I participated in the World Cup for Beer Sommeliers!
Category: Beer Education
Lambic Academy, Zenne Valley and Brussels
Not as long and extensive as my usual blog posts and a bit too staccato and all over the place, but it became too long for the News section, so blog post it is.
2024 Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers Runner-up!
Very much to my surprise, I made it to the finale yesterday in the Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers. And that was just the beginning!
Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers 2023
Monday morning, the fourth of July. Dutch beer sommeliers are ready to compete 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.
World Cup of Beer Sommeliers 2022
So, we went to München for the World Cup Beer Sommeliers 2022 with a Dutch team of five excellent beer sommeliers!
Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers 2022
Last Monday it finally happened! My first time participating in the Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers!
New Year’s Eve’s Brewing; the next steps
At New Year’s Eve, Xhanika and I brewed a beer. But at the end of such a day, you are still far from having an actual drinkable beer. There were still two steps to come: Bottling and lagering. So two weeks later I had to take out all the cleaning equipment again.
Historical brewing and the preHistorisch Dorp; part 2
In July 2021 Monique, Frank and I experimented with medieval brewery in our beloved museum preHistorisch Dorp Eindhoven. The goal was not to brew a drinkable beer (although that would have been nice) but to show people how brewing could have been done back then. Based on our earlier research we decided to use hot stones this time.
Brewing at New Year’s Eve
This year we wanted to do something different. We being my best friend and I. We wanted to try out a ready made brew kit. After some research we decided on a beer brew kit by Brewferm which we ordered from Brouwland.