Idiot's Trove

Koen Van Lancker, brewer/co-owner, Brouwers 't Verzet, Anzegem, Belgium talks about oak leaves and not getting bored.

Ah...what is the perfect beer? The Beer Idiots sometimes think it is the one in our paws at the time. We hauled off to Baarle-Hertog, Belgium to find out from the master of great beers, Ronald Mengerink of De Dochter van de Korenaar.

The Beer Idiots attended one of the launch parties for Brasserie Surréaliste's new taproom in Brussels on 7 April. There we interviewed a few of the people who attended.

Joël Back, co-owner with Tom Reis and Nico Kleer of Bare Brewing in Differdange, Luxembourg have found their way on to the Belgian market, where they are as popular here as in their home country.

Misery Beer Co. is crowdfunding to raise €15,000 to buy equipment for the brewery near Liège.

Bertrand Guelette, one of five co-founders of Brasserie de la Houppe in Namur, Belgium knows the value of being local, especially in the time...

Mariusz Zynel of Brewery Zaścianki, in Zaścianki, Poland speaks to the Beer Idiots about the challenges of starting a new brewery in Poland's booming craft scene.

Video: Stéphane Renard, owner/brewer of Nectar Bohème, left Pottes, Belgium to work at a variety of  jobs far from his family's farm. Now he has...

Situated next to La Senne or Zenne river where the wild yeasts roam, Boon Brewery has spearheaded the lambic/geuze revival that has made the...

Mark Tranter, founder/brewer of Burning Sky in Firle, East Sussex the UK, talks to the Beer Idiots about the changing trends in the craft...