People keep telling us that Hoegaarden, the famous Belgian wheat beer, is crap these days. So why do we enjoy it every time we drink it? It might be nostalgia, of course. Hoegaarden was one of the first interesting beers we ever encountered, where ‘interesting’ means something other than bitter or lager. There was something […] Witbier taste-off – is Hoegaarden still a contender? originally posted at Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog| Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog
Blimey. It's been a year since I last called by Urban Brewing. Shameful altogether. As a brewpub with no core range, beers turn over regularly, but there are themes, and regular re-ups of styles they've done before.| The Beer Nut
Hubert Vanden Bempde was Tafelmeester van Hoegaarden. In zijn verhuurboek, dat bewaard wordt in de pastorie van Hoegaarden, registreerde hij betalingen tussen 1736 en 1741 op folio’s 1 tot 155. Folio’s 156 tot 163 verso bevatten een alfabetische index op voornamen, zoals Anthoen, Bertel, Carlo en Guilliam. Onder de letter D worden ook namen vermeld […]| Dr. fil. Paul Kempeneers