Beer history

Brewery: Cantillon

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:December 3, 2019
Post Category:Beer history / Beer styles / Beer travels / Breweries / Brewing
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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.

Eindhoven city tour

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:September 24, 2019
Post Category:Beer customs / Beer history / Beer travels / Breweries
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As of last week we are with almost 250 certified biersommeliers in the Netherlands. A week ago Tastewise and I guided a group of biersommeliers through beery Eindhoven.

Burton-on-Trent and beer

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:August 6, 2019
Post Category:Beer history / Beer styles / Beer travels / Breweries
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Burton-on-Trent is historically speaking a very important beer city and it is mainly known for this extensive brewing history, with its height around the 18th and 19th centuries.

Unser Aventinus

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:June 11, 2019
Post Category:Beer customs / Beer history / Beer travels / Breweries / Health and Beer
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Starkbierfest. Aventinusfest. Madnessfest! Madness? Almost suicidally so, I'd say, a fest where the main beverage is a glass of beer with almost 7! units of alcohol.

Book: Brew Britannia

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:June 4, 2019
Post Category:Beer books / Beer customs / Beer history
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I like reading a lot! So much so, that we have a library in our house (hey, we had a spare room). So of course I also love reading books about beer.

Salzburg and beer

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:April 13, 2019
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I haven't got a lot of knowledge about the Austrian beer history yet and I hope to get back to this topic better educated. But for now I'll just share with you our beery adventures in Salzburg.

German beer customs and quirkiness

Post Author:Bierdame Bo
Post published:April 6, 2019
Post Category:Beer customs / Beer history / Beer travels
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It's fascinating to see that Germany has a very extensive beer culture with a whole set of customs, behaviours and rituals. For tourists maybe not always that okay, as waiters/waitresses…