Festival der Dortmunder Bierkultur
June 17, 2018
The Festival of Dortmund Beer Culture is the perfect blend of old and new in one of the world’s underrated great beer cities. … More Festival der Dortmunder Bierkultur
Tag: Beer Pilgrimage
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: 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: Trappist Achel
November 1, 2016
In the far north of the Limburg province of Belgium, literally a stone’s throw from the border of the Netherlands sits the Abbey of Saint Benedict. This is not just any ordinary abbey. The Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis is one of the world’s eleven official Trappist breweries and the smallest in Belgium. Today was possibly … More Beer & Bike: Trappist Achel
Dionysian Prague
October 31, 2016
Prague is a city with a mind boggling number of beer pilgrimages. Known as the city of a hundred spires, it could just as easily be called the city of a hundred breweries. Prague is a city which can be enjoyed on many levels. It has a rich history in, to name a few, the Habsburg … More Dionysian Prague
The Next Best Day Ever – RÜ Oktoberfest (Essen)
October 23, 2016
When I hear the word Ruhr, my mind immediately is filled with grainy black and white video footage of allied bombing in WWII accompanied by the deep resonating voice of an unseen narrator. Smoke, rubble, bent steel, shattered windows, chimneys toppled into piles of bricks and ash. The word Ruhr itself is as much the antithesis to Bavaria … More The Next Best Day Ever – RÜ Oktoberfest (Essen)
One Year Anniversary of “The Best Day Ever”
October 17, 2016
So what is your best day ever? Honestly, it’s a loaded question, isn’t it? It all depends on your audience. If it’s your child, “It’s the day you were born, Sweetheart!” If it’s your girlfriend, “It was the time I first laid eyes on you!” To your mates, it’s the day your sports team … More One Year Anniversary of “The Best Day Ever”
Beer & Bike: Antwerp to Leuven
September 4, 2016
The Route Antwerp to Leuven is a pleasant 60km route taking you along the railway between Antwerp and Mechelen and then along a canal the rest of the way to Leuven. The result of being such a direct ride is the lack of sites and anecdotes to build a post around. However, that did not make … More Beer & Bike: Antwerp to Leuven
Dionysian Gent (a.k.a. Getting the Noose in Ghent)
August 31, 2016
Karolus, Carolus, and Karel As a lover of Belgian beer, I am continually reminded never to take the names of the beers for granted. I am sure that every beer maker puts some thought behind the name of their beer and every beer will have some historical link from the brewer’s own personal life or something far more … More Dionysian Gent (a.k.a. Getting the Noose in Ghent)
