I’m pretty sure that as much as Tim Webb loves Belgian beer he will agree that eventually he will have published all the books on the topic that are necessary.
The latest is “Around Brussels in 80 Beers” and ostensibly this is a review of that book. Good book. More in a moment.
Webb has been writing [...]

If you’ve recently bought a bottle of Local 1 from Brooklyn Brewery you might have noticed the distinctive rings at the neck — which likely reminded you of Westmalle or New Belgium bottles — are missing.
The New York Times has story about the trademark issues that led to the change. Brooklyn didn’t see any problems [...]

Today we ate at the wonderful In’t Spinnekopke in the heart of Brussels. The menu, pictured at the right, would indicate they used to sell the elusive Westvleteren (Abbey St. Sixtus) beers. But no more.
Evan Rail commented on the lack of Westvleteren in Brussels a little over a month ago. The only place he found [...]

Today’s Wall Street Journal has a feature on the monks at Westvelteren and their cult beer: Trappist Command:Thou Shalt Not Buy Too Much of Our Beer.
Reminded me that I addressed this question last month at Amazon.com, but not here so . . .
InventorSpot posted what Seth Plattner calls the 10 Best Beers with Balls [...]

Today’s Guardian Unlimited published a travel story in which reporter William Little visited the six Trappist abbeys in Belgium where beer is brewed.
And the headline read: “With beer this good, no wonder they keep silent.”
To Mr. Little’s credit he didn’t write that monks take a vow of silence. We just have a clever headline [...]