American lagers
We managed to get our hands on some beers brewed in America! And that's something, because they aren't easy to get around here.
Dortmund
As I visited Burton last year with the new students, I visited Dortmund in 2018 with my own study group. Our assignment was to brew a Dortmunder Export, but none of us ever drank a Dortmunder Export before.
Board Game: Six sided stout
I have a library full of games. At its height it contained almost 500 different ones, these days I brought it back to 225 games. This time it's time for another print and play game: Six sided Stout
New year’s eve 2017
In 2017 I finished StiBON level 1 and I put it to the test immediately. I decided to make a New Year's beer-food-pairing dinner of three courses for eleven diners
(Off) flavours
If you think being a biersommelier is all about trying the newest and best beers and drinking all kind of nice stuff, think again ... Training for becoming a biersommelier puts beer and flavours in a whole new perspective, and unfortunately not all is well in paradise.
Brewery: Cantillon
When I visited Brussels last year it wasn't specifically for the beery things. The main beery thing of the trip was a Gueuze brewery, namely Cantillon.
Presenting Boltons Ur-Alt
One part of being a biersommelier is knowing your classics. Therefore I want to present a beer to you once in a while. Today that's going to be Boltons Ur-Alt
Board Game: Mushroom Ale
I have a library full of games. At its height it contained almost 500 different ones, these days I brought it back to 225 games according to board game geek. This time it's time for a print and play game: Mushroom Ale.
Dutch Bock beers
It's autumn and I live in the Netherlands, which makes it impossible to ignore bock beers. Bock beers in the Netherlands are based on their German counterparts but is now a proper all Dutch beerstyle on its own.
World championships Rimini 2019
I told you about the Dutch championships, well, a week ago I was at the world championships Biersommelier! Dennis Kort, Pepijn van der Waa and Hubert Hecker were the Dutch delegation and Maurus, Uwe, Frans and I joined them as their cheerleaders.