I will be visiting Belgium and the Netherlands later this year

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I will be spending two weeks visiting the following cities:

Amsterdam
Brussels
Middelburg
Brugge
Gent

Any locals like to meet for a drink, coffee or perhaps dinner?

I will privately provided dates etc.

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I’m in the “Antwerpen” area, if you are passing there i will be happy to introduce you to one off the best beers in the world :wink:

I also make some decent spinach pastas and have a mountain bike background.

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I think Gent is the closet I get.

Normally, I would make a detour to meet with a local, but I will be on an organized bike tour. The only full days I have will be before the
tour in Amsterdam and Brussels.

I hear that Amsterdam has the best beers in the world?

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That is how wars are started! :slight_smile:

I forgot the name of that brewery in the middle of the Antwerp, but I remember Tuesday 50% off specials. Hoegaarden is my favorite!

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Or was it botanicals?

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indeed :wink:

Take a tour to the beer museum in Amsterdam

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WHAT ??? THATS THE WORST BEER IN THE WORLD :wink:

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@ Mike - told ya!

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I will be making a quantitative analysis of the situation, and arrive at my own decision. :smiley:

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Number 1 in 2013
http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/bestbeers_012013x.asp

Number 1 in 2012
http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/bestbeers_012012.asp

Number 2 in 2011
http://www.ratebeer.com/RateBeerBest/bestbeers_012011.asp

and this is less than 100 km from Gent… if you like beer, should have been there… :wink:

Sante !

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@ David@ Emrol - Thanks David. I will be taking the list with me.

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@ patc - thanks for the info! we need to drink lots of beer prior to the trip so we are in proper condition.

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@ patc - I only see Cerb40 in the middle. :wink:

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Thats a “Dekoninck”, brewed in Antwerpen :

http://www.dekoninck.be/en

It’s a rater light beer if you compare this to the beers brewed in most abbeys :wink:

I would recommend :

http://www.trappistwestmalle.be/en/page/brouwerij.aspx

and

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@ David@ Emrol - I have tried both. Good suggestions!