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 ...
04Apr 2016
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 ...
02Apr 2016
Dutch beer consumption in 2015
The Dutch beer consumption grew by almost 2% in 2015, according to Dutch Brewers in a press release of 30 March 2016. "Conscious beers cause of growth" read the headline – and by Conscious they meant non-alcoholic beer. Also 'Beermix’ (an intriguing euphemism for Radler) and Special (anything but Conscious, Beermix and Lager) continue to ...
07Dec 2015
Beer trends 2016 – what’ll be hot, and what do I hope for – part 2
Recently an amusing blog popped up on biernetwerk.nl, a site I recommend you to follow. The writer posted his biggest grievances in a piece called ‘These 7 beer trends we’d rather see disappear in 2016’ - entertaining and instructive! Kim Lentjes predicted five beer trends for this year on her fine blog genietenmetbier.nl and Sligro’s ...
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