About Beer

Samia Patsalides and Rémy Perée have restored an old manor in Harzé, Belgium to a new glory while squeezing a brewery and bar into it.

Video: Beer Idiot Dieter Proost interviews Andy Gniffke, who runs the Bierblog-Trier from Germany. Gniffke is a beer sommelier & beer ambassador (IHK) from Trier.

One of my favourite places: In the Insurance against Great Thirst is a traditional Payot cafe with one of the largest gueuze and kriek selections in the world.

Tim Webb, co-author of the World Atlas of Beer and a member of the executive of the European Beer Consumers Union speaks about the revolution he has seen in the beer industry since the last edition of the book.

The Beer Idiots are shortlisted by the British Guild of Beer Writers for Best Citizen Beer Communicator award.

Raphaël Lambois of Belgium Peak Beer, brews in one of the beautiful areas of Belgium - Sourbrodt, while lies in the Hautes Fanges (High Fens) area of the country near the border with Germany. Beer Idiot Dieter Proost visited him to talk about the brewery.

We salute label designers and other creative and idiotic endeavours with a selection of this month's beer graphics.

Photos from the auction catalogue by Ader Entreprises & Patrimoine.  Update 30/03/2023: All three auctions of the Hôtel Métropole's trappings have been cancelled. "An initial...

Andy Cooper, member of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), talks about some of the successes of the organisation in standing up for "live beer" since 1970s.

Yes, even the scouts are joining the craft brewing craze. To raise money for a new classrooms for itself the Scouts group De Geuzen Ternat has home-brewed its own beer called  'Brave Skoet'.