Idiot's Trove

Bastian Englschalk of Blech.Brut in Bamberg, Germany tells us about marketing strategies in lager town.

BelgHik is a grandiose and not so idiotic attempt to encourage a series of collabs between Flemish breweries and those in Wallonia. Or, why not, between a brewery based in Brussels and one in the German-speaking part of Belgium.

What's up with Steven Bollion these days? The former and fabled manager of M-Cafe in Leuven decided to quit running the craft bar in March. Now he has opened his own bar and brewery in Lubbeek, Belgium. Beer Idiots: https://idiots.beer/a-star-is-reborn/

Alex Lippens, co-founder of Brouwerij t'Verzet updates us on the state of the art brewery since the Beer Idiots checked in with them four...

It has taken some time for craft to catch hold in Finland, and Pekka Kääriäinen of Bryggeri Helsinki and Lammin Sahti has been there from the start.

Being thus cruelly confined to one's home, it has been necessary to drink beer, says Peter Gutierrez.

The Warsaw Beer Festival, which is held twice a year, is a powerhouse showcase of the best of Polish craft beer. Paweł Leszczyński, the co-founder of the festival, gives us insight into the current craft scene, as the Beer Idiots visited Warsaw for the festival's 13 edition, held March 24-26 at Warsaw Legia Stadium.

Community and collaboration are at the heart of Northern Monk's passion for craft beer says Brian Dickson, co-founder of the brewery in Leeds, UK.

Brewers from Belgium will be sloshing beer down a few landlubbers' necks this weekend aboard the Silja Galaxy, which leaves Stockholm 18 October 19.30...

Petter Gunnarson, one of the 15 co-founders of Poppels Brewery and who looks after exports, sets out the path of one of Sweden's largest craft brewers in an interview with the Beer Idiots.