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A Brussels Saturday
11/11/2012
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A trumpet to start
And Italian Lambic to finish
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#BRU12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Lambic, Moeder Lambic Fontainas, November 2012
A Fontainas Saturday
10/11/2012
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Moeder Lambic
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| Ten minutes from the Grand Place. | Cuvee – de Ranke – 7% ABV. B+ | |
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| Band of Brothers – de la Senne – 4% ABV. A- | Larme Blanche – Le Paradis – 5% ABV. A with Barley. | |
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| BeerBera – LoverBeer – 8% ABV. A with more Barley. | BeerBrugna – LoverBeer – 6% ABV. A | |
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| Madamin – LoverBeer – 6% ABV. A- | Hop Harvest 2012 – De Ranke – 6% ABV. A- | |
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| Kriek – Cantillon – 5% ABV. A | The Bar. |
With lots of Italian Lambic
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#BRU12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Lambic, Moeder Lambic Fontainas, November 2012
Out and About in Brussels
10/11/2012
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Post rain
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| Can you hear me? | The Stock Market. | |
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| The Grand Pace post rain. | Slightly to the right. | |
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| One of the Galleries. | Mort Subite, not open until 11:00 even on a Saturday. | |
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| Two Cows. | The Cathedral. | |
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| Central Station, full of Scouts. | Central Station. To the Belgians who have fallen. | |
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| More art. | Issues with Football too? | |
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| Note sure. | Ditto. | |
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| Towards the Grand Place. | From the people who brought you Tintin. |
On Saturday morning in Brussels
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#BRU12, Brussels, November 2012
Ostend – Art and Bier
10/11/2012
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And just what are they?
But hey the bier is good
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#BRU12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Cafe Botteltje, Lambic, November 2012, Oostende, Ostend
Cafe Botteltje
09/11/2012
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Part of Hotel Marion
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| The outside. | The inside. | |
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| Rodenbach – Rodenbach – 5.2% ABV. B++ | Goudenband – Liefmans – 8% ABV. A- | |
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| XX Bitter – De Ranke – 6.2% ABV. B++ | Bruin Bier – Cnudde – 4.9% ABV. B+ | |
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| Goat’s cheese | Oude Lambick – De Cam – 4.8% ABV. A- | |
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| Pumpkin soup. |
Full of ales and gin
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#BRU12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Cafe Botteltje, Lambic, November 2012, Oostende, Ostend
Oostende
09/11/2012
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Chilly
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| Yes, I’m there. | And this is my locomotive. | |
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| Oostende station. | Trawler museum. | |
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| The Cathedral. | Not really sure. | |
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| In memory of the Canadian fallen. | A memorial to those lost at sea? | |
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| They do this sort of thing in Oostende | And I sort of like it. | |
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| Wide view. | Next to the Cathedral. | |
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| They love their bikes. | Belgian coaching stock. |
But with plenty of bikes
CML – The Video
08/11/2012
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Like the pictures
But with video
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#BRU12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Brussels, Chez Moeder Lambic, Lambic, November 2012
Ghent The Beer Bit
08/11/2012
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Het Waterhuis aan de Bierkant
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| Water House. | And up close. | |
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| Duchesse de Bourgogne – Verhaeghe – 6% ABV. A | Ignore the glass. Pechebier – Lindemans – 2.0% ABV. B+ | |
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| The bar. | Bacchus Oud Bruin – Honsebrouck – 4.0% ABV. B+ | |
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| Chapeau Gueuze – De Troch – 5.5% ABV. B+ | Ghent has bikes. | |
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| Two friendly trains. | I like trains. |
By the river
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#BRU12, Ale, Beer, Bier, Gent, Ghent, Het Waterhuis aan de Bierkant, Lambic, November 2012
Ghent to the Castle
08/11/2012
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We say Ghent
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| Standard I am here photo. | In front of the station, not sure either. | |
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| The station. | Ghent has lots of water. | |
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| Ghent has lots of history. | Ghent has a castle. | |
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| And the flag tells you I am in Belgium. | Not sure about the link to the SAS. | |
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| The roof. | I like flags. | |
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| They like torture in Ghent. | They like a lot of torture in Ghent. | |
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| And thrones. | A touch overcast. | |
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| Ghent has trees. | And that’s your lot. |
They say Gent
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