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40 Beers at 40: Leffe Brune

After an hour or so at the somewhat small but wonderfully educational Brussels Public Aquarium (Centre d'aquariologie), the young one and I went for a walk around the area looking for a café. 45 minutes later, we’d found only one or two smoky bars and ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  4 Oct 2009

40 Beers at 40: Betchard Blonde

It was someone’s tenth birthday today, and she wanted to go to Le Balmoral Milk Bar the local American 50s diner to celebrate her reaching double digits. Much fun was had by all, particularly when they brought out the cake with a sparking firework ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  25 Sep 2009

40 Beers at 40: Four Beers of Lebanon

A Phoenician passed by our place at the weekend. Having just arrived from the homeland, he came bearing some tasty gifts, including a few kilos of fantastic fish kebbeh (not the deep-fried ball style, but the flat, baked loaf variety -- extremely rare, ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  22 Sep 2009
Related Topics: Kostas,  Sam Adams

40 Beers at 40: La Choulette Blonde

Continuing with Northern France season here at 40b40 -- after the outstanding 3 Monts and the passable La Goudale -- we move to our third beer in the series, La Choulette Blonde. It’s another strong blonde ale, a bière de garde brewed in the small town ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  22 Sep 2009

40 Beers at 40: Hellemus

And so we come to the third of three official tastings of northern French bières de garde, which we enjoyed with some friends a few days ago here at 40b40 headquarters in Brussels. Hellemus Blonde des Flandres -- like the brilliant 3 Monts, the ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  22 Sep 2009

40 Beers at 40: La Goudale

The other evening, we had some friends over, and together we sampled a few beers Fiona and I had picked up while in Lille the weekend before. Despite being a bunch of New Yorkers, these guys know a lot about European beers, so we wanted to get their ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  22 Sep 2009

40 Beers at 40: Chotěboř beer

This is not a tasting entry, sadly, but a short bit of simple news. And good news at that. Chotěboř, the small town in eastern Bohemia where I lived for a few years and where I met my wife among many other friends, has finally opened up a brewery again. ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  17 Sep 2009

40 Beers at 40: 3 Monts

Just returned from a fantastic weekend in Lille, France, where -- among other things -- we explored the local bières de Garde. These are traditional beers of northern France, and you can easily see the overlap with Belgian beer. It’s part of a cultural ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  13 Sep 2009

40 Beers at 40: Gouyasse Blonde

This is a beer from a town in Belgium called Ath, and it has a legend attached to it involving witches and giants and so on. More on that at the “Brewery of Legends” website. I like the brewery’s webpage itself, too, which describes the beer-making ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  5 Jul 2009

40 Beers at 40: North Korean beer

40 Beers at 40, or “40b40”, began as a 40th birthday charity challenge to drink 40 different Belgian beers in 40 days. Now, the pace has slowed, but the subject is the same. Andrew Stroehlein, Beer Taster, Brussels (contact) A colleague sent me this ...

From ANDREW STROEHLEIN, Beerinator,  21 Jun 2009

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