Welcome to the second part of our Pisco special, we’ll have a look at how Pisco is made and what’s so specific about true Peruvian Pisco. If Pisco could speak it would say: ‘My recipe holds no secret, yet I have no rival.’ It’s an actual line from a pisco commercial, but if you think…
Category: Spirits
By The Power Of Pisco! Part I: a brief history
Pisco, chances are you’ve heard about it, but not many of you have tasted it. And those of you who did taste it, probably tasted it only once. That’s because it’s very uncommon in Belgium, not to say ‘rare’ and we firmly belief that this should change, because you’re missing out on a spectacular drink….
The Macallan 1824 Series Foodpaired By A Master Chef
The title above says it all and what more can I add than just the fact that I had the honour to taste the damn stuff! We were mighty excited because the Master Chef in question is non other than Geert Van Der Bruggen from restaurant De Lijsterbes and the whole session was talked together…
Jameson Caskmates & Brussels’ Beerstorm
Whiskey and beer: a grand combination! Of course it had to be two Irish men who, while having a shot and a brew, decided to perfect this old combo. What would happen if you age Jameson in beer casks, specifically stout beer? Answer: a miracle! What happens if you bring this miracle to Belgium? Answer:…
Dust. A new Belgian genever 2.0 style, handcrafted by Black Lion.
Belgian webdesigners from Black Lion said ‘to hell with gin’ and decided to make genever instead. A very modern tasting genever, that is or genever 2.0, as they call it. Dust was born. Also you need to know that “dust” is actually a Flemish dialect word for “thirsty”. The story starts when a web design…
Bro’s Gin is a real pro’s gin
A new gin? Yes. Really? Yes. Belgian? Yes. Any good? In one word: fantastic! It is one of the rare examples when the all too familiar story of ‘X-number of friends come together and decide to make gin’ really turns out to be a good idea! Bro’s gin is a magnificently well balanced London Dry…
Gold Gin 999.9 Competition
In every aspect Gold Gin would be the perfect gin for a Bond villain. I mean take a look at that bottle, it utterly demands to be looked at, you can’t miss it, but at the same time you can’t read what’s on it. It’s complex and mysterious. Just like its origin story, listen to…
Beer, Bourbon And Barbecue, a mix grilled in heaven.
Tom Bulleit introduced his 10 years old to Belgium and we don’t mean his grandson, we’re talking about his ‘Bulleit Bourbon 10 Years Old’. The place to be was Jord Althuizen’s grill tower, ‘Black Smoke’. Actually it was the grill tower’s rooftop, bathing in sunlight, were we spent a very pleasant afternoon, soaked in beer,…
Campari soon opens new piazza of pleasure in Antwerp: Gaspare La Piazza Dell’Aperitivo
We were invited into an old courtyard right in the centre of medieval Antwerp where Campari will open a new bar on May 5th called: Gaspare La Piazza Dell’Aperitivo. The moment we set foot in it, we fell in love with it. Tucked away from the commercial chaos of the city and her typical traffic…
Have a Teeling Irish Whiskey on St. Paddy’s Day
There’s a thing about Irish whiskey that makes it very…well, Irish actually and because of that definitely a distinct category within the whisky sphere. It was once much more popular than Scottish whisky and it’s doing its best to reclaim the title. Teeling Whiskey is relatively new on the field here, but in less than…
