Beer & Bike: Maredsous and Leffe
September 2, 2018
Abbey beer starts here in beautiful and tragic Dinant. Take an amazing beer and bike ride thru the world of Leffe and Maredsous. … More Beer & Bike: Maredsous and Leffe
Category: Belgian Beer
Beer & Bike: Waterloo & Villers-la-Ville
April 15, 2018
A Beer & Bike ride thru some of Belgium’s most beautiful farmland with two of my favorite sites in Belgium. … More Beer & Bike: Waterloo & Villers-la-Ville
Beer & Bike: Ypres Salient and Westvleteren
February 11, 2018
The best Belgian Beer & Bike ride brings you in touch with Belgium’s WWI past, teaches you the origin of the Remembrance Poppy, and let’s you drink the “Best Beer in the World”. … More Beer & Bike: Ypres Salient and Westvleteren
Dionysian Ypres – Belgium’s Most Underappreciated City
January 28, 2018
Sit back with a beer and find out why I find this underappreciated city in Belgium to be one of my favorites. … More Dionysian Ypres – Belgium’s Most Underappreciated City
Beer & Bike: Durbuy and La Roche-en-Ardenne
October 22, 2017
A challenging bike ride thru Battle of the Bulge country and the smallest town in the world. … More Beer & Bike: Durbuy and La Roche-en-Ardenne
Beer & Bike: The Two Dutch Trappists
September 3, 2017
Imagine for a moment you were a French monk in the late 1800’s. A century has passed since the French Revolution took down the monarchy. At worst, you were thought of as a threat and symbol of the religious stranglehold that the monarchy once held over the people and therefore you should be eradicated. At … More Beer & Bike: The Two Dutch Trappists
Beer & Bike: On the Trail of Adriaen Brouwer
August 27, 2017
Introduction Walking around my adopted home city, Antwerpen, Belgium, you will not get very far before coming face to face (quite literally!) with Antwerpen’s artistic legacy. David Teniers, Anthony Van Dyck, Jacob Jordaens, Quinten Matsys, Peter Paul Rubens. These immortal giants of Flemish art stand today as stone sentinels around the city reminding citizens and visitors … More Beer & Bike: On the Trail of Adriaen Brouwer
Beer & Bike: Kasteel, Rodenbach and Petrus
March 12, 2017
The first Beer & Bike ride of 2017 was as memorable as it was cursed. … More Beer & Bike: Kasteel, Rodenbach and Petrus
Beer & Bike: Aalst Carnaval and Affligem
February 14, 2017
February is Carnaval time and in Belgium, it’s always Beer & Bike time. … More Beer & Bike: Aalst Carnaval and Affligem
Beer & Bike: Postel & Corsendonk
November 19, 2016
Checking in at a modest 79km, this is one of the longest Beer & Bike rides that I have done. But it is also one of the nicest since it combines two namesakes for Belgian abbey beers, one very nice fietscafe, and beautiful scenery from the Kempen forest on the Netherlands-Belgian border. The ride starts from … More Beer & Bike: Postel & Corsendonk
