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Welcome to Jeannie and Jamie's Belgian beer blog


This is a fun blog. We set it up to share with friends and family back home in Australia and around the world, our personal experiences with the astonishing array of beer that we've been encountering since we moved to Belgium (but everyone is welcome to join in of course.)

We've tried to keep it simple by breaking the beers down into as few categories as possible, but no doubt this will change as we learn from our mistakes. The categories are on the right there. Just click on those links to go to whatever section looks most interesting to you. We haven't yet worked out how and if we'll sub-categorise. That decision will no doubt be forced on us sometime soon as the blog grows.

Note that these categories are loosely based on Tim Webb's excellent book, which I would strongly recommend to anyone planning a beer tasting trip to Belgium.

Before going any further though, it is important to realise that this is NOT intended to be another one of the dozens of sites out there dedicated to beer wankery. We are trying to make this about our personal experiences with each beer, so all opinions expressed are entirely our own (except when from guest reviewers, or are otherwise attributed). This blog is absolutely guaranteed to be entirely informal and unscientific. That means that we don't really want to hear from earnest, patriotic beer lovers who disagree of our comments about their precious beers (unless you are willing to be made fun of.) Nor do we want to hear from any brewers (unless they would like to pay us exhorbitant sums of money to change the blog. Go on InBev - why don't you try see how strong our scruples and opinions really are? :-)

Likewise, if you've got a PhD in Beer Tosserology, then, unless you've also got a sense of humour, and are willing to laugh kindly with us as we stumble (occasionally literally) through the Belgian beer landscape, you should probably just leave now and save yourself some frustration and heartburn.

We are very interested, however, in feedback and ideas on how we can make the site easier to follow. With so many beers, it is quickly going to become unwieldy for you readers as well as for us to maintain.

Thanks to Shane for some excellent suggestions on improving the layout already. I'm much happier with the way this is starting to look and feel.

Finally, if you want to know a little more about us, or the background to this blog, feel free to browse away at the links to the top-right.

We hope you share the joy we're finding in the Belgian beers, and that reading about our experiences might inspire a visit to this fascinating and wonderful country, to try some of the many hundreds of amazing beers on offer.

Cheers! Santé! Proost!

Jamie and Jeannie

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