Brewery Ommegang has taken steps to make sure that Belgium Comes to Cooperstown isn’t ruined by its own popularity.
The brewery has capped tickets sales for the festival, July 21 this year, at 800. Last year 1,400 attended, with 40% of tickets sold day of the festival.
The explanation:
William Blake, the inspiration for Three Philosophers name, once [...]

How do you celebrate Cinco de Mayo in San Marcos, Calif.?
How about with a bunch of Belgian-inspired beer, some other limited releases and an unlimited taco bar? The essentials:
When: Noon-9 p.m., May 5.
Where: Lost Abbey/Port Brewing, 155 Mata Way, San Marcos.
Admission: $15 at the door. Includes 8 tasting tickets, the taco bar featuring the [...]

Lew Bryson asks “whether Massachusetts retailers, both on- and off-premise, or Massachusetts drinkers, get Belgian beer, and whether they’re selling and buying enough of these big-bottle, big-flavor, big-ticket beers. From my Philadelphia perspective, living in the biggest Belgian beer market in the country, where I have five local Belgian restaurants to choose from, Massachusetts is [...]

Darron Welch of the Pelican Brewery and Pub in Oregon has begun a blog to chronicle his adventures in brewing Belgian-style beers, beginning with his new Saison du Pelican using Wyeast 3726 (sourced from Brasserie de Blaugies).
He plans to begin (next post) with observations about our fermentations and overall yeast performance with the Wyeast 3463 [...]

Alan McLeod has a recap of Friday’s “The Session,” with scores of bloggers drinking and writing about Belgian-style dubbels. I recommend taking the time to click through all the links. For one thing you’ll see a range of descriptions of Westmalle Dubbel.
(Personally I went with a local brewpub dubbel.)
You may well have a different takeway, [...]