One of the most famous landmarks of the skyline of the Dutch city Rotterdam is the football stadium De Kuip (literally translated “The Tub” after its shape), home of the football club Feyenoord. For years the board of directors of the club wants to replace this building with a new modern stadium to increase income for…
Many Christians around the world started a period of fasting yesterday at Ash Wednesday. For the remaining 46 days (or 40 when skipping Sundays) until Easter people give up meat, smoking or alcohol. Although this can be seen as the ultimate sacrifice, and that’s what the Lent Fast is essentially about, we’d like to present…
Since water is a key ingredient of beer, some places may seem unlikely locations for a brewery to settle. The Atacama Desert in Chile for example is the driest desert in the world that is not on within a polar area. There are some places in this desert that have gone without rain for decades. Still…
A new legend is born in the Dutch city of Schijndel. In a bar called De Sok there’s a regular called ‘Stan the Beer Drinker’ who only orders one glass of beer a night, as he agreed with his lady at home. Unfortunately for the misses, this glass contains 7.2 liters of beer. Probably a…
For the cycling fans yesterday was one of the highlights of the season. As the Norwegian Alexander Kristoff won the Tour of Flanders after an exciting race, we found out that the real winner was a rather unknown Irish rider. Matt Brammeier came through first at a sprint in the village Sint-Eloois-Winkel. This however was quite lucrative…
The only bad beer is an overpriced one, everyone knows that. That’s why you won’t catch us trying to book a flight to Scandinavian countries anytime soon. Still there are always governments that think they should raise more taxes on alcohol. In the name of public health or just to earn more cash. As did…
Lords of the Drinks 