CARNIVALE BRETTANOMYCES SEES FIFTH EDITION THIS JUNE!

Carnivale Brettanomyces, an Amsterdam-based beer festival dedicated to Brettanomyces and other wild things, sees its fifth anniversary this year. Originally started by Elaine Olsthoorn and Jan Lemmens, known as the ‘other wild things’ from Bierproeflokaal In de Wildeman and bottle shop De Bierkoning respectively, the festival has grown to be the single-largest Brettanomyces Beer Festival ...

Oedipus Brewing organizes Internationaal Bier Festival this summer!

This July the first edition of Oedipus International Beer Festival will take place in Amsterdam and it promises to become a legendary beer event. Participating breweries will be an eclectic mix of genuine Craft Breweries from Europe and the United States. Expect great beer, great food, ditto music and art against the background of Amsterdam ...

Beer Bloggers Conference comes to Amsterdam!

Friday August 19 and Saturday August 20, Amsterdam will be hosting the fourth edition of the European Beer Bloggers Conference. This is the yearly get-together of leading bloggers to dive deep into a local beer scene – and with Dutch breweries rapidly making a name for them, it is no surprise the organizers decided to ...

Spotty

  I have seldom felt so uncomfortable as once upon a time in the waiting room of the vet, a whiny daughter with a moaning guinea pig in her lap beside me. The surgery door swung open, the doctor on duty mustered the half-dead cattle present and tried to sound as cheerful as possible when he ...