With this post I would like to introduce a seven-part series on beer and brewing in Belgium, based primarily on research conducted by Jim Bush and myself during a visit this past summer.
Our goal is to share as much of the beer and brewing information we collected as possible, and the final post will contain information on cafes, stores and other resources for future visitors. A few of the posts will go beyond brewing to offer a broader narrative, particularly in cases like our tour of the trappist brewery at Rochfort, where we were privileged to do something that others probably won't be able to. In these cases we'll try to offer a vicarious tour, but hopefully without tiresome comments about what a good time we had, etc.
To avoid HBD bloat I will send out one "chapter" each day, although the actual time of appearance will be subject to the whims of HBD. The topics covered will be as follows:
While I can therefore say that Jim and I brought a certain amount of experience to this task, we are painfully aware of all the questions we forgot to ask, or couldn't. You are welcome to write to either of us with inquiries about the material you'll be seeing over the next few days, and we'll try to answer as many as we can. Please try to be understanding if we fail you.
I plan to continue visiting Belgium on a regular basis and welcome suggestions for addition information that needs to be collected.
Apologies are also offered for all the typos, misspellings, and other editorial incongruities you'll undoubtedly find in the posts that follow. I've worked them over a bit, but decided that people would rather have the information now than wait until we could produce a more elegant piece of writing.
Above all, we hope the following posts will be informative and enjoyable to read.
Last Updated: 16 August, 1995
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