Belgium

Cantillon - not your avarage brewery visit

The Cantillon brewery is home to some of the most famous lambic style beers.

Blonde

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Radar

Thankfully unavailable in the UKi

Hop It

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Ale
Brewery: 

Leyerth

Very pale and hoppy without being too bitter.  Hops coming in strong at the end.  Only problem I could find with this overall fantastic beer is that it's a touch too sweet perhaps.

rating: 
4

Hommel Bier

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Lager
Brewery: 

Poperings

Easy drinking with a good balance of hop over a pale, but not too light, finish.

rating: 
4

Eurodoublevision

This weekend saw the Eurovision Song Contest on the telly.   So what's that got to do with beer?   Well, I got a beer each from loads of different European countries and had a t

Which country brews the best beer?

Which country brews the best beer?   Since October 2006 I have kept a diary of every bottle of beer I've drunk on a spreadsheet and scored them out of five.   There are a total

Rose de Gambrinous

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Speciality ales
Brewery: 

Cantillon

An intensely sour beer with a sharp taste of rasberries.   Very thirst quenching but a sipping beer.   I do have a small issue with quality control as there is a noticable varia

rating: 
4

Hoegaarden

review_type: 
beer
beer style: 
Speciality ales
Brewery: 

Hoegaarden

Although the beer has survived change of ownership and breweries by an international brewing giant, its still a good beer.   Unusual with its fragrant coriander and orange taste, fruity b

rating: 
4

Lambic Beer

Lambic beer is the name given to beer which is spontaneously fermented.   Instead of having a monoculture of yeast especially bred for brewing beer introduced to the wort, the wort i