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Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #5 // Américain

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #5 // Américain

Pairing Brussels culinary delights with the city’s beers. This time - classic Brussels américain with a special geuze blend and a classic Brussels-Irish dry stout.

Cuisine and CultureEoghan Walsh26 April 2019food pairing, Cantillon, brasserie de la senne, Gueuze, stouterik, chouke, Lambic, pistolet, pistolet original, americain

Panel world-beaters // Inside Emaillerie Belge, Belgium’s last enamel beer advert maker

Panel world-beaters // Inside Emaillerie Belge, Belgium’s last enamel beer advert maker

Behind the scenes at Emaillerie Belge, Belgium’s last producer of enamel beer adverts.

Cuisine and Culture, History and HeritageEoghan Walsh5 April 2019adverts, enamel, Vorst, Brussels, molenbeek, Cantillon

“We always brew what we want” // A History of Brasserie de la Senne in 5 Beers

“We always brew what we want” // A History of Brasserie de la Senne in 5 Beers

Each of Brasserie de la Senne’s beers has a story to tell. Here are five of those stories.

Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh15 February 2019brasserie de la senne, zinnebir, taras boulba, stouterik, bruxellensis, saison du meyboom, molenbeek, laken

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #3 // Pralines

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #3 // Pralines

Pairing Brussels culinary delights with the city’s beers. This time - Neuhaus dark chocolate pralines, paired with Nanobrasserie L'Ermitage Noire du Midi and Brasserie Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic Bio.

Cuisine and CultureEoghan Walsh24 January 2019food pairing, nanobrasserie l'ermitage, praline, neuhaus, Cantillon, kriek

Nighthawks // Dekkera, or the making of a modern Brussels neighbourhood bar

Nighthawks // Dekkera, or the making of a modern Brussels neighbourhood bar

How Sylvain Lecomte enlisted Edward Hopper and an unconventional design agency to create Dekkera bar and bottleshop in Vorst.

Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh4 January 2019Dekkera, bar, ROTOR, Sylvain Lecomte, Edward Hopper

A Creeping Dread // Writing about beer, and living with anxiety

A Creeping Dread // Writing about beer, and living with anxiety

Criticism and CommentEoghan Walsh7 December 2018

Political Pints // Where Macron, Merkel, and co. should drink after finalising Brexit

Political Pints // Where Macron, Merkel, and co. should drink after finalising Brexit

Five alternatives in central Brussels for Europe’s leaders to hit up.

Criticism and Comment, Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh22 November 2018charles michel, politics, brexit, irish bar brussels, bars

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #2 // Mitraillette

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #2 // Mitraillette

Pairing two beers with a classic Brussels dish. This time - Mitraillette with Nanobrasserie L’Ermitage Lanterne and Brasserie En Stoemelings Hoppy Madame.

Cuisine and CultureEoghan Walsh1 November 2018food pairing, Brasserie en stoemelings, IPA, nanobrasserie l'ermitage, mitraillette

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #1 // Stoemp and pork sausage

Brussels beer x Brussels food face-off #1 // Stoemp and pork sausage

Pairing two Brussels beers with a Brussels dish: Stoemp and pork sausage with Brasserie En Stoemelings La Tanteke and Brasserie de la Senne’s Jambe-de-Bois.

Cuisine and CultureEoghan Walsh12 October 2018food pairing, brasserie de la senne, Brasserie en stoemelings, stoemp, saison, tripel, pork sausage

Brasserie En Stoemelings Redux // Let It Grow

Brasserie En Stoemelings Redux // Let It Grow

One year into the story of Brasserie En Stoemelings at Tour & Taxis.

Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh21 September 2018Brasserie en stoemelings, Greenbizz, No Science, Laken, tour et taxis, molenbeek

The heat is on // Climate change is coming for Brasserie Cantillon

The heat is on // Climate change is coming for Brasserie Cantillon

Climate change is coming for lambic, and it will be hard for Cantillon to stop it.

Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh7 September 2018brasserie cantillon, Brussels, brewery, Lambic, climate change

Cantillon Quintessence 2018 // Cantillon x Hill Farmstead

Cantillon Quintessence 2018 // Cantillon x Hill Farmstead

Cantillon Quintessence 2018’s guest of honour was Shaun Hill of Hill Farmstead

Eoghan Walsh13 July 2018Cantillon, Quintessence, Hill Farmstead, Gallery

Bringing it all back home // Brussels Beer Project is building a brewery in Brussels

Bringing it all back home // Brussels Beer Project is building a brewery in Brussels

Brussels Beer Project are bringing their beers back to Brussels, building a new brewery in Anderlecht.

Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh29 June 2018Brussels Beer Project, Canal, Anderlecht

“Fake authenticity” // Overheard at the Brewers of Europe Forum

“Fake authenticity” // Overheard at the Brewers of Europe Forum

A LOT of discussions about beer.

Eoghan Walsh12 June 2018Brewers of Europe Forum, Brewers of Europe, brussels, craft beer, authenticity

"Europe is the cradle of modern beer" // Meet Europe's "Mr Beer"

"Europe is the cradle of modern beer" // Meet Europe's "Mr Beer"

Pierre -Oiliver Bergeron is the Sectrategy General of the Brewers of Europe, the umbrella body that represents European beer in Brussels.

Criticism and CommentEoghan Walsh4 June 2018Brewers of Europe Forum, Brewers of Europe, brussels, Pierre-Olivier Bergeron

Brewers on the Brewers of Europe Forum // "I'm looking forward to drinking Westmalle"

Brewers on the Brewers of Europe Forum // "I'm looking forward to drinking Westmalle"

We asked a group of august brewers and brewery owners for their take on where we are at.

Criticism and CommentEoghan Walsh25 May 2018Brewers of Europe Forum, Brewers of Europe, brussels

Mothers & Daughters // Brussels gets a lesbian bar, and so much more

Mothers & Daughters // Brussels gets a lesbian bar, and so much more

In early May 2018 a group of artists and activists opened something Brussels hadn’t seen for 15 years: a bar by and for the city’s lesbian community

Breweries and BarsEoghan Walsh18 May 2018brussels, brussels lesbian bar, lesbian bar, mothers & daughters, belgian pride

On the lash with Baudelaire // A literary pub crawl through Brussels, Act One

On the lash with Baudelaire // A literary pub crawl through Brussels, Act One

I set off on a tour, in Baudelaire’s and others footsteps, of what remains of Brussels’ literary haunts.

Brussels Irish // The James Joyce: last call for the Irish pub?

Brussels Irish // The James Joyce: last call for the Irish pub?

Almost thirty years after the first one opened, how are the city’s Irish bars doing?

Breweries and Bars, Criticism and CommentEoghan Walsh29 March 2018Guinness, expats, Brussels Irish, Irish pub, EU quarter, Maes, Irish, Irish pub company, James Joyce, ireland, irish bar brussels, boak and bailey

Beerstorming x Jameson Caskmates // Brussels beer in Irish barrels

Beerstorming x Jameson Caskmates // Brussels beer in Irish barrels

How one of the world’s largest drinks brands ended up working with one of the smallest breweries in Belgium.