8" target="_blank">https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/buze-magazine/id570210741?ls=1&mt=8</a><br />
<br />
BÜZE is digital only, and issue 1 is compatible only with iPad<br />
and iPad mini.<br />
<br />
With issue 2, Amazon's Kindle Fire HD will also be supported.<br />
<br />
BÜZE Magazine is the world's first digital, interactive, all-drinks<br />
magazine.<br />
<br />
I have a 1,000 word piece on breweries in Antwerp Province,<br />
including De Koninck; Den Hopperd; Dijkwaert; Duvel-Moortgat;<br />
Het Anker; 't Hofbrouwerijke; and Trappist Westmalle.<br />
<br />
BÜZE's Director is Cary Hyodo, who I used to work with at<br />
Taps: The Beer Magazine, as he was Art Director there. Cary<br />
left Taps to work with BÜZE.<br />
<br />
Taps, a Toronto, Canada-based magazine, pulled out of the USA<br />
market and back to Canada early this year, and is concentrating<br />
more on Canadian stories and less on international ones than in<br />
the past.<br />
<br />
BÜZE has articles from all over the world, as you will see in<br />
the first issue. Writers such as Melissa Cole, Steve Beaumont,<br />
and others provide fine editorial.<br />
<br />
I'll be doing a series on breweries in all of the Belgian provinces<br />
over time, and other pieces on beer fests, distilleries and cafes<br />
are also possible.<br />
<br />
If you are interested in advertising in BÜZE Magazine, please shoot<br />
me or Cary Hyodo an email.<br />
<br />
I look forward to working in this exciting new digital format.<br />
<br />
<br />Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-45287937629017652832012-12-20T14:16:00.000-05:002012-12-20T20:17:53.604-05:00Beers of the World Magazine returns, with Limburg Province article<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
I'm happy to report that a great beer magazine has been<br />
resurrected after a more than three year hiatus.<br />
<br />
Beers of the World, of the U.K., which stopped publication<br />
in 2009 after four years, has been purchased by a new<br />
owner. It re-debuted in the UK with issue 26 in November,<br />
and is now available in the USA at bookstores such as Barnes<br />
and Noble.<br />
<br />
Former editor Sally Toms is back at the helm, and excited is<br />
to return to the world of craft brewing.<br />
<br />
I have a 1,500+ word piece on breweries and cafes in Limburg<br />
Province, featured on the cover of the magazine.<br />
<br />
I cover several breweries in the story, including Ter Dolen;<br />
Anders; Wilderen; Den Toetëlèr; and Stadsbrouwerij Au Phare.<br />
<br />
Other locales include Het Middelpunt; De Bierkaai; and Daniel's<br />
Drinkmarket.<br />
<br />
I'm not the only American with a Belgian beer article in the issue,<br />
either: Joe Stange, co-auther of "Around Brussels in 80 Beers"<br />
has a piece on Cafe De Kunstemaecker in West Flanders as well.<br />
<br />
See: <a href="http://www.beers-mag.com/" target="_blank">here</a> for subscription information. Beers of the World is also<br />
available for iPhone and iPad via an app at the iTunes store.<br />
<br />
Beers of the World gave excellent coverage to Belgium's beer<br />
scene in the past, and it seems that is going to continue with the<br />
resurrected mag.<br />
<br />
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When I first visited lambic brewer Brouwerij Timmermans<br />
of Itterbeek in November 2008, I was impressed. Belgian<br />
reporter/photographer Danny Van Tricht and I tasted several<br />
different vintages of lambic and kriekenlambic right from<br />
their oak barrels; these had from a few months of age to<br />
several years, and were as good as other straight lambics<br />
I had tasted from other well known lambic breweries and<br />
blenderies.<br />
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Our guide, Key Account Manager Dimitri Demol, then<br />
mentioned that Timmermans had blended an Oude Gueuze<br />
for the first time in many years. We tasted it, and found it<br />
a very pleasing, tart, refreshing brew. An unsweetened,<br />
proper Oude Gueuze.<br />
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When Dimitri commented that an Oude Kriek was in the<br />
works, I knew this would be a special one, as I greatly enjoyed<br />
the one year old kriekenlambic we had tasted.<br />
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The Oude Gueuze had matured well by the time I attended<br />
Toer de Geuze in April 2009, and now it is a one of the<br />
brewery's year-round brews, and is available in the USA.<br />
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I'm happy to say that a batch of Oude Kriek is headed<br />
stateside sometime in early 2013, and I highly recommend it,<br />
having tasted it in Belgium several times now.<br />
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Timmermans has been experimenting a bit more in the last<br />
few years, and for the first time sent a pumpkin infused<br />
lambic to the U.S. this year, called Pumpkin Lambicus.<br />
I will openly state that I am not a big fan of pumpkin beers,<br />
but this one really pulled it off well. The pumpkin flavor and<br />
spices are very mild, and a very pleasing tartness makes for a<br />
well-balanced brew with minimal sweetness. At only 4% abv,<br />
it is a great session beer. This one was a big hit at "A Weekend<br />
of Belgian Beer" at Hudson Street Stackhouse in late October.<br />
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Timmermans also has a lambic-wheat beer blend, called<br />
Timmermans Tradition Lambicus Blanche. This brew has<br />
a base of malted wheat, with coriander and orange peel<br />
added as spices. The lambic adds a light tartness to the<br />
blend. This beer is very easy drinking, with a touch<br />
of sweetness and 4.5% abv.<br />
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In addition, the brewery offers several other lambics<br />
blended with various fruits.<br />
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I look forward to more innovation on the part of this<br />
venerable, photogenic brewery, which was founded<br />
in 1702. See: <a href="http://www.anthonymartin.be/en/timmermans-brewery/" target="_blank">here</a>Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-13249465869362128412012-11-25T07:48:00.000-05:002012-11-25T07:48:30.891-05:00The "Day of the Lambic" is in 2 weeks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">On Saturday, December 8, one of Belgium's premier </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">lambic events will be held at its premier lambic beer </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">cafe: In de Verzekering Tegen de Grote Dorst (In the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Insurance Against the Great Thirst.) The cafe is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">located in Eizeringen (Lennik) in the Payottenland.</span><br />
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The "Dag van de Lambiek," as they say in Flemish,<br />
is an event where Yves and Kurt Panneels, who own<br />
the cafe, have many straight, unblended lambics on<br />
offer from the various lambic breweries and blenderies<br />
in Belgium. "It's a feast for lovers of unblended<br />
lambics!" Yves told me. "Most are served from barrels,"<br />
he added.<br />
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surrounding the
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This is the fifth year of Day of the Lambic, which </div>
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not enjoyed during the event were blended to make</div>
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a special, very rare Oude Geuze. </div>
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Only 24 bottles in the 75 cl size and 15 in the </div>
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1.5 liter Magnum size were filled in 2008, and </div>
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these are getting very hard to find now. I wrote </div>
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about this beer in 2010, <a href="http://belgianbeerspecialist.blogspot.com/2010/09/worlds-rarest-oude-geuze.html" target="_blank">here</a></div>
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it, or age it for a few more years and open on a</div>
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special occasion, is something I haven't decided. </div>
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to 8 pm, see: <a href="http://www.dagvandelambik.be/">http://www.dagvandelambik.be</a>.</div>
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Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-9282402515824785792012-11-20T16:51:00.000-05:002012-11-20T16:51:10.956-05:00Belgian beer, brewery, and cafe images available as prints<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
First: Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it!<br />
<br />
OK, back to Belgium.<br />
<br />
During my visits to 130 Belgian breweries and over 300 beer<br />
specialist cafes since 1994, I have captured about 25,000<br />
images. For the last four and a half years, I have been using<br />
a Canon digital SLR: a 12 megapixel Digital Rebel, with<br />
Canon lens.<br />
<br />
I have just started offering some of these for sale as prints<br />
through Fine Art America. Here is their <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. A direct<br />
link to my profile is <a href="http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/charles-cook.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
<br />
With this site, you can choose the type of print, as well<br />
as different sizes of prints. Art, canvas, acrylic, framed,<br />
and metal are offered, as well as greetings cards.<br />
<br />
The images you see on the site are not the highest<br />
resolution versions, to prevent theft. However, the<br />
prints are made using the high-resolution,<br />
unwatermarked images. You can see a preview of<br />
this on the site.<br />
<br />
Fine Art American processes the order, makes<br />
the print, and mails it to you. There is even a 30<br />
day money back guarantee!<br />
<br />
I've started with photos from Brasserie Dupont, as well<br />
as a number of photos from the cellar at Cafe Bodega<br />
(the first beer cafe owned by the owners of the Kulminator<br />
in Antwerp) as well as the cellar at Brouwerij Liefmans<br />
and some other places.<br />
<br />
Many more images will be added over the course of time,<br />
so check back at the Fine Art America site frequently.<br />
<br />
With Christmas right around the corner, why not reward<br />
yourself, or a friend, relative, or significant other, with<br />
a print of a beautiful Belgian beer scene?<br />
<br />
Bar, restaurant and retail shop owners, take note: you might<br />
as well get some prints too, and impress your Belgian beer<br />
loving customers!<br />
<br />
PS If anyone has seen a specific photo that I have captured<br />
that interests you, send me a mail and I will see if I can get<br />
it uploaded on the site.<br />
<br />
<br />Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-8132418019535496642012-11-13T11:40:00.001-05:002012-11-13T11:41:35.190-05:00The Coast to Coast Toast Part 2 is this Thursday!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />
Vanberg & DeWulf's "Coast to Coast Toast" returns for a second year<br />
this Thursday, November 15. V&D founders Don Feinberg and<br />
Wendy Littlefield created the Toast last year to celebrate their 30th<br />
anniversary of importing Belgian beers to the U.S.<br />
<br />
Don and Wendy import great beers from breweries such as Dupont,<br />
Dubuisson, Dilewyns, Slaghmuylder, and De Scheldebrouwerij,<br />
among others. <br />
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Here in Baltimore, <a href="http://www.maxs.com/" target="_blank">Max's Taphouse </a>will have numerous beers from the<br />
V&D lineup on tap, and <a href="http://www.hudsonstreetstackhouse.com/" target="_blank">Hudson Street Stackhouse</a> is signed up for the<br />
event as well. <a href="http://www.locohombre.com/" target="_blank">Alonzo's</a> is too.<br />
<br />
You can read more on the official event page <a href="http://belgianexperts.com/coasttocoasttoast/" target="_blank">here</a>. For ten things you<br />
should know about the C2CT2, see <a href="http://beerpulse.com/2012/11/top-ten-things-to-know-about-vanberg-and-dewulfs-coast-to-coast-toast-2/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
You can enter a drawing to win a trip to Belgium, <a href="http://beerpulse.com/2012/10/the-ultimate-belgian-brew-tour-enter-to-win-a-free-trip-to-belgium/" target="_blank">here</a><br />
<br />
Enjoy! <br />
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<br />Chuck Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17571230088385514699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177568577532403331.post-3034624615595574792012-11-07T11:42:00.001-05:002012-11-12T15:32:38.977-05:00Seefbier, an old Antwerp style is reborn....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Belgium has a "new" beer, and it's an interesting one. "Seefbier" was<br />
launched in Belgium in March, and what was projected as a<br />
seven-month supply sold out in two weeks!<br />
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The driving force behind Seefbier is former Duvel/Moortgat Marketing<br />
Director Johan Van Dyck, with his Antwerpse Brouw Compagnie.<br />
Van Dyck, who lives in Antwerp, became intrigued-even obsessed,<br />
he might tell you-with finding the recipe for a style of beer that was<br />
said to be the most popular one in the city from around 1800 to about<br />
1930.<br />
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Karen Follens, founders of </div>
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Seefbier is mentioned numerous times in local historical records.<br />
An 1863 account called it a "white beer that foamed like champagne,<br />
and went to and the head like port." A 1904 account said that it was<br />
a "Poor man's champagne."<br />
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An area of Antwerp called the Seefhoek was actually named after<br />
Seefbier: "In those days, this was the area where all the nightlife,<br />
dance halls and bars were located. Since a beer was at that time<br />
synonymous with Seef, that part of town was nicknamed the beer<br />
area, or Seefhoek," Van Dyck remarked. "In fact, that area is still<br />
called the Seefhoek!" he added.<br />
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Van Dyck told me during a recent interview: "I searched for two<br />
years to find a recipe. I searched the city archives, old newspapers,<br />
talked with descendants of old brewing families, and even<br />
interviewed elderly people in retirement homes, hoping to find an<br />
old brewer. I finally found a brewer's handwritten notes. At that<br />
point, I knew I needed help to translate this old recipe to modern<br />
brewing equipment."<br />
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Van Dyck contacted Professor Freddy Delvaux and his son Filip<br />
of the Catholic University of Leuven. Both men are highly respected<br />
scientists in the field of brewing in Belgium, especially in the area of<br />
fermentation. Both agreed to help analyze the recipe and help recreate<br />
Seefbier.<br />
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Van Dyck stated: "We test-brewed several batches of Seefbier, </div>
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true to the original recipe, with ingredients such as wheat,<br />
buckwheat, oats, malted barley, and Belgian hops, as well as a<br />
historic yeast strain. It is a very cloudy beer, somewhat akin to<br />
a witbier, but without spicing. It’s also a bit stronger, at 6.5% abv.”</div>
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Van Dyck continued: "Seefbeer is completely against all current<br />
beer trends in Belgium: everybody is now making extra hopped,<br />
high ABV beers, or other more 'experienced' beers such as sour<br />
brews. Seefbeer is the complete opposite: instead of an complex<br />
or extreme 'sipping' beer, it is a very mild, soft and balanced brew,<br />
with a subtle taste and similar aromas. The bitterness is even lower<br />
that a standard Belgian lager, at 17 ibu."</div>
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I tasted the beer at the Zythos Beer Festival in Leuven in April,<br />
and found it an interesting, refreshing brew. But that was a long<br />
weekend with many beers, so I decided to taste it again. Last night.<br />
It is indeed as I remembered, an easy-drinking, cloudy, refreshing<br />
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Seefbier, in fact, already has an accolade under its belt. It </div>
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won a Gold Medal in the Belgian "other" style category in </div>
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the World Beer Cup Awards in San Diego in May.</div>
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Seefbier is currently brewed at <a href="http://www.roman.be/"><span class="s1">Brouwerij Roman</span></a> in </div>
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Oudenaarde, East Flanders. I visited this brewery in </div>
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2007, and it is a great place to have a beer brewed. </div>
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It has a beautiful brewhouse with copper kettles and </div>
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Roman is a member of The Belgian Family Brewers, </div>
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which helps promote and protect traditional Belgian </div>
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breweries and beers. There are twenty breweries in the </div>
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group, including some of the best in Belgium. See <a href="http://www.belgianbeer.com/"><span class="s1">here</span></a> </div>
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Van Dyck plans to build a brewery in Antwerp to craft </div>
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his products, which will likely include more beers in the </div>
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future. "We discovered a lot of old recipes in the search </div>
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for Seefbier, and we have some ideas about new beers in </div>
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the future. First, though, we must meet the demand for </div>
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Seefbier," he remarked. </div>
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<span class="s1">Will we see Seefbier in the U.S.? "</span>As millions of families </div>
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emigrated in the 19th century to the U.S. through the port </div>
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of Antwerp, the last beer they had before leaving for the </div>
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new world was a Seefbier in Antwerp. So it would be great </div>
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if their grandchildren could now share in this moment in the </div>
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US, also drinking a Seefbier...So we are looking into that!" </div>
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<span class="s1">Van Dyck commented. </span></div>
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</span>See: <a href="http://www.seef.be/"><span class="s3">Seefbier</span></a> for more info.</div>
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