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 228: August 16, 2015
Diary entry:
While yesterday was my first day to really explore Rotterdam, today I actually explored Breda for the first time, too.
I had been to Breda a number of times, for the Beer Reclame Museum and for the Brewda Festival last year, but never for the actual city center!
Today I had an invitation from the guys at Brouwerij Bliksem to attend the B-Fest: Beers, Burgers, and Beards at Belcrum Beach in Breda, the Netherlands. How could I pass that up?
I took the train in a little early and wandered into town first to see the city center and have a beer or two at the local beer bars in town. I stopped at Cafe Zeezicht today, though there are a few others I’ll want to go back and try on another visit, perhaps surrounding this year’s Brewda festival on September 5.
I had a pair of IPA’s at Zeezicht — Axe Edge by Buxton Brewery and First Frontier IPA by To Øl — before heading up to the B-Fest, where Brouwerij Bliksem and Brouwerij Frontaal (the sponsors of Brewda) were both pouring. New beers here included:
Kermis in de Ale by Brouwerij Bliksem – Nice black ipa. Decent bitterness, with some malty character as well. Especially with the aroma. Very dark. 7.4 Abv in actuality.
Tankard by Brouwerij Frontaal – Excellent for a 3.9% session IPA. Not anywhere near as watery as many. Nice bitterness and grapefruit flavor.
And today’s beer of the day…
The Beer:
Name: North
Style: Stout
Producer: Brouwerij Frontaal
Alcohol content: 8.1%
Bottle size: 0.2l Draft
Purchased from: B-Fest. Beers, Burgers, and Beards at Belcrum Beach, Breda, the Netherlands.
North by Brouwerij Frontaal. Great aroma of dark roasted coffee and chocolate. Flavor is very tasty. A fine offering at the B-Fest at Belcrum Beach in Breda.
