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Cafe Botteltje

09/11/2012 2 comments

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

Brussels and Ghent

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CML – The Video

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Ghent The Beer Bit

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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

Chez Moeder Lambic

08/11/2012 Leave a comment

Difficult to find, all uphill

 

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The St Gilles Town Hall.   Chez Moeder Lambic.
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Non smoking and free Wifi.   Gueuze  – Cantillon – 5.0% ABV. A
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Vanderghinste Oud Bruin – Bockor – 5.5% ABV. B+   Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge – Bockor – 5.5% ABV. A
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Rose de Grambrinus – Cantillon – 5.0% ABV. A   And again.
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The Town Hill at night.   Made me chuckle.

 

But well worth it

Broken and Late

07/11/2012 Leave a comment

The car iPhone mount broken

 

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Bedwas and it’s early.   Plan B is the TomTom and a steamed up screen.
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The long stay and its sun up.   Just in case I forget.
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Not this time.   Not raining.
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Bit early but checked in online.   Post Chicken Tikka at Subway.
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Mainly an easyJet airport.   After a full search of my trainers and computer rucksack.
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Departures post rush hour.   Dealing with the delay.

 

And the flight was an hour late.

Prepping for Brussels

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Prepping for #BRU12

03/11/2012 Leave a comment

Newport

 

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The Godfrey Morgan with festival flags   Tutto Fi Brodo – Birra Del Borgo – 4.2% ABV. Little amber ale with a refreshing complex taste B+
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Terra Firma – Everards – 4.5% ABV. Creamy head, full bodied but sort of anonymous. B   Golden Porter – Titanic – 4.7% ABV. A golden Porter and it really works. Full of flavour and morish A-
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The Pen & Wig – Newport   Full Nelson – Tiny Rebel – 4.8% ABV. Another hoppy winner from Tiny Rebel, a real bitter A-
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Eclipse – Untapped – 4.4% ABV. Irony alert. Half way between a bitter and a stout, A-    

 

Godfrey Morgan and Pen & Wig

Double Festival – The Video

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Double Festival

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Coffee, haircut and Uphill

 

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I heart coffee.   Adrian doing a star burst.
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Caerphilly Castle.   Tikka stop.
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The Malcolm Uphill.   3 Point 5 – Avery Brewery 3.5% ABV. B+
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Devil’s Advocate – Caledonian – 4.2% ABV. B+   Waiting for the 120.
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The Taff looking North.   The Taff looking South.
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The Rickard Arms – Treforest.   Otley 01 – Otley – 4.0% ABV.  B+
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The Otley Arms – Treforest.   The Otley Arms – social media to the fore.
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Raspberry Blonde – Saltaire – 4.0% ABV. B+   Armarill-o – Otley – 4.3% ABV. B+
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Big Car.    

 

Rickard, Otley & Big Carl