Welcome to my adventures in the world of beer
Like every person born in the 60s, 70s and 80s in the Netherlands I grew up in the beer wastelands. It was a time where pils/lager was synonym to beer. Needless to say I didn’t begin my alcoholic adventures with beer, but I got there eventually and I even decided to study beer. Now I’m an international biersommelier. You can read more about me here.
I love to organise beer tastings, beer walks and other beer activities in Dutch (Nederlands) and English and I could organise something for you as well. My home town is Eindhoven, but travel is no problem.
I also love to travel around for beer and research the subject more. Even though the blog part of this page is on hold for now, you can still find previous adventures in my blog or on the dedicated page. And only the blog part is on hold, I am still active with all kind of beer related activities.
I’m from Eindhoven, so of course there’s a dedicated page to Eindhoven.
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News and short updates!
2024 October 29th
I had a great time judging in the preliminaries of the Brussels Beer Challenge, together with so many lovely people. Thank you for inviting me again this year! And good luck and have fun to everyone next week in Ghent! Cheers!
2024 September 8th
It was an awesome day of beer tasting today! Congratulations, Muifelbrouwerij! You can look back on this great day with Bieromaniac:
2024 September 1st
Remember Brabants Lekkerste Bier competition (Brabants tastiest beer)? This year Judy and I have been invited to be part of the superjury to vote for Brabants ALLERlekkerste Bier (Brabants tastiestest 😉 beer). Will you join us at bierfestival pROOSt in Hilvarenbeek next Sunday?
2024 August 28th
We celebrated dad’s birthday at La Trappe this year. Somehow I never got around to visiting the abbey of Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven before and I definitely need to go back again soon. On a not-Sunday. It’s a gorgeous place to visit, but also (not surprisingly) quite popular with tourists and all.
2024 August 26th
The surroundings were gorgeous, but the training was brutal! Monday saw us working hard trying to really internalise the discriminating differences between some very similar beer types. My brain was mush at the end of the evening. I loved it! But I am still recovering from the brain burn 😅
2024 August 13th
first official tasting training for the 2024 Dutch Cup. With lovely flavours like pineapple, strawberry, clove, plastic, wet cardboard, baby puke, banana and skunk.
You can find more short updates over here: News and Short updates
Latest blog posts
- Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers 2023
Monday morning, the fourth of July. Nineteen beer sommeliers are ready to compete against each other in the third Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers. - Women’s International Trophy
Last week I was one of the lucky few to be selected for the Women’s International Trophy! So we travelled to Mainz to judge some beers and explore the city. - Board game: Hip Hops
I updated the article about Beer Board Game (Card Game): Hip Hops - Eindhoven: Brewstudio Ølik
A changed name is an updated post for Brewstudio Ølik formerly known as Het Rijkshotel