Tag: belgium
Hop Harvest 2010
4/5. A refreshing and well-rounded hop beer from De Ranke. Unexpectedly mild to the taste.
Stouterik
3/5. A solid Belgian stout with strong roasted aroma and surprisingly fruity flavours in amongst the expected sourness.
Winterkoninkske
4/5. A drinkable winter warmer packed with plenty of flavours appropriate for the time of year.
Roste Jeanne
2/5. A beer to celebrate the history of a woman burned at the stake, but it didn’t set me alight.
De Dolle Special Extra Export Stout
3/5. Impressive appearance and fruity aromas somewhat let down by overpowering salty flavour.
Ninglinspo
Following a bewitching, unpronounceable little river as it flows down a narrow, rocky valley in the Ardennes.
The white stuff
Home of the world’s most famous white beer, Hoegaarden is surrounded by the vast wheat fields needed to brew the stuff.
Natour Criterium Sint Niklaas
A thriving criterium circuit brings the stars of the Tour de France to small town Belgium.
Lower Lesse
Before reaching the Meuse, the Lesse river flows through a long, deep and green valley bordered by limestone cliffs.
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The Apostle
How many actors can play winsome and sinister in equal parts? Robert Duvall can. And he can direct it for you too!
- Originally published: 12 Mar 2007 in Film
Dancer In The Dark
Director: Lars Von Trier Denmark et al, 2000 Only a bunch of die-hards could create this kind of electrifying cinema and Von Trier’s shoots are famously uncomfortable affairs. Perhaps that’s the key to the unique performances he gets, this time from a superb cast led by Bjork. Coming right after the disturbing intensity of Dogme …
- Originally published: 1 Dec 2006 in Film
Salzburg
Beautifully baroque, Salzburg properly embodies Austrian elegance down the ages.
- Originally published: 13 Feb 2011 in Europe
Orval
3/5. Dark and fizzy, unexpectedly light and bitter. Flavours include grass, orange peel and grapefruit.
- Originally published: 1 Jan 2010 in Beer
The Illusionist
All is not what it seems: The Illusionist conjures little enthusiasm
- Originally published: 20 Mar 2007 in Film
Who you gonna call?
Hello you, I'm Mike Padgett. I'm not a Princeton curator, Knoxville mayoral candidate, Kentuckian pastor or Arizona journalist, I just share the same name. In fact, I am a consultant working in user experience and information design.
I also enjoy travel, concerts, films and walking.
I'm originally from Yorkshire, England but nowadays I live in Belgium. My current favourite Belgian beer is Black Albert.
Shameless self-promotion
Over a year in the making, Dopeology.org is my latest personal project: a topology of doping in thirty years of European pro road cycling.
I collected information from thousands of sources, then I modelled and published it via a lightweight user interface.