Belgian Beer Specialist
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On this site, you will see brewery feature articles, café spotlights, and other beery news from Belgium. Chuck covers Belgian beer bars and beer events in the U.S. as well as some of the best Belgian-inspired beers, on this site.
Belgian Beer Specialist
3w ago
Brasserie Cantillon, Brussels’ beloved lambic brewery, has been crafting a plethora of interesting and superb lambic beers for many years. Cantillon and its brewer, Jean Van Roy, continue to do numerous experiments with fruited lambics, as well as lambics infused with grapes and berries, and other things. Some of the experimental lambics are repeated on ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
3w ago
Gueuzerie Tilquin has announced its plans for Toer de Geuze 2024, and the revered lambic blendery-now also a lambic brewery-should be a great place to spend a few hours during the weekend of May 4 and 5. Toer de Geuze is an open house at most of the lambic breweries and lambic blenderies in Belgium’s ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
1M ago
Gueuzerie Tilquin has announced its plans for Toer de Geuze 2024, and the revered lambic blendery-now also a lambic brewery-should be a great place to spend a few hours during the weekend of May 4 and 5. Toer de Geuze is an open house at most of the lambic breweries and lambic blenderies in Belgium’s ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
2M ago
While most of Belgium’s lambic producers are located in Brussels and to the areas to the south and west of the city, in the Payottenland and Zenne River Valley, there are some lambic blenders that are outside of that region. Geert Demuynck and his Publitasting Lambic Blendery purchases lambic that has been aged in barrels ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
5M ago
On Saturday, October 14, Brian Hennighausen, President and Founder of Winter Dog Cellars, and I will be pouring several beers from Lambiek Fabriek at the Snallygaster Beer Festival in Washington, D.C. The Lambiek Fabriek booth will be located inside the Gargoyle tent. I wrote about Lambiek Fabriek in this previous article here as well as ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
5M ago
Charles D. Cook, aka “Chuck”, is also known as “The Belgian Beer Specialist” and has traveled to Belgium 43 times since 1994 to explore, experience, and enjoy its incredible beer culture. He is the primary driving force behind the content on this site. Chuck was enthroned as an Honorary Knight Of the Brewers’ Paddle of ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
5M ago
De Lambikstoempers, the premier Zythos-affiliated beer appreciation and promotion club in Belgium’s lambic country, organizes several events throughout the year. The club is based in Halle, a historic old market town ten miles south of Brussels. One of the club’s premier events is their Bier Weekend, a beer festival that is usually held during the ..read more
Belgian Beer Specialist
5M ago
Belgian’s beer world has yet another new lambic producer, and this one is located on a very historic and beautiful lambic brewing heritage site. Brouwerij Kestemont opened on the same grounds as the old Brouwerij Goossens in the village of Sint Gertrudis-Pede (Schepdaal) which is part of Dilbeek, in 2019. Kestemont started as a lambic ..read more