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Since I've moved to northern Europe I discover that the art of making beer can be as fine as that of making wine. I enjoy drinking beers made by micro-breweries: they reach high levels of quality, offering distinctive tastes above those flattened by the industrial production scale, offering a wide range of fermented characters for the voluptuous choice of my leisure and pleasure.
Besides being cheerful by nature, the micro-brewery production offers an inspiring panorama of alternative economies that still survive to the competition of the mega-corporations and the globalised market. This kind of beer production often implies fermentation in bottle, small scale development and a wider range of ingredients and blends besides the most popular Pils.
This page is about supporting me and my good taste, so here we go:
why don't you (virtually) invite me for a good beer? :)
It will help my good humor and motivation, to know there are so many people around I can virtually toast with, plus it might help to support my expenses. I'm a proud client of the Bierkoning micro-brewery shop nearby the Dam square in Amsterdam: this humble luxury cheers me up at the average price of 50 EUR per month, reaching peeks of 100 EUR expenses a month when I buy crates to cheer up with familiars.
In my experience on-line donations never really worked to get rich, while I've never really insisted for people to wire me money. But maybe now there is a good reason :) and micro-payments are an appealing economy to try, so I'll document the expenses below, along with my taste and seasonal choices.
My all-time favourite beers are made by breweries around the Flanders: for instance Christoffel in Limburg and Witkap Pater in Ninove. I particularly enjoy drinking bottles like Stimulo, XX Bitter and Oud Zottegems, whose price is approximately between 4 and 8 EUR per liter, while the choice falls often on La Chouffe when I'm served by the tap. However, good beers are also brewed elsewhere: in USA for instance a wide range of choices if offered by the Left Hand Brewing company and ales and stouts made by Rogue. And if you really miss a micro-brewery in your surrounding you can always do it yourself: have a look at the FREE BEER recipes, they release new versions every year.
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