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You may have seen my video report on my day out in Rotterdam. Here's the boring, old wordy version. Mostly, I judge in exotic places: B...

 I go to Rotterdam to judge the Dutch Beer Challenge. By train and tram. It's so much fun.  

When I was at university I went to the pub most days. Sometimes twice, afternoon and evening sessions. The first in the student union bar, t...

When was I last in Rotterdam? It's so long I can't say with any certainty. I think it was when I was still writing city guides for t...

I recently recorded as joint talk with Peter Symons about beers from Heineken's pilot brewery in 1935. It goes into excruciating detail ...

Just four nights away and it's incredible how much of a backlog has built up. Of things that need to get done. And there was me thinking...

Just for a change, here’s another Heineken Stout recipe. This time, it’s one with the standard production grist. Rather than the weird one w...

Yet another in my series of weird Heineken beers. From their pilot brewery, obviously. It’s clear that they were experimenting with Stout re...

Now here’s a really weird one. A Heineken attempt to clone Dortmunder Union Export. Not for sale, but as a Christmas beer for their employee...

Another in my series of styles you didn’t expect a Dutch brewer to make. This time it’s Oktoberfest favourite: Märzen. Though, at 16º Plato,...

Not only Pils was brewed in Heineken’s pilot brewery in Rotterdam. There were also a couple of brews of Bok. In this case, the trial was usi...

I almost forgot this one. The last little snippet about Heineken's beers in WW II. It's pretty short and shouldn't take up too m...

I'm most of the way through cooking a chicken curry. Not sure it's like a genuine curry. But it's tasting pretty good. I started...