bier tasting two

BN
Abbe St. Remy Trappiste Rochefort 8
initial taste: slightly sweet full body
Drinkablilty : smooth Excellant, creamy
overall: would drink it again!!! wants to meditate with the monks!!

RH
Petrus Gouden triple
Initial Taste: bitter and wheaty
Drinkability: smoother improved with each sip
Overall: Not a light beer drinker, but beats a Bud any day, quick buzz!

JF
St. Bernardus Abt 12
Initial taste: tough to swallow
Drinkability: powered through, still have the taste on my tongue
Overall: Ok, but not so, but a good buzz!!

Happy Easter! Spring is Finally here

Hello. What to say. So much occurring world wide and where does it all fit in on the day to day operation?
Some might say, get a family and stop thinking about all this stuff. Just "get it done" was a slogan I heard a while ago, which I carry on at my work now.
So, get it done, right, I travel. I like to do that. So check out this pic from Trier, Germany



Trier was the location in the land "north of the alps" that the Romans decided to make a fort or an outpost. Port Nigra i think it is called is the landmark in Trier that is testament to the Latin/Roman presence in this part of Germany.



I have wanted to visit Trier for quite some time, but one of the reasons I went this weekend was because I wanted to buy some Mosel Valley Wine.
I didn't try it yet, but I will let you know.

That was my Easter Sunday, following mass of course in Maastricht.

Anyway all is good. My parents made it home to Cleveland safely and now I prepare for my friend Tom to visit.
We are planning a mountain bike ride in the Ardennes with a work group. Should be great!!
Best wishes and keep drinking

Bier tasting results

On 3rd of April colleagues came from Cleveland to work and to drink some beers.
Trappist #10
EF
Initial taste: Wheat or an Aged Dortmunder
Drinkability: Not a high volume drinking beer
Overall : Heavy Dortmunder

Pere Abbe 6.3%
JS
Initial taste: Smooth
Drinkability: very
Overall: wheat taste evaporates

Grimbergen Triple
SK
Initial taste: Excellant flavor
Drinkability: very
Overall: Palm with vodka dropped in it

Grimbergen Double
JF
Initial taste: Chocolate, neutral
Drinkability: very , great flavor
Overall: Great Flavor

Kapittal
DJ
Initial taste: easy, sweet
Drinkability: not so
Overall: Dissappointed, the label with the monks on it was promising, but taste was a let down.

Views and opinions are strictly of the participants. Try them for yourself!

last week bike ride

View from bike road, road from Valkensward to Eindhoven


Me and the bike


Destination Beer. This cold one, made the ride worthwhile.

Tour Guide

My parents arrived this week, Friday. Nice time to visit and enjoy some travel! Had dinner and dodged some showers in Den Bocsh on friday afternoon. On Saturday, went to Holland-Leiden and Delft. To the Keukenhof and Delft porcelin factory.





Cold Spring, Long Winter makes it difficult for spring colors to bloom. Field adjacent to Kuekenhof park.





Centrum Delft

Delft


Canal Delft


Dinner in Eindhoven, Daan and I



Later that night, put the parents to bed. Daan and I went out in Eindhoven and met Bride to be Jess and her one of her bridesmaids at the Tipsy Duck, a pub on Stratumseind, the pub street in Eindhoven. Thought I would snap this pic.


And I still made it to Palm Sunday Mass this morning.

out

Beer tasting results

Last week some colleagues from Cleveland arrived. I invited them to my flat for some Belgium beer tasting.

Here are the results from their trained pallets. Well, I can't find my notebook at the moment. So I will just put up the fotos from the night. I will eventually get the opinions of the participants, Eugene, John, Steve, Daan up for a post. Enjoy the fotos for now.
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Liege and Fort ChaudFontaine "adventure"

While I sit here in an attempt to manage my photos reducing hard drive space burning .jpg's to cd. I look outside and at the big puffy clouds pasing by. "Beetje slecht weer vandag" little bad weather today... However the sun is shining occasionally, that makes for a cool view.
Yesterday, wandered around in Liege and in the "buurt" of Liege and then to Maastricht before returning to Eindhoven.
Liege is an interesting city. It had a very bizarre feel to it, couldn't put my finger on it, it was just bizarre, and a bit restless.
From there went south a bit into the hills just south of the city. Found a WW1 fort named Claudfontaine. It is no longer open to tourists, but I asked some of the people there, if I could wander on the grounds a bit, and they obliged. Here are some pics from there:
view from where the main turret would have been



Ask-again-would I see this in Cleveland? (BTB-this is the money shot for the monthly wallpaper)


Heel Goed weer in Maastricht!

A parc in the just south of Maastricht, i didn't pet the horse, it almost ran me over though.

view from outside the fort