Product Description

Good Beer Guide Belgium

"A good read, and extremely well informed to Boot"
The Rough Guide to Belgium & Luxembourg

It is the definitive, totally independent guide to understanding and finding the best of Belgian beer an essential companion for any Beer Drinker visiting Belgium or seeking out Belgian beer in Britain.

Whether you are touring by train, bicycle, car or armchair, this is the ultimate, four colour guide to Belgian Beer.

Including:
* Details of the 170 breweries and 1100 beers in regular production.
* 500 of the best hand-picked cafes in Belgium with full bar listing for the cities of Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges.
Every known brewery tour, beer festival and museum of brewing.
* Useful travel advice delivered with attitude for the independent tourist.
* Details of where to find top quality Belgian beers in the UK.
* Entertaining miscellany information about Belgium and beer.
* Maps and places of interest.

First published in 1992, the Good Beer Guide Belgium has developed a cult following among committed beer lovers and beer tourists.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7660 in Books
• Published on: 2005-05-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Customer Reviews

A classic
Can't really add anything to the pevious review of this book. Well written & researched, its a must for anyone who has an interest in beer.

I never go to Belgium without it
Yet again, Tim Webb delivers the essential guide for discerning beer-lovers visiting Belgium. Unlike Michael Jackson, who though knowledgeable seems reluctant to criticise brewers however bad their beers are, Tim tells it like it is. If a brewer uses dodgy flavourings or just simply produces poor beer, you can rely on Tim to tell you. But the upside of this is that if he rates a beer highly, you know it's going to be worth trying.
The book has two main sections: the breweries section, where Tim describes every Belgian brewery and its beers, then the cafes section where the best bars in each town and city in the country are detailed, with brief introductions to the towns themselves and useful tourist information.

My only personal disappointment with this edition is that coverage of the Netherlands has been dropped. Originally this was a guide to the whole of Benelux and although dropping Luxembourg (where there was only ever one decent bar anyway, which has closed) was no real loss, I found the Netherlands information useful. However, dropping Dutch information has made more space available for more detailed coverage of Belgium and the addition of a far more comprehensive review of places where wonderful Belgian beers can be enjoyed in Britain as well.

Definitely an indespensible book if you're serious about beer.