Interesting times these are, for sure. Great beers are available in abundance, and more to come. Beer aficionados must feel as if they’re in Walhalla and should be happy. Or should they worry? I don’t know for sure. Interesting times, and sometimes we get interesting news. Read the below and make up your own mind ...
07Feb 2018
Musing the future of craft beer – Trees growing into heaven
Interesting times these are, for sure. Great beers are available in abundance, and more to come. Beer aficionados must feel as if they’re in Walhalla and should be happy. Or should they worry? I don’t know for sure. Interesting times, and sometimes we get interesting news. Read the below and make up your own mind ...
10Oct 2016
OHIM – The Wine World still doesn’t ‘get’ beer
Unfortunately the column is in Dutch, but it was an exemplary piece that caught my eye. Wine expert Magda van der Rijst was invited to attend Oedipus International Beer Festival and saw all her preconceptions confirmed. Poor woman – having read the column one cannot see her having had any fun - ever, which is ...
30Sep 2016
TGIF: It’s not just craft beer, also spirits who freak Big Brewers out.
I have never been a big spirits drinker, although I rather drink a G&T than a poor lager. Last summer holiday in a Turkish all-inclusive turned out to be soaked in G&T. I never thought Heineken would get pissed off by G&T though – but it did. Read how they try to screw a hard-working ...
05Feb 2016
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. ...
17Jan 2016
Just some thoughts about the beer world – part 2
Thoughts and numbers: if there’s anything you can easily go wrong with, it is the combination of these two. It was once again made painfully clear to me how difficult making good estimates is. Thank you for your comments and thus help! I got a response from Martin Ostendorf of Muifelbrouwerij on the estimate of the ...
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