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It’s a sad day for beer lovers: the Belgian beer landscape just got a little poorer as the Liefmans brewery ceases to exist. When judges declared the company bankrupt in december brewery Liefmans went to a higher court, but unfortunately they couldn’t convince the court of their plan to save the brewery.
It’s a strange story, […]
764 200 euro: that’s the price a comic book lover paid for the Tintin painting above by Belgian comic book writer and artist Hergé. It’s the highest price ever paid for an original comics drawing. The previous record holder was “Lady in Blue” by Enki Bilal that changed hands for ‘only’ 177 000 euro.
The painting […]
Belgium is famous for its beers. No other country can stand the comparison. But why is it that Belgium turned into a Mekka for beer-lovers?
Let me begin by saying that we are the only nation with such an incredible collection of beers. With our 115 breweries (in 2006), over 400 different beers of various types […]
Why is it that Belgian beers are so superior compared to others? We answer the question often raised by people who don’t know the delights yet of our Belgian beers.
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Foreigners are often deceived when they drink their first Belgian beer. But they all admit that they really like it. In Belgium we […]
Ben Vinken is a man with a mission. For years he worked for big breweries, he organises beer degustations, was chief-editor of the works of Michael Jackson (the famous beerguru who passed away last year), presents a show about beer on a belgian television channel and publicises the ‘Beerpassion‘ magazine. Now, his biggest goal in […]