New tourist center in Belgium

22-11-2012

On Sunday November 25, tourist center Historium opens its doors in Brugge (Belgium). Seven themed rooms show the tourists how the city looks like centuries ago. The center features a grand beer café, called Duvelorium, which is created in association with brewery Duvel Moortgat and designed by Puresang. The interior consists of traditional materials combined with contemporary aspects. Duvelorium is opened every day of the week.

Movuz 95-Range

7-11-2012

The Dutch manufacturer Movuz is specialized in stainless steel mobile kitchen systems for both professional and private use. They introduced an innovative new concept, called the ’95-Range’, which entails several different mobile units such as a Beermobil, a Cookmobil (which includes a teppan yaki system) and a Coolmobil.

Smart coasters

31-10-2012

Laus Beers developed these smart coasters. The condensation from the beer glass would wet the coaster and reveals a message: ‘How about a beer? And a ride? If you drink don’t drive.’ The impact was right on target when drinking the very first glass. The customer could stop drinking in time, or think of a safe alternative for getting home.

Broeder Jacob Double Espresso

26-10-2012

The recently launched Belgium coffee-beer ‘Broeder Jacob Double Espresso’ is a perect marriage, according brothers Johan Claes of Brewery Broeder Jacob and business man Wim Claes of coffee-roasting factory Java. This dark brown beer holds an alcohol percentage of 7,7%. The used coffee which will be mixed during the brewing, is made the Turkish way, before adding this to the process. The beer is available in bottles of 75 cl, but from next year it will be available in small bottles of 33 cl and kegs as well.

Lemon juicer on a bottle

10-8-2012

A simple but effective lemon juicer can give you extra terrace credits. This Sombrero juicer fits perfectly on a water, soda or beer bottle.

Antwerp Tastes

1-8-2012

‘Antwerpen Proeft’ (Antwerp Tastes) is Belgium’s culinary highlight this summer. Chefs with a 15+ ranking in the Gault&Millau BeLux will cook all-in arrangements as well as bites for visitors. The Chéfs that participate this year are Viki Geunes (‘t Zilte), Wouter Keersmaekers (De Schone van Boskoop), Axel Colonna-Cesari (Centpourcent), Dave De Belder (De Godevaart) and Kaasaffineurs Michel Van Tricht & Zoon (cheese and beer pairing experts).

 

Next to the prominent chefs there are local and artisanal products like hand made Moon Pops ice creams.

Grolsch festival challenge

27-7-2012

Grolsch gives away free gadgets and tickets this summer. In the second challenge of the contest there are Lowlands tickets to win. The beer brand uses a mix of online, offline and mobile marketing for this promotion. Ads with QR-codes are placed at different blogs and websites each day, these locations are traceable by messages on the Grolsch Twitter account.

Clever cup holder

24-7-2012

With this beautiful weather we love to spend our days and evenings outside. But without a table, there is a chance to accidentally push down your drink. With this Beer Holders your drink will be saved from pushing down in a nice way. Nice idea for example beach clubs.

Aperitivo moment with Peroni Nastro Azzuro

5-7-2012

Italian beer brand Peroni brings a bit of Italy to the Netherlands. Together with Italian Michelin star chef Giorgio Locatelli the brewers developed a cookbook for Italian bites that perfectly match the beer during a stylish picnic in the park.

A Piergarten in NY

14-5-2012

At May the 18th (the 4th day of the NY Burger Week) there is a party at Beekman’s Beer Garden Beach Club, located on the East River (mentioned as a Piergarten by Thrillist, we don’t have a piergarten in Europe). We read the announcement on Twitter. We saw inspiring pictures on Thrillist. Would the name Beekman indicate an owner with a Dutch background?

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