Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 4 11/11/2018
From the fall of 1914 through the end of the war in 1918, thousands of troops were stationed at the abbey. One of the monks, […]
Tag: Belgian Beer
Boon Oude Geuze Vat 44 – Bottle no. 2 08/31/2018
It’s been five years since I opened, drank, and reviewed the first bottle of this beer. Boon Vat 44 was the first in Brouwerij Boon‘s single […]
Belgian Beer & Beer – Meticulous Experimentation
Editor’s Note: On my recent trip to Belgium in the fall of 2017, this was my first stop and interview of two intense weeks of travel, […]
Belgian Beer & Food – Succession in Belgian Beer
Editors Note: Belgian Beer & Food magazine is an English-language publication about Belgium’s beer and food culture. I’ve written many articles for them over the last several issues. […]
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 3 2/19/2018
Westvleteren doesn’t quite fit into the normal perameters of The Brux Project. For one, as indicated by the name of the project, it isn’t […]
Achel Extra Blond
Some beers are available all over the world, including some Trappist beers. If you look hard enough, you can probably find a Chimay or an […]
Orval – Bottle no. 2 28/03/2017
And now, bottle number two in The Brux Project Orval edition! Years in the making, I’m finally getting to properly cellar and trace the develop […]
Lindemans Ginger Gueuze
The newest release from Brouwerij Lindemans is the next beer in their new botanical series. The first one was created in collaboration with Mikkeller and […]
Scotch Silly Scotch Barrel Aged
Scotch Silly is Brasserie de Silly‘s most famous beer. Created at the end of WWI to satisfy the thirst of Scottish troops stationed in the […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Josh Pfriem and Christopher Barnes at Timmermans
Barrel rooms are hard rooms to shoot photos in. They’re large and dark. Also, the lighting is usually spotty and intense which leads to bright […]
Beer/Cider Photo of the Week: Statue of Three Women in St. Bertinus Church in Poperinge, Belgium
I enjoy taking photos of three dimensional art. It’s fun trying to capture the work of an artist in a different medium than the original […]
Saison Dupont Dry Hopping 2017 Styrian Eureka
2017’s edition of Saison Dupont Dry Hopping takes the drinkers to the hop fields of Slovenia and the Styrian Eureka hop. Each year, brewmaster Olivier Dedeycker […]
Ruwet Cidre Brut
Belgium makes cider. Bet you didn’t know that? There are a grand total of two cidreries left where once there were over a hundred. Two […]
Oud Beersel Bzart Kriekenlambiek
Champagne is the celebratory beverage of the wine world, although one can certainly drink it anytime. I’m quite fond of good Champagne, but I’m a […]
Book Review: “Trappist Beer Travels”
This combination beer journal, history book, and travelogue grants readers rare access inside monastery walls for an in-depth look at the legendary breweries of Trappist […]