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Munching Vidal Blanc on Keuka Lake, New York
Tag Archives: Beer
Return to France: Lille: Home of Flanders Beer and Foie Gras Macarons?
183 days have passed. 13 countries have been conquered. Beer has dominated our EU Austerity Drinking Tour for months. Sure, Belgian and Dutch beer shocked us into appreciation of how fine beer can be. But finally, we step foot back into France: home of wine. Champagne, that fizzy light at the end of this trip’s tunnel is in sight. Continue reading
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Tagged art, Beer, blond beer, Cheese, Flanders, Foie Gras, France, French beer, French cheese, Goudale, hops, lille, museums, Quick Burger, Thanksgiving, travel, wine
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In Bruges 2: Many Many Beers: Delirium tremens, De Halve Maan
Wayward Wine will soon cease its waywardness. I promise. For months now this wine blog has chatted about German, Dutch, and Belgian beer. Why? Basically because we we toured the cold north where beer reigns. Next Monday, we will return France and surround ourselves in wine. But Bruges is our last stop in Belgium. Last Monday we explored its sights and sounds and barely survived the countless geese (read post here). Continue reading
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Tagged balgian beer, Beer, Belgium, Bruges, De Halve Maan, Delirium tremens, Geese, in bruges, Mort Subite, Timmermans, travel, wine
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Fresh Hop Butternut Saison Belgian Beer
Today, around 6:30 pm at the Green Dragon in Portland, Oregon, my wife and I will release a beer. But not just any beer. Our beer. Our take on a Belgian Saison, which coincidentally occurs while Wayward Wine reminisces on our EU Austerity Drinking Tour in Belgium (read recent post on Bruges: here). But there is a twist. Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, Brewing, butternet squash, fall beer, green dragon, Portland
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In Bruges 1: Beer, Geese, Religion, and Beer Belgium
I hate cobbles. I do not care how adorable, quaint, or photogenic they appear. Cobbles are muffins of the devil, sent to drive every wheeled piece of luggage straight to hell.
So it goes in Bruges. We slush through snow, trying in vain to find our hostel. We have no time to look at anything, only which rut will eat our wheels next.
Get a taxi, you say. Well, this is an EU Austerity Drinking Tour. 179 days of travel add up. Continue reading
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Tagged Beer, Belgium, Bruges, Carrefour, drink, Food, Geese, Monasteries, tourism, travel
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Waterloo, Kriek and Trappist Beers from Belgium
Yesterday, Wayward Wine visited Brussels Horta House, museums, streets, and beer. Today we catch a train and bus for 2.50 to Waterloo: site of Napoleon’s final battle (and catchy ABBA song).
Past suburbs, snow falls on a grey world. The films inside the museum provide context, cheese, and needed warmth. Back outside, we find the human-made Lion’s Mound to injured William II of the Netherlands and, well, have to climb it, which knocks the wind out of us… Continue reading
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