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Jezza

@bonsvoeux1.bsky.social

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Norn Irish exile now living in Brugge after >33 years in London. Beer Guide researcher & author: www.BeerGuideBrugge.com. Co-founder of @beerguideldn. Cycles quite a lot.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · Nov 3

A new map showing all entries in Beer Guide Brugge is now available on Google maps, here:

tinyurl.com/mssm6ra4

Thanks to @musinganorak.bsky.social for his considerable help with setting this up. Hope you all find it useful.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 1h

I have 8 trips left on mine. We have trips to both Antwerp & Brussels in a couple of weeks' time so I may well just use them up then & be done with it.

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 14h

Looks like whatever that was has been deleted...

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 17h

Blimey. Good luck! I have to say, given what you told us just 12 days ago I'm surprised to see you back so soon...especially solo 😮. Anyway hope you get on OK.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 17h

Solo trip, or is your travel assistant with you again?

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 19h

First keg of the 2024 was tapped on 12 October last year, so with a bit of luck it might be quite soon...

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 21h

Plenty of good options in West London, including CBC Hammersmith: www.beerguideldn.com/areas.php?ar...

Online guide to Good Beer Pubs in London

The place to find good beer in the London area

www.beerguideldn.com

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 21h

Right, I've only just now read @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social's reply. He's right - I'm enjoying the choice in places providing both classic & modern. 't Brugs Beertje is a fine example of a place which does both extremely well.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 23h

Of course 😊

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 23h

Btw: it’s very confusing but I think you old folk get it for €16?

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 23h

Starts next week.

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 23h

Yep - me too!

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 1d

Many visitors to Belgium will have used bargain half price weekend train tickets. Well, they're being ditched as part of a new 'subscription' model, along with the excellent value 'standard multi' tickets:

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 2d

SNCB launches subscription offer.
www.belgiantrain.be/en/news/new-...

Discover the new tariff offer of SNCB | SNCB-NMBS

Next October 15, SNCB-NMBS is adapting its offer and products. Travelling by train during off-peak hours and weekends will become even cheaper with the benefit card.

www.belgiantrain.be

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 1d

Finally, if you are on Facebook, Jasper, a Belgian, posted a super-long and somewhat tetchy response (in my experience, a Belgian specialty) to the first two.

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I want Belgian beer to change - because it is a problem* (English version below) *Oftewel: een aanvulling aan Brussels Beer City's "They don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s their...

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 1d

As @boakandbailey.bsky.social were saying earlier, the classic Belgian beers in the classic Belgian biercafes are hard to beat 🍻 🇧🇪

A bottle of brown beer to the left, with its bottle to the right, on a wooden table in a brown cafe in Brugge.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 1d

Bonus points for bike hanging from ceiling.

Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 1d

C: don't tempt me -:)

B & B: you're not wrong, of course - BUT: much as I love the classics (beers & biercafes alike) there's definitely room for more modern options in BE. I've been embracing & enjoying both classic & modern - though post-Liege I was v happy to return to my classics in Brugge!