Welcome to my adventures in the world of beer
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Like every person born in the 60s, 70s and 80s in the Netherlands I grew up in the beer wastelands. It was a time where pils was synonym to beer. Needless to say I didn’t begin my alcoholic adventures with beer, but I got there eventually and I even decided to study beer. Now I’m an international biersommelier and the runner-up of the Dutch Cup of 2024! Which means I will be going to the World Cup in 2025. You can read more about me here.
I love to organise beer talks, beer walks, beer games and other beer activities in Dutch (Nederlands) and English and I could organise something for you as well.
I also love to travel around for beer and research the subject more. Even though the blog part of this page is mostly on hold for now, you can still find previous adventures in my blog. And only the blog part is on hold, I am still active with all kind of beer related activities.
I’m from Eindhoven, so of course there’s a dedicated page to Eindhoven.
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News!
2025 May 6th
Today was the award ceremony of the Dutch Beer Challenge at the Open Air Museum in Arnhem. Congratz to all the winners!
2025 March 23rd
PINT Spring 2025
2025 February 3rd
Last weekend I traveled with several colleagues to the Zenne Valley for a Lambic Academy session at Boon brewery with Luc de Raedemaeker and Sep Roggeman followed by a brewery tour with Jos Boon as our tour guide. Thank you for this very interesting and inspiring day in a gorgeous brewery!
2024 November 24th
I finished second in the Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers! I am going to the World Cup next year!
You can find more short updates over here:
News and Short updates
Latest blog posts
- Lambic Academy, Zenne Valley and Brussels
Not as long and extensive as my usual blog posts and a bit too staccato and all over the place, but it became too long for the News section, so blog post it is. - 2024 Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers Runner-up!
Very much to my surprise, I made it to the finale yesterday in the Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers. And it didn’t stop there, because after one scary, but exciting, crazy and fun finale I came in second! - Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers 2023
Monday morning, the fourth of July. Nineteen beer sommeliers are ready to compete against each other in the third Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers. - Women’s International Trophy
Last week I was one of the lucky few to be selected for the Women’s International Trophy! So we travelled to Mainz to judge some beers and explore the city.
