Posted in Beer on Aug 19th, 2011
While walking around the farmhouse brewery built by Sidy Hannsen’s grandfather, I stumbled upon this pile of half-labelled Geuze. Hannsen’s Artisanaal has two employees: John and Sidy Hanssen. These bottles are hand-labelled, the beer is hand-bottled and hand-made. A lot of hands have been all over this place. By the looks of it, a machine […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 22nd, 2011
We didn’t bring many souvenirs back from our foray into Europe. When you’re mostly on foot and with only a backpack, you ain’t gonna be one of those beer geeks that load up on a bounty of beer and check it as cargo. But we did bring a few things back. One of them was […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 19th, 2011
As we made our way to Belgium, I asked the geekiest of my beer geek friends what breweries to visit. There was a resounding answer: “Cantillon.” In fact, one of my friends said, “If you don’t go to Cantillon, I will personally kick you in the nuts.” In the heart of Brussels, lies Cantillon brewery. […]
