At the crossroads
Kevin Desmet, co-organiser of the BXL BeerFest, speaks about brewers and friends and bringing everyone together. The beer festival, held 23-25 August 2019, attracted some 6,500 drinkers.
St. Arnould: Belgians bless their beer
Belgian Beer Weekend is upon us, kicking off with the Belgian Brewers association paying tribute to Saint Arnould, the patron saint of brewers on 6 September with the blessing of the beer.
Beergium: craft comes to Uccle
Sébastien Caucheteur talks about Beergium, a craft beer bar he and Fanny Delhaye launched in Uccle.
Keeping it small and personal
Jef Pirens, founder of Brouwerij D'Oude Maalderij, Izegem, Belgium, talks about his approach as "traditional style, being Belgium, mixing it up with progressive and creative brewing".
Funky England
Gen and Jonny Mills of Mills Brewing, UK were unsure if the British beer drinking public would be just as passionate, but they have been leading the way and the craft drinkers are catching up with them.
Down in Dunham
Sébastien Gagnon, founder of Brasserie Dunham in Quebec, Canada, has made the long, hard climb to the top of the craft beer world from when he founded the province's first microbrewery beer bar.
The valley of the shadow of beer
I walked through the Maalbeek valley with Malt & Mout listening to the story of the breweries that used to exist in the Ixelles area of Brussels.
Wondering about Wanderlust
Sébastien Morvan, co-founder of the Brussels Beer Project, talks about Wanderlust, what to do when the beer runs out too soon, and about the future plans for the festival in the podcast.
No cock in cockt-ale
I am a convert after drinking three cockt-ales mixed by Damien Baert. The shaking happened during Lindemans Lambic Tour.
The Bhoys from Edmonton
Doug Checknita of Blind Enthusiasm in Canada is remembered in Brussels as having worked at Cantillon in Brussels, but he is also known for his fandom of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.
