Here is what is wrong with America, from a beer standpoint.
Say one finds a pico-brewery in Belgium, beneath the radar of other US importers. You realize you could import the beer and distribute it to a few stores, keep some for yourself, and friends, and the profits cover the operating costs.
Now, to import beer into America, to distribute in Connecticut:
Create an LLC - limited liability corporation in Connecticut (this assumes all other items work out)
Register in my town in CT as a business.
Register in CT with the Department of Consumer Protection Liquor Control Division, as a distributor.
Register in CT with the Department of Revenue Services to pay beer tax - $0.20 per gallon
Register in CT with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (?) for the bottle deposits.
Create a separate bank account to put in bottle deposits, and pay beer stores back $0.05 for each bottle returned; the remainder (if people do not redeem the bottle for $0.05) is sent to the CT general funds. Note there is a possible exemption if you sell less than 250,000 bottles per year; applications are reviewed annually in November.
Register with US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; US BATF will among other things:
- review an "Application for and Certification/Exemption of Label/Bottle Approval" for each beer type; BATF approves bottle label additions to comply with US regs (distributor name, deposit in CT, etc.)
- inspect my storage area (fortunately I have a secure locked area inside a barn protected by cameras).
Register with BATF for excise tax - $0.10 per bottle.
Register with US Customs and Border Patrol, and define Port of Entry where beer will be imported to (note this is clear as mud, is it to me c/o the POE? to my house address via POE?). Federal import duty on bottled beer - $0.0 (woo hoo!)
Act as an agent to register the Belgian brewery with US Food and Drug Administration, including the port of planned entry, under the FDA's Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act of 2002.
If the beer is not primarily a "malted beverage" it should have ingredients listed as part of FDA's Labeling of Certain Beers Subject to the Labeling Jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration.
In Belgium, to export it's €50 and a set of forms.
But you know I'll do it.
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2012-10-14
2012-03-04
Taxes as Beer [ G ]
I did not write this; it has been attributed to David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D., Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia.
Explaining Income Taxes with Beer
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. ‘Since you are all such good customers,’ he said, ‘I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beers by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.’
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected.
They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’ They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before and the first four continued to drink for free, but once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got TEN times more than I!”
“That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something very important….they didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works.
The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
Explaining Income Taxes with Beer
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100.
If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that’s what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the owner threw them a curve. ‘Since you are all such good customers,’ he said, ‘I’m going to reduce the cost of your daily beers by $20. Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.’
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected.
They would still drink for free. But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his ‘fair share?’ They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that from everybody’s share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay.
And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).
The seventh now pay $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).
Each of the six was better off than before and the first four continued to drink for free, but once outside the restaurant, the men began to compare their savings. “I only got a dollar out of the $20,” declared the sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man, “but he got $10!” “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaimed the fifth man. “I only saved a dollar, too. It’s unfair that he got TEN times more than I!”
“That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!”
“Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men in unison. “We didn’t get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!”
The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.
The next night the tenth man didn’t show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something very important….they didn’t have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our tax system works.
The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
2012-01-04
Useless Superpowers [ H, PI ]
- X-ray vision, works through any wrapping paper.
- Able to speak with dogs, only if dogs know Swedish.
- Ability to tell - at a glance - who is ovulating.
- Invulnerability to bullets, but only if shooter believes you are truly invulnerable.
- "Spider sense" that warns of impending freshness date expiration of milk in the 'fridge.
- Stretch-ability to reach dozens of feet in the air, if reaching for a sweater.
- Like a cat, you always land in your feet when you fall; however you also land on your eyes.
- Can tune a TV with your mind, however the sound remains set to the last channel.
- Semi-immunity to any poison consumed. It still kills you, but you know to the exact millisecond the moment of your impending demise.
- Able to speak with dogs, only if dogs know Swedish.
- Ability to tell - at a glance - who is ovulating.
- Invulnerability to bullets, but only if shooter believes you are truly invulnerable.
- "Spider sense" that warns of impending freshness date expiration of milk in the 'fridge.
- Stretch-ability to reach dozens of feet in the air, if reaching for a sweater.
- Like a cat, you always land in your feet when you fall; however you also land on your eyes.
- Can tune a TV with your mind, however the sound remains set to the last channel.
- Semi-immunity to any poison consumed. It still kills you, but you know to the exact millisecond the moment of your impending demise.
2011-12-09
Tough App Reviewer [ A T ]
Good but not complete
Where is Peyton Randolph, the first elected President of the Continental Congress? Seven men served as President of Congress, well before George Washington was elected.
What about President John Hanson, the first president of the US under the Articles of Confederation? For complete accuracy there were seven other "Presidents" elected under the Articles, before the US adopted the current Constitution.
And there should be a footnote about the 1849 "president for a day" David Rice Atchison. Although the claim has been refuted, technically he could be considered to have been the acting President before Zachary Taylor was officially sworn in; a statue in his honor in Kansas City, MO says "President of the U.S. [for] one day".
Where is Peyton Randolph, the first elected President of the Continental Congress? Seven men served as President of Congress, well before George Washington was elected.
What about President John Hanson, the first president of the US under the Articles of Confederation? For complete accuracy there were seven other "Presidents" elected under the Articles, before the US adopted the current Constitution.
And there should be a footnote about the 1849 "president for a day" David Rice Atchison. Although the claim has been refuted, technically he could be considered to have been the acting President before Zachary Taylor was officially sworn in; a statue in his honor in Kansas City, MO says "President of the U.S. [for] one day".
2011-11-18
Occupy Wall Street may be metastasizing [ P. PI ]
Warning 'Occupy Wall Street' may be metastasizing!
I was finishing filling up with gasoline at a Mobil station near work. A clipboard-carrying black youth approached me. His attire - including béret - suggested Sociology Major with a semester or two of Art History.
He said "May I ask you a question"?
I said "You mean besides that one."
He paused for a moment, possibly realizing he may be dealing with a different IQ level than he was accustomed to.
He then asked "Do you know what 'banks' are"?
Thinking my earlier response to his question had stripped some gears in his head, I replied "What????!!"
He said again very clearly "Do you know what 'banks' are"?
Sighing inwardly, I realized this was either a very bad trick question - sort of like when you sign up to 'win' a 'free' rug shampooing at the county fair - or I was in the presence of a drug-addled sociopath. I replied calmly so as not to agitate the hipster; "yes, I know what 'banks' are".
He then said rather ecstatically, "That answer qualifies you for our survey".
"Great" I thought; "the only people who COULDN'T answer correctly would be infants, people who can't understand English, and those in 6th or 7th stage Alzheimer's".
Cursing to myself that the Venn diagram intersection of me and the above three items is a 'null set', I said "Let me ask you a question, do you know how a 'gas station' works"?
Blank stare back at me; I swear if he had gulls they would have been flapping.
"Here's how it works, I just filled my car with gas, and now I'm leaving.
(cue Foley artist for engine rev and tire screeching)
I was finishing filling up with gasoline at a Mobil station near work. A clipboard-carrying black youth approached me. His attire - including béret - suggested Sociology Major with a semester or two of Art History.
He said "May I ask you a question"?
I said "You mean besides that one."
He paused for a moment, possibly realizing he may be dealing with a different IQ level than he was accustomed to.
He then asked "Do you know what 'banks' are"?
Thinking my earlier response to his question had stripped some gears in his head, I replied "What????!!"
He said again very clearly "Do you know what 'banks' are"?
Sighing inwardly, I realized this was either a very bad trick question - sort of like when you sign up to 'win' a 'free' rug shampooing at the county fair - or I was in the presence of a drug-addled sociopath. I replied calmly so as not to agitate the hipster; "yes, I know what 'banks' are".
He then said rather ecstatically, "That answer qualifies you for our survey".
"Great" I thought; "the only people who COULDN'T answer correctly would be infants, people who can't understand English, and those in 6th or 7th stage Alzheimer's".
Cursing to myself that the Venn diagram intersection of me and the above three items is a 'null set', I said "Let me ask you a question, do you know how a 'gas station' works"?
Blank stare back at me; I swear if he had gulls they would have been flapping.
"Here's how it works, I just filled my car with gas, and now I'm leaving.
(cue Foley artist for engine rev and tire screeching)
2011-09-23
The Strutt [ Be ]
I had the pleasure of going to The Strutt in Kalamazoo MI. Sort of an unusual name, it nonetheless offered very good food, a great beer selection, and what appeared to be good coffee (based on those who partook of it).
I tried the vegetarian fajita, which included eggplant - it was very good. The beers as you note include chupacabras, which was actually better than expected.
Also had a bit of a beer scoop - Craft Bräu will be brewing at The Strutt by 2012. That's why they moved out their coffee roaster.
I tried the vegetarian fajita, which included eggplant - it was very good. The beers as you note include chupacabras, which was actually better than expected.
Also had a bit of a beer scoop - Craft Bräu will be brewing at The Strutt by 2012. That's why they moved out their coffee roaster.
2011-09-15
Moderate in Maumee [ Be ]
Went to the Granite City Food and Brewery brewpub in Maumee OH last night. Beers were good, nothing exceptional except the IPA; food was very good.
In summary:
Granite City Food & Brewery - Northern Light Lager - 5.5
Granite City Food & Brewery - Pilsner - 6.0
Granite City Food & Brewery - Wag's Wheat American Wheat - 6.5
Granite City Food & Brewery - Brother Benedict's Bock - 7.5
Granite City Food & Brewery - Duke of Wellington IPA - 8.5
Granite City Food & Brewery - Broad Axe Stout - 7.0
I did not try the abomination of Northern Light and Bock called Two Pull - apparently there's a whole slew of "mix and match" beers available. Note this is punishable by death in Belgium.
2011-09-13
Nirvana in Boardman [ Be ]
Let me first say I plan to update my blog more on a day-to-day basis especially when I am traveling.
It's very hard to be impressed.
Let's start out with that concept.
We've seen men allegedly land on the moon, the twin towers fall, implants surpass the 800 cc mark, and the Red Sox win the Series. So how can a simple bar/restaurant impress. Well, let me tell you, the Vintage Estate Wine and Beer establishment ( a.k.a. V.E. Tasting Lounge) in Boardman OH is amazing.
Less than 1 hour northwest of Pittsburgh, this store has 20 great beers on tap, good food, free wifi, as well as the ability to buy any beer (or wine if so inclined) in stock and you can drink it in the bar!
I had a nice conversation with one of the principals - PR - and sent him an email of the Belgian breweries and beer restaurants I have visited. I was VERY surprised that they had Poperinge Hommel Bier, one of my and IC's favorites.
So a great start to a short trip, as well as more daily blog updates. Note I still have to finish writing up a Portland OR trip, a trip to Chi-town and Kalamazoo area, as well as a west coast vacation that includes the Portland OR BrewFest.
It's very hard to be impressed.
Let's start out with that concept.
We've seen men allegedly land on the moon, the twin towers fall, implants surpass the 800 cc mark, and the Red Sox win the Series. So how can a simple bar/restaurant impress. Well, let me tell you, the Vintage Estate Wine and Beer establishment ( a.k.a. V.E. Tasting Lounge) in Boardman OH is amazing.
Less than 1 hour northwest of Pittsburgh, this store has 20 great beers on tap, good food, free wifi, as well as the ability to buy any beer (or wine if so inclined) in stock and you can drink it in the bar!
I had a nice conversation with one of the principals - PR - and sent him an email of the Belgian breweries and beer restaurants I have visited. I was VERY surprised that they had Poperinge Hommel Bier, one of my and IC's favorites.
So a great start to a short trip, as well as more daily blog updates. Note I still have to finish writing up a Portland OR trip, a trip to Chi-town and Kalamazoo area, as well as a west coast vacation that includes the Portland OR BrewFest.
And in summary:
New Holland - Golden Saison - 7.5
Avery Brewing - The Kaiser - 8.0
Two Brothers - Atom Smasher - 8.5
Abbaye Des Rocs - Grand Cru - 8.5
New Holland - Ichabod - 8.0
Ducato - Nuova Mattina - 7.5
Young's - Double Chocolate Stout [nitrogen] - 9.0
Moa Brewing - Moa Noir - 7.0
Breckenridge - Agave Wheat - 8.0
2011-09-09
Why a Mac [ A ]
Why do I use a Mac? Well, let's look at the 1st 9 days of September using Mcafee's iPhone "threat update App." We see one Mac issue, whereby if - when playing an infected movie and click "yes" to a permission request (that you never usually see when playing a movie) the QuickTime movie App will crash.
Compare that to PART of but ONE DAY for Microsoft and Windows.
NOTE - edited with the new native Google Blogger App for the iPhone - I like it!
Compare that to PART of but ONE DAY for Microsoft and Windows.
NOTE - edited with the new native Google Blogger App for the iPhone - I like it!
2011-01-29
Beer Tasting [ Be G H I ]
Well, I finally made the plunge - I had a beer tasting event at my house. The best part was how the weather in CT wasn't helping - so much snow I had to send a parking diagram to everyone.
We had all the beers set around the dining table, with a description of each below the bottle(s). The description even included what foods and desserts went well with the beers. I had even gone to the trouble of setting some smoked Gouda cheese and bacon near the Rauchbier - smoked beer. Although it's not clear in the photo, we even had bottles of water to rinse out the tasting glasses, and even "spit buckets." As luck would have it a local discount store had beer-branded (e.g. Corona)!
My very understanding, tolerant and wonderful wife made her famous guacamole and spinach-artichoke dip, but the rest of the cooking was my job. We had foodstuffs in the following categories:
Meats: roast pork, barbecue roast pork, chicken breasts, hamburgers, smoked salmon, German bratwurst, bacon and soupy
Veggies: carrots, celery, mini corn, various olives, sweet pickles, tomatoes, peppers, coleslaw, ceasar salad (w/optional anchovies), guacamole and spinach artichoke dip and peiorgi
Cheese: smoked Gouda, Brie, Stilton, Monterey Jack and Gorgonzola
Bread: miscellaneous grains and rackers, Ritz, mini buns, corn chips, Ruffle, rye bread
Cheese: smoked Gouda, Brie, Stilton, Monterey Jack and Gorgonzola
Bread: miscellaneous grains and rackers, Ritz, mini buns, corn chips, Ruffle, rye bread
Dessert: pecan pie, various cheesecakes, oatmeal-raisin and lemon shortbread cookies, strawberries and chocolate
The beers were a mix, I tried to go from Anheuser-Busch Budweiser to Brewdog Sink the Bismarck. Yes as a special treat I had the strongest 2nd strongest 3rd strongest beer in the world. We used small communion cups to taste it, so as not to waste it - plus it was a sublime, nearly-religious experience!
In no particular order, as I put the beers around the table to "break it up" so to speak:
Hooker Old Marley USA CT Ale Barleywine 10.0%
De Ranke Guldenberg Belgian Abbey Ale Belgium Ale Belgian Abbey Tripel 8.5%
St. Benedictus Abbey Trappist Achel Belgium Ale Belgian Abbey 8.0%
Van Eecke Hommelbier Belgium Ale Belgian Blonde 7.5%
Franches Montagnes Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien 2005 Switzerland Ale Belgian Strong 15.5%
Bosteels Kwak Belgium Ale Belgian Strong Pale 8.0%
Brewery Het Anker Gouden Carolus triple Belgium Ale Belgian Triple 9.0%
Coniston Brewing Premium XB Bluebird Bitter UK Ale Bitter 4.2%
Cottrell Old Yankee Ale USA CT Ale English Brown 5.0%
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA USA PA Ale India Pale Ale 9.0%
Boon Kriek Belgium Ale Lambic w/cherries 4.0%
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale USA CA Ale Pale 5.6%
Dog Brewing Stillwater Artisanal existent USA MD Ale Saison 7.4%
Brooklyn Black Ops Stout USA NY Ale Stout 10.6%
Samuel Smith Tadcaster Oatmeal Stout UK Ale Stout, Oatmeal 5.0%
Beijing Yanjing brewery Yanjing China Lager American lager 5.0%
Ayinger Jahrhundert-Bier Germany Lager Dortmund 4.4
New England Brewing Elm City Lager USA CT Lager Pils, German 5.0%
Ayinger Bräu-Weisse Germany Lager Hefeweizen (wheat) 5.1%
Sünner Kölsch Germany Lager Kolsch 5.2%
Anheuser Busch Budweiser USA Lager Light Lager 5.0%
Modelo Corona Extra Mexico Lager Light Lager 4.6%
Ayinger Oktoberfest Marzen Germany Lager Marzen 5.8%
Hofbrau Hofbrau original Germany Lager Munich Helles 5.1%
Blossom Industries Taj Mahal India Lager Pale 4.5%
Heller Aecht Ochlenterla Rauchbier Germany Lager Rauchbier (smoke) 5.1%
Williams Brothers Fraøch Heather Ale Scotland Ale Pale, Classic 5.0%
So we have beers from light lagers to barleywines, alcohol from 4% to 41%, and brewery size from Van Eecke in Belgium (not the smallest I've seen) to Beijing Yanjing brewery (550 acres!). I have also tried to now (why not years ago?) put photos of beer bottles on the Net.
There were several handouts provided, some of these were just ones I made up based on an Internet reference, such as the hymn to Ninkasi, the Sumerian Goddess of Brewing; as well as many beer references. This includes (in no particular order) what beer should I drink, beer types in the beer universe, a whimsical periodic table of beer, the Beer Judging Certification Program color guides, beer CO2 amounts for those concerned with non-man-made, unstoppable global warming, the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi from 1700 BC, and last but certainly not least the Reinheitsgebot.
There were several handouts provided, some of these were just ones I made up based on an Internet reference, such as the hymn to Ninkasi, the Sumerian Goddess of Brewing; as well as many beer references. This includes (in no particular order) what beer should I drink, beer types in the beer universe, a whimsical periodic table of beer, the Beer Judging Certification Program color guides, beer CO2 amounts for those concerned with non-man-made, unstoppable global warming, the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi from 1700 BC, and last but certainly not least the Reinheitsgebot.
I think everyone had a fun time. There were some surprises, such as how much people enjoyed the Hooker barleywine and the Boon Kriek. And I was told by many that the food/beer pairing info as well as the foods available made it even more fun.
2010-11-28
Beer Trip UK Belgium [ Be G H I ]
Arrived Sunday, November 14, 2010 in Manchester UK.
[#] = beer number sampled, [B#] = brewery #.
[#] = beer number sampled, [B#] = brewery #.
On the drive up to Cramlinton UK, visited the Hawkshead Brewery, Staverly, Cumbria UK. [B1] They open at noon on Sundays. Great selection of beers, and they served half-pints. Tried: Bitter [1], Windermere Pale Ale [2], Red [3], Brodie's Prime [4], and Lakeland Gold [5]. Note for all the time that driving was involved, half-pints or "piffle"-sized glasses were used where possible. We also used the iPhone App "BloodAlc" to calculate our BAC; at no point when driving was it ever over 0.026%, with driving while intoxicated in the UK being 0.1% and Belgium being 0.05%.
Later that Monday night back in Manchester area tried a Wheatwood East Gate [19], Brimstitch Scarecrow [20], Woodward and Falconer Piffle [21], a York Brewery Guzzler Ale [22].
For a real treat my co-traveler opened a Belgian beer he had saved for over a decade - 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze from 1999 [23]! This aged very well, and the harshness one sometimes may experience in some geuzes was completely absent.
(NOTE FedEx and UPS will ship wine all over the world, but not beer. So you call it "wine" and they ship it. If there's at least one bottle of Barleywine Ale, it's not technically a lie). Any beers not tried will be sent to me for a beer tasting party sometime in December.
As an FYI from Wikipedia:
Faro - a low-alcohol, sweetened beer made from a blend of lambic and a much lighter, freshly brewed beer to which brown sugar (or sometimes caramel or molasses) was added;
Lambic - unlike conventional ales and lagers fermented by carefully cultivated strains of brewer's yeasts, lambic beer is produced by fermentation from wild yeasts and bacteria native to the Senne. It gives the beer its distinctive flavour: dry, vinous, and cidery, with a slightly sour aftertaste.
Kriek - Lambic refermented in the presence of sour cherries and with secondary fermentation in the bottle.
Some other breweries we stopped at but they were not open.
The includes the Bosteels Brewery in Buggenhout, [B14]
De Landtsheer Emmanuel Brouwerij Malheur also in Buggenhout, [B15] and
Huisrouwerij Boelens in Kerkstraat [B16]. These places were not open; it was late Saturday and who can blame them.
On the way to Antwerp we passed Beer, Belgium. That's right, a town named "Beer."
So there it is, a little over a week of hard work, with evenings and weekend to enjoy beer with 18 breweries seen and 92 beers sampled. Also staying the weekend and taking a ferry to Belgium - not to mention staying in small local hotels instead of say the Cowne Plaza - saved my employer at least $900!!
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