At New Year’s Eve, Xhanika and I brewed a beer. But at the end of such a day, you are still far from having an actual drinkable beer. There were still two steps to come: Bottling and lagering. So two weeks later I had to take out all the cleaning equipment again.
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Board Game: The Dragon & Flagon
I have a library full of games. Naturally I have several games about beer and once in a post I’d like to tell more about one of them. This time it’s time for:
The Dragon & Flagon.
Billies Craft Beer Fest
Living in the south of the Netherlands, one of our favorite places to go to on a weekend away is Antwerp. One of the beer festivals in the top 5 best beer festivals in The Netherlands and Belgium must be Billies. But who is Billie?
Board Game: Homebrewers
I have a library full of games. Naturally I have several games about beer and once in a post I’d like to tell more about one of them. This time it’s time for: Homebrewers!
Eindhoven: Brewery: Rabauw
Last month I visited the oldest ánd the newest brewpubs in Eindhoven, the first being Van Moll, the second one being Rabauw. As a care and welfare worker myself ánd being autistic, Rabauw is extra interesting to me as it is a social enterprise as well as a brewpub.
Eindhoven: Van Moll Fest
Guest post by Judy: In 2019 the choice of beer festivals was enormous. One must-go festival was Van Moll Fest!
Historical brewing and the preHistorisch Dorp; part 2
In July 2021 Monique, Frank and I experimented with medieval brewery in our beloved museum preHistorisch Dorp Eindhoven. The goal was not to brew a drinkable beer (although that would have been nice) but to show people how brewing could have been done back then. Based on our earlier research we decided to use hot stones this time.
Brewing at New Year’s Eve
This year we wanted to do something different. We being my best friend and I. We wanted to try out a ready made brew kit. After some research we decided on a beer brew kit by Brewferm which we ordered from Brouwland.
Board game: Biergarten
Biergarten is a tableau building/tile laying game, a bit like Alhambra or Carcassonne. You place cards in front of you, making your own beer garden.
Beer: HEMA Tompouce Ale
So, this was a thing in the Netherlands this year. Our wholesome Dutch store HEMA decided to launch their own beer!