Every year, the American Craft Brewers Conference offers instructive insights into the market where the beer revolution originated - the revolution that also inspired hundreds of new brewers and breweries and thousands of consumers in Europe, who all suddenly did understand that there is more than pils, blond, triple and witbier alone. More than 13,000 ...
11Mar 2017
TGIF – Hopfenspiel has arrived in Holland!
I don’t make a habit of using my blog to promote my employer, but now Bier&cO has pulled a stunt off – I’m so proud of it I want you all to know! Every Dutch StiBON Biersommelier, particularly those of the second exam round, will feel a shiver down their spine when I let them ...
03Nov 2016
Beer and food pairing – where did it go wrong?!
Beer, being the hottest topic anywhere these days, has been regaining its rightful position at the dinner table. Gone are the days where beer, as a companion of food, was seen only fit to accompany a curry or fish and chips: beer is now even being embraced by three Michelin star restaurants. But even today ...
08Aug 2016
Beer survey by Mercure hotels presents interesting insights: does ‘women’s beer’ exist after all?!
International beer day, celebrated annually on the first Friday of August, saw Mercure hotels present the results of its Beer Survey. A thousand Dutch and Belgian beer drinkers answered a variety of questions on their preferences in style, drinking occasions and combining beer with food. The results were sometimes remarkable. A lot has been written about ...
28Jun 2016
Beer Passion and the Passion of Beer: one weekend, two faces
The past weekend, the last weekend of June 2016, was both an epic as well as a confusing beer weekend. Limiting myself to just two of the beery things that went on in Europe those three days, the contrast couldn’t have been bigger. We saw Beer Passion executed in Antwerp and Amsterdam – and it ...
07Jun 2016
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 ...
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