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We salute label designers and other creative and idiotic endeavours with a selection of this month's beer graphics.

The following is a round-up of the festivals the Beer Idiots visited in 2019, along with our video interviews of those who either founded them or were part of the organisation behind them.

Yannick Schandené, owner of Fermenthings, talks about his new space and his love of fermenting.

Mariusz Zynel of Brewery Zaścianki, in Zaścianki, Poland speaks to the Beer Idiots about the challenges of starting a new brewery in Poland's booming craft scene.

Video: Johan Madalijns, president/chairman of De Lambikstoempers tells us what the club is all about and the special lambics and gueuzes available on Dag van de Oude Geuze 2019 in Halle, Belgium.

Video: Bart Cuypers, co-owner and president of Brewery Het Nest in Oud-Turnhout, Belgium, knows the right cards to play when it comes to brewing...

Co-founder Jan Machiel van Bragt takes us on a walk around Essen's Christmas beer festival, featuring about 220 beers and has bragging rights to the largest of its kind in the world.

Nicolas Lescieux of  l’Échappée Bière, one of the organisers of the Bière a Lille (BAL), talks about the growth of craft beer in France and takes us on a walk among some of the brewers.

Photos - Billie's Beer Festival 2019 - Saturday 30 December

Mateusz Jachimczak of Brewery Kazimierz, in Zakrzów, Poland talks about his early beginnings to microbrewery with Beer Idiot Dieter Proost at the Warsaw Beer Festival in November 2019.