Belgium 2014: This Time It’s Beersonal…
In the fall of 2012, I visited Belgium for the first time and had an amazing time exploring the country and its beer and food. […]
In the fall of 2012, I visited Belgium for the first time and had an amazing time exploring the country and its beer and food. […]
Faro is a rare treat in Belgium and even rarer outside its borders. It was once the standard everyday drinking beer of Brussels. It was […]
Sometimes you go on a vacation that’s completely unrelated to beer and stumble upon some darned good beer. I’ve been visiting Yellowstone since I was […]
“Skunky” is one of the most common sensory adjectives I see applied to beer that has “gone bad.” In beer terms, skunky has become sort […]
2012 marked the 150th year of brewing for Chimay. Founded in 1850 by monks from Westvleteren, the decision to brew as part of their livelihood […]
This is the 2nd of 2 Westvleteren 8 bottles I acquired on my 2012 trip to Belgium. It’s been resting nicely in my temperature controlled […]
I can’t believe it’s been two years since I posted my first post: “Welcome to my beer blog. I hope you’ll find my site enjoyable […]
The Brewing Monks: The Benedictine Breweries (Part 2) In the first 5 parts of the The Brewing Monks, we looked specifically at the history of […]
Driftwood Brewery continues to push the boundaries of Canadian beer with their sour program. One of the newest seasonal sour releases is this Gose-uh. Gose is […]
The Voices of Belgian Beer is a new interview series on ithinkaboutbeer.com featuring the voices of the people who make Belgium’s beers and beer scene […]
Brussels, Bruxelles, Brussel Like most places in Belgium, Brussels has multiple spellings/names thanks to the multilingual state of the country. Brussels is how English speakers […]
Spencer Trappist Ale is the first Trappist Brewery to join the Authentic Trappist Product group outside of Europe. For years, the abbey, also known as […]
Liefmans Goudenband is a classic Flemish Brown or Oud Bruin representing the special version of the brewery’s everyday Oud Bruin. Liefmans can trace its history […]
Rodenbach Caractère Rouge is a newer project from the venerable old Flemish Red producer. Created in collaboration with Antwerp Chef Viki Geunes of ‘t Zilte, […]
In the first part, The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing, we covered the basic history of Trappists and how […]