It was the late eighties, I worked in the Pilsner Club in Amsterdam and had size 43 shoe, 52 for suits. Arjan Govers walked into the pub and convinced us to list ‘Speciale Palm’. Besides Duvel we served Westmalle and BelleVue - Palm's bittersweet maltiness was completely new to us. It also proved to have ...
18Nov 2015
Real classics never die
It can’t get wacky enough for me – please, brewers of the world, keep them experiments coming! Sure, I may sometimes moan and groan about beers with over ten ingredients – I still want to try it and make my mind up! I do respect beers, however bluntly named, that stand out in terms of ...
09Nov 2015
OHIM – beer fraternizes
Antwerp hosted the fourth edition of the aptly named ‘Brussels Beer Challenge’, an international beer competition that has built a big name for itself in a short time. For me it was the third time to come judging, but the first time to act as Table Captain. With 79 jurors and over 1,100 beers from ...
Loading ...