De grote meerderheid kan het niet afwachten om ernaar toe te gaan, voor anderen is het de moment om twee weken uit de Beierse hoofdstad te vluchten: het Oktoberfest!

Sinds vandaag heet het voor de 183de keer ‘O'zapft is!’ T/m 3 oktober vind op de Theresienwiese in Münch...

Alweer best een tijdje geleden kon je hier lezen over de plannen van de Brouwstudio! Ondertussen is er al veel gebeurd dus tijd voor een een update, waarvan misschien wel het leukste is om te vertellen dat op dit moment de brouwinstallatie wordt gebouwd. EN dat de loca...

Beer is hype; almost forgotten beer styles revive as worldwide trends (just think of IPA’s ore Sour Beers); brewers become idols – the beer world is dramatically changing. And customers start understanding the fact that beer is more than a cheap thirst quencher!

But s...

What a surprise it was, being invited to be a part of the international beer jury of the 2015 Brussels Beer Challenge in Antwerp! One of the few most important international beer contests in Europe. Me? Damn! Proud...

For a ‘freshly baked’ Diplom Biersommelier, it is n...

A short article from Paul Roovers in todays newspaper!

Here are some Impressions of yesterdays XL Beer Tasting held in Vught, the Netherlands.

The XL Beer tasting takes 4-5 hours and includes a blind tasting session of 6 different beers of the same style. This module will make you aware of the diversity of beer, but also...

I took a while, but it was worth waiting! Today my new Tasting Glasses have arrived!

A good day for a good beer! I will test my new testing glasses with a bottle of Salèves fine Imperial Black IPA. 

Cheers!

I was very enthusiastic about visiting Biereloth yesterday, as there were some breweries and beers that I didn’t know yet.

Unfortunately my enthusiasm faded quite quickly while testing some of the unknown brews (I spared the big names as I know them)… 

Most of them (but...

“Two sour beers? You’re crazy!“ -  That was what I heard when I presented the line-up for the Belgian-Dutch Tasting to my friends of the Bieragentur Dortmund...

Last Saturday, we launched the first trial for an international beer tasting session. This means that th...