EP054 | The Modern Beer Game
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
1 min read
In the face of industry challenges, including legal headaches and supply chain disruption, how should a brewery play the modern beer game?
COMMON PLACE
The variety of indigenous styles and the endurance of regionality have resulted in “sense of place” being one of the most fascinating aspects of beer culture in Flanders.
These are the stories of beer in the regions, highlighting how location can have a significant impact on beer culture.
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“All In” On Turnhout — How Brouwerij Het Nest Play The Modern Beer Game
What happened when a provincial Belgian brewery bet everything on its hometown heritage?
26 min read
The owners of Brouwerij Het Nest in Turnhout—the world capital of playing cards—gambled the brewery’s future on strategy, ambition, and luck.
EP047 | The Belgian Coast
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
2 min read
We took the Kusttram the length of the Belgian coast to explore its food and drink culture and share with you the places worth exploring.
Flavour Track — A Culinary Crawl On Belgium’s Coastal Tram
Exploring Food and Drink Culture Along the World’s Longest Single Tram Line
60 min read
When you travel the Belgian coast by tram—the world’s longest single tram line—what sort of food and drink culture will you experience?
EP042 | Rejecting Boundaries (The Story of Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar)
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
1 min read
The story of Baarle, Ronald Mengerink, and De Dochter van de Korenaar is one of defying categorisation and rejecting boundaries set for you.
Border Hopping at Baarle’s Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar
How Brewer Ronald Mengerink Pushes the Boundaries of Belgian Beer
29 min read
How did Ronald Mengerink push the boundaries of beer with De Dochter van de Korenaar in the cartographically strange village of Baarle?
Up And Running — The Rise Of Independent Beer In Ghent
How Janos De Baets and DOK Brewing Company Changed the City Limits
18 min read
Ghent is a city of contradictory extremes: historic yet innovative; laid-back but vibrant. How does beer in Ghent sit between these extremes?
A Place in Blossom
On Beer and Brewing in Belgium’s Haspengouw Region
22 min read
The Haspengouw has been described as a “beer wasteland”. But there has been plenty of activity in the beer scene here in recent years.
EP026 | Raf Souvereyns (Bokke), Pierre Tilquin (Gueuzerie Tilquin), and Tom Jacobs (Antidoot)
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
2 min read
What do Raf Souvereyns (Bokke), Pierre Tilquin (Gueuzerie Tilquin), and Tom Jacobs (Antidoot) have to say about terroir, hype, and politics?
Antidoot Wilde Fermenten and the Cure for Modern Society
How Two Belgian Brothers Let Things Get Out Of Control
20 min read
What would happen when a philosopher based in the city of Leuven moved to a farm in Belgium's Hageland to start a wild brewery?
Het Anker and its Anchorman
One Man’s Struggle for Fairness, Heritage, and Pride in the City of Mechelen
18 min read
How did Charles Leclef turn around the fortunes of a brewery on the verge of bankruptcy and reinforce his commitment to the city of Mechelen?
EP023 | Charles Leclef of Brouwerij Het Anker
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
1 min read
Charles Leclef discusses beer, business, and politics, and talks about how he turned around the fortunes of Brouwerij Het Anker in Mechelen.
EP019 | The One True Beer of the Westhoek
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
1 min read
In this episode, we explore the hop growing culture of the Westhoek, with hop farmers, brewers and a hop queen hopeful.
Putting Hops on the Table in Belgium’s Westhoek
On Leroy Breweries, Poperinge Hop Growers, and the Agricultural Identity of a People
18 min read
Why has Poperings Hommelbier from Leroy Breweries resonated so much with people in the main hop growing region in Belgium?
EP016 | The King Wants You There
The Belgian Smaak Podcast
1 min read
Just how do Brouwerij Verhaeghe sustain a business on the back of a niche Flemish Red-Brown beer of mixed fermentation?
Duchesse De Bourgogne and its Royal Ascent
One Family's Battle for Flemish Red Brown Beer
31 min read
The producer of the Duchesse de Bourgogne escaped death after a serious accident. It fuelled his ambition to protect the beer of his region.
