Since eternity Night shop Sterk in De Clercqstraat has been a beacon in many lives - when I still lived in Bos en Kommer, it was often a place on my way home to stock up on 'supplies' after an evening’s work in the pub, or hitting them. Also Sterk has been a customer of ...
In de Wildeman celebrates 30th anniversary – why I love this bar!
In de Wildeman celebrated its 30th anniversary this week – that is to say, they kicked a year of festivities off with a massive party – and I feel like it’s my birthday. I simply adore this bar it ranks in the higher regions of my top three of best bars in the world and ...
Craft Bier Fest Linz, Austria – The times, they are a-changing real fast!
The weekend of 8 and 9 April 2016 saw the second edition of Craft Bier Fest, Linz edition. This is an off-spring of Craft Beer Fest Wien, started in 2014 by Michael – Micky – Klemsch. The first Fest turned out to be very popular so now it has two editions each year, all selling ...
Brouwerij De Molen partly owned by…
Being invited to Bodegraven on a Sunday afternoon does not happen to me every day, and especially not if the reason is Menno Olivier and John Brus want to make a statement. And so I found myself there with four other beer bloggers-cum-journalists, in the expectation that the sale of this Dutch gem would be ...
Viva Italia!
Finally there’s a blog again – it is rather hectic in My Life with Beer! For example, I was recently in Rimini, although Rimini in February is as attractive as Blackpool (but offers significantly less fun). I had to go here anyway. In the past, the Exhibition Centre of Rimini hosted the beating heart of ...
TGIF: The ‘Crowler’!
An unusual silence prevailed in recent weeks on My Life With Beer - a few of you already speculated about my premature demise - and it is now coming to an end again. The silence was caused by a field trip in the United States which actually provided ample substance to talk to you about. ...