Seems my favourite festival - Carnivale Brettanomyces - has a sister festival in Brussels this year. 4, 5, 6 December at Be-here Brussels
Erwin
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Made my way to Queer Brewing Taproom on their closing weekend. Happy world pride!
Unsurprisingly, Amsterdam Craft Beer fest has been cancelled. The end of Borefts festival meant that a big gap in the beer calendar was ready to be filled. Unfortunately poor communication, high prices, and inclarity on the lineup led to poor ticket sales for this event.
On the train to Oxford! Could not let the opportunity slip to join my old homebrew group's monthly meeting. Even brought some sake with.
Met up yesterday with some of the local sake homebrewers at Nai Pure Sake Bar (Amsterdam). We had 6 sakes to sample; and exchanged rice, yeast, and nerdy process knowledge. I forgot to take pictures, but I did make a picture of the very seasonal Tamagawa Icebreaker.
Going to be in London this Tuesday and will be around for almost 2 weeks! Any events, relatively new bars/breweries, or food/drink/other suggestions are welcome!
Sampling some of the local brews at Izmir-based brew pub Madam Prokopp.
Asahi, who also owns Grolsch, has just bought Gulpener brouwerij. Another Dutch independent brewery gobbled up by big beer. They have been branding themselves as local, family owned, sustainable. I guess not much of that identity will be left after this takeover. Sad times.
Did I post an update about my one week internship at sake brewery Daimon Shuzo in Osaka, Japan? Oops! I spent one week living in the brewery to learn more about the process of making sake.
I pressed my 3rd and 4th batch of sake early last week. Today it was time to measure and sample them.
Switching to a 4 mini regulator setup for the new kegerator. If it ever arrives that is.
I have been a bit on a brewing hiatus. Our kitchen renovations meant that my RAPT fermentation fridge became our main fridge for the past 2 months. Today they are bringing our new fridge. I am really excited to have this sorted for our kitchen and being able to start brewing again!
Happy almost new year everyone! What is everyone drinking this evening? I just picked up some sake and beer at Sterk / Pasteuning. Got some nice funky cheese at Kef and my parents brought me a box of oysters. Will pair those with the bottle on the left; Terada Honke Daigo no Shizuku.
It has almost become a yearly tradition. For New Year's eve I get a big haul of cheese from Kef. And oysters. Now to decide which bottle of sake to pair this with.
I've been on an involuntary media diet for since early November Someone bumped into my speaker, which fell into my TV. RIP LG G5 OLED :( Insurance has been a nightmare to deal with but now they are replacing the panel on January 7th. Part of me likes not watching TV actually.
Oh, did I share yet that I enrolled into a 1 week internship at sake brewery Daimon in Japan? Because I did :-) Will take place in Februari. Look really forward to it!
I kind of took a month long break from Bluesky. Busy time at work and builders redoing our kitchen. What did I miss?
Homebrewers of Bluesky! Where should I be looking/joining on here for engagement and chats about homebrewing? I am finding Bluesky to be a bit of a desert, but hopefully I'm just not looking in the right places yet. Advice appreciated - thanks! #homebrew #homebrewing #beer #uk
I've not seen much coverage of the latest Untappd update on Bluesky. They have allowed check-in for a lot of new beverages. Not just spirits, wine, and sake. Also sodas, teas, and coffee.
Breaking the seal on a Schlenkerla Marzen from wooden barrel. A rare sight outside of Bamberg.
Welp new #sake #koji fear unlocked... (extremely rare) A Case of Fungal Ball Caused by Aspergillus oryzae in a Sake Brewery Worker
A Case of Fungal Ball Caused by Aspergillus oryzae in a Sake Brewery Worker
This is one of the rare, documented cases of non-invasive fungal sinusitis caused by Aspergillus oryzae in an immunocompetent worker exposed occupationally. A 34-year-old woman working at a nihon-shu ...
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Spanish beer people, please let yourselves be known to me!
This evening is another meetup of the Amsterdam sake circle. The concept is simple; everyone takes a nice bottle of sake with them, tells the story of the bottle, we drink it together, and we discuss. The line-up of bottles always is amazing. I'm bringing this Sankan Shuzo Kimoto Junmai.
