Tag Archives: Belgium

Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation

By brian | Published: May 27, 2011

While that fat & the furious here stateside slug away at Chicago Craft Beer week, the truly ambitious won’t stop when the lights go dark this Friday at Revolution. No, the truly alcohol addicted will find it within themselves to hop over our little pond to the east and spend the long weekend with Belgium’s [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Review | Also tagged Biers Pallieters, Chicago Beer Week, Hotel La Baraka, Lokeren, Opstal, Spaghetti, Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation | Leave a comment

Rochefort Abbey Damaged by Fire

By brian | Published: December 30, 2010

Bad, bad, bad news from southern Belgium.

Posted in Beer, Event | Also tagged Fire, Rochefort | Leave a comment

Pork Tenderloin with Apple-Sage, Tripel Karmeliet Sauce

By brian | Published: November 19, 2010

Last night we had a lovely evening of eating great food, drinking delicious beer & whiskey and watching Wonder Showzen. It was a glorious evening of good people exploring the many potentials of their still capable nervous systems. It was a lot like what I’d imagine church would be like if people didn’t spend their [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Instructional, Recipes | Also tagged blanton's, craftbeer.com, Dark Lord, hudson whiskey, pappy van winkel, platekaas, rock hill whiskey, spiritsreview.com, Willard Skynard Devotionliner, wonder showzen | Leave a comment

There’s a New Geuze Blender in Town

By brian | Published: November 18, 2010

That is if you’re town is Rebecq, Belgium. But, yeah, I was just reading over on ThirstyPilgrim.com that a former employee of the van Roy’s is making his dream a reality, opening up a geuze blendery called Geuzerie Tilquin. He’s currently phasing out his current day job as a statistician for a bank and, come [...]

Posted in Beer, Event | Also tagged blendign, Cantillon, Geuze, Geuzerie Tilquin, lambics, Rebecq, van Roy's | Leave a comment

Brewing Season is Upon Us

By brian | Published: September 8, 2010

Before I left for Belgium we brewed what would be our first and final beer for the summer of 2010, a delicious and successful Saison. When I returned from my trip I learned that we had lost our sweet brewing space. Fortunately, we’ve got another lined up, it’s just not quite as cherry (or close) [...]

Posted in Beer, Grilling, Review | Also tagged 14th Anniversary Emperial IPA, Bad Man Old Rye, BeerAdvocate.com, Chicago, Homebrewing, Ichibad, New Holland, Porter, Repo Man, Revolution Brewery, Saison, Stone | Leave a comment

Chicago Cycling Club

By brian | Published: June 10, 2010

After returning from two weeks in the beer-puddled paradise of Belgium, coming back to the well worn grooves of my ‘real’ life, I’ve found myself in a very real and tangible depression. I’ve had to stop drinking due to some unsurprising health concerns (‘stop drinking’ = only drink 3 days a week, though this will [...]

Posted in Biking, Event, Gear | Also tagged Chicago Cycling Club, Jamis, Psychic Bunny Bike Blitzkrieg | 1 Comment

Beer Hoptacular This Weekend!!

By brian | Published: June 2, 2010

Well, I’m back from Belgium. The few remaining hairs on my head are properly blown back, my heart is stoking along a steady 100* from all the kindness of the many wonderful Belgians we met, and my liver is seriously pissed off at me, trying to show me who the boss is of this round, [...]

Posted in Beer, Event, Review | Also tagged Beer Hoptacular, Chicago, Half Acre, Logan Square, Metropolitan, Small Bar | Leave a comment

Chicken Waterzooi with Belgian Ale

By brian | Published: October 13, 2009

I made a deadly tasty dish last night, my first experiment in cooking with Belgian Ales, Chicken Waterzooi. It’s a classic Belgian dish, originally made with seafood, but, these days, you typically find it made with chicken. Since there’s a lot more chickens around Chicago then sturgeon I decided I’d move forward with mine using [...]

Posted in Beer, Instructional, Recipes | Also tagged Belgian Ale, Chicken, Garret Oliver, The Brewmaster's Table, waterzooi | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Belgium

Weekend of Spontaneous Fermentation

Rochefort Abbey Damaged by Fire

Pork Tenderloin with Apple-Sage, Tripel Karmeliet Sauce

There’s a New Geuze Blender in Town

Brewing Season is Upon Us

Chicago Cycling Club

Beer Hoptacular This Weekend!!

Chicken Waterzooi with Belgian Ale

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