This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 46: February 15, 2015
Diary entry:
Wandered around Brussels this morning, but not in any of the parts of town I had ever been before. Previous visits have been in the center and the north of the city near the Expo center, but I had never actually done any exploration of the south-east part of the city, which is the vicinity of the European Parliament.
I saw a few cool new places for future visits, such as Luxembourg Square, St. Boniface’s Square, Parc Leopold, and Place Jourdan. Enjoyed a wander through the Place Jourdan farmer’s market, and finished off with an order of frites from Maison Antoine, on of the most famous French fry shops in Brussels.
Took a long drive home, using some back roads instead of just highway the whole way. Went well, until I kept hitting detours in the Netherlands due to city center street closures for Carnaval festivities. The worst of which, of course, would up being in Boxtel itself, just a few hundred meters from home, where many of the streets were closed for the Carnaval parade.
After a long round-the-town detour to get to the other side of town where I could access home, I did finally manage to arrive, and then head back out for a couple of hours of Carnaval, and an early night’s sleep to finally get some recovery from the past week.
The Beer:
Name: Emelisse 2.5
Style: American Pale Ale
Producer: Bierbrouwerij Emelisse
Alcohol content: 2.5%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: Part of the birthday 12-pack
After yesterday’s Belgian beer tour and a brief visit to Carnaval today, tonight I’m grateful this beer, the Emelisse 2.5. A pale ale with only 2.5% ABV. Still possesses a very nice bitterness, with a lot of flowery flavors from the hops. I’m shocked by how much aromatic flavors there are.
