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Clyde Wray displays an amazing ability to combine harsh reality with gentle love. He's a rare poet, one who understands that there's poetry in everything but never fails to remain humbly true to the words.

A must read!

I work in a specialty beer store, where we sell domestic and imported beers and assorted paraphernalia. I'm also responsible for ordering the beers, and I've found this book, along with Michael Jackson' book on the same subject, to be essential tools in studying Belgian beers. Tim Webb and his associates have obviously put a lot of work into understanding these very distinctive beers, and whenever I've tested their perceptions against my own, I've been amazed at their consistency and good sense.

This is a wonderful addition to books on european beer culture. It compliments "the beers of Wallonia" and Michael Jackson's books on Beer. Gives a more detailed description of beers and where to find them than Jackson does, but sits well with "the beers of Wallonia" in that it tells you where to find the brews, and rates them accordingly, giving descriptions along the way. Well worth buying.

For many reasons, the Benelux countries are absolutely unique in their variety and complexity of malt beverages. Not the least of these reasons is a demanding public that has supported traditional beers even in an age when small and quirky brewers face almost overwhleming pressure to brew bland beer or be acquired.

Grab your copy of Webb's book then plan your travel to follow his recommendations. You will be challenged, thrilled, and probably moved by having savored what beer can be.

This is The Book to buy if You ever plan on going to Belgium/have been to Belgium/like belgian beers/like beer at all etc...

The book has a section on how to get there, how to act when You are there, how to get around etc. as well as some funny remarks about the differencies between Dutch and Belgians, and Belgians and Belgians(!).

It also covers most pubs worth seeking out, although I'm eagerly awaiting the next edition with the latest additions.

The most valuable part though, is the section with the beers. Tim Webb seem to have exactly the same preferences as I do, since the beers I had tried before and liked, received high ratings, and the beers I subsequently tried after reading this book has turned out to be absolutely wonderful. That is, the beers which received high ratings. ;-)

All breweries and pubs covered in the book has full contact information enclosed. Something I have found very useful when trying to arrange visits/guided tours to different breweries.

All in all, a damn good book!