Idiot's Trove

One of our favourite brewers, Brouwerij de Molen in the Netherlands, has been bought out by Swinkels Family Brewers. Brouwerij de Molen in Bodegraven, was...

It was the 25 January. A great day to launch Beer Idiots while at the same time an excuse to eat a beasty haggis on Burns Night.

"Is craft beer burning out?" asks the very perceptive Burnt Out Beer Guy, also known as Darren Packman, in an article on his self-named blog. Beer craft is getting left behind as brewers race to put out new variations of the same thing every couple weeks to keep up with the demand for the new, instead of refining what they have to make it even better.

Brewery St. Bernardus opened a rooftop taproom ‘Bar Bernard’ at its location in Watou, Belgium in November. The brewery is one of many that...

From our roaming beer idiot in Central and South America: I’ve downed Gold Asahi outside Family Marts in Korea until the plastic chairs beneath me melted, I’ve drank banana beer with the locals until I howled like a monkey…. I won’t drone on and on about my adventures but will get straight to the point. I’ve finally found beer heaven. Beers with a view.

Caulier launches a second round of 'crowdlending' offering unlisted 4-year bonds for €50 each with an annual return of 8%. You also get discounts on its low-carb beer.

We'll soon be able to enjoy a beer brewed at the Bourse.

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'.

The Beer Idiots attended one of the main events put on by De Lambiksteompers, the 13th edition of Day of the Oude Geuze (Dag van de Oude Geuze), in their stomping grounds of Halle, over the weekend of 24-25 November for a fab drinking session.

It's always great when spending on one of our favourite beers also ends up going to funding a good cause. True to the spirit...