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Archive for October, 2011
Train after Train
31/10/2011
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Eurostar good, tube bad
Even First Great Western Good
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#brx11, Brussels, Coffee, Eurostar, Fullers, London, St Pancras, Starbucks
It Ends
30/10/2011
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On a high note
With barley nuts
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#brx11, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Lambic, Moeder Lambic, October 2011
One closed, One open
30/10/2011
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But the open one had
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| Really? | Closed | |
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| Cathedral | Grand Place | |
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| Just a pub | Was open | |
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| The answer | Hop Harvest | |
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| Tripel | Grisette Fruits of the Wood | |
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| Gueuze | Kriek | |
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| Bio | Barley instead of bar nuts |
free Wifi
Categories: Food and drink, Travel
Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Lambic, Meoder Lambic, October 2011
Ostend Like Merthyr Tydfil
30/10/2011
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Late and early trains
And odd shaped glasses, maybe a double section
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Ostend and Seagulls
30/10/2011
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One country
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| The French bit | And the other side, the Dutch bit | |
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| Not my train | Nor this one | |
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| Now this is my train | And my loco | |
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| The seagulls here speak four languages | Cafe Botteltje | |
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| Rodenbach | Boon – Mariage Parfait | |
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| Grimbergen – Dubbel | De Troch – Christmas Gueuze | |
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| Kwak – Pauwel | And goodbye |
Two languages (mainly)
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#brx11, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Cafe Botteltje, Lambic, October 2011, Ostend, Train
Indian Summer Antwerp
29/10/2011
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Rather warm
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| The Station | The Cathedral | |
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| 13th Commandment | Yes it is a restaurant/bar | |
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| Spag Bol, Gueuze & De Koninck | Kulminator | |
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| Rodenbach Vintage 2008 | Buffalo Bitter Ale | |
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| Malheur | The bar | |
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| Why not? | My train back to Brussels |
But dressed for cold
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#brx11, Ale, Antwerp, Beer, Belgium, Bier, Kulminator, October 2011
Cantillon Brewery Visit – October 2011
29/10/2011
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Just wander around
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| High tech Brussels | Lambic beer tech Brussels | |
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| The Mashung un | And inside | |
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| Hop boiler | The Granary | |
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| The Cooling Tun where the airborne wild yeast do their magic | The barrel store | |
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| Bottle cleaning machine | Bottling line | |
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| Gueuze | Framboise | |
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| Gueuze | Kriek |
Whilst the Spiders protect the Lambic
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#brx11, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Cantillon, Lambic, October 2011
Indian Summer in Antwerp
29/10/2011
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Spag Bol
And Flemish ales
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#brx11, Ale, Antwerp, Beer, Bier, Kulminator, October 2011, Starbucks
Cantillon Brewery Visit
29/10/2011
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For real Lambic beers
Spiders are the key
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#brx11, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Cantillon, Lambic, October 2011
Brussels and an Old Friend
28/10/2011
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Left on time
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| St Pancras | Ready to check-in, QR code | |
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| Foot and bergan | My Eurostar at Gare du Midi | |
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| Mine and a friend | Where I’m staying | |
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| The local chippy | On the way | |
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| Chez Moeder Lambic | The fruit menu | |
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| Cantillon – Kriek – 5.0% ABV | Cantillon – Framboise – 5.0% ABV | |
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| Oude Geuze – De Oude Cam – 6.0% ABV | If you can’t get them in Caerphilly |
All Lambic, 100% Lambic
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#brx11, Brussels, Cantillon, Eurostar, Ibis, Lambic, Moeder Lambic, St Pancras
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