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Res omnes venena sunt, dosis sola facit venenum.
- Paracelsus -
disclaimer:
- All the ratings and comments you will find on my pages reflect my personal opinion only. The fact I like or dislike a particular beer or brewery doesn't mean you'll feel the same way. Fortunately we are free to like whatever we like. And, please, don't blame me for not having tasted your favourite beer. I'm trying every beer I can get my hands on, so If it's not listed here it's not because I don't like it (feel free to send it to me :-))
- I can't guarantee the absolute accuracy of the informations displayed on my pages.
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My love story with beer began in 1987 when I was in Bruxelles on holidays. It was the first
time that I met so extraordinary beers. During the past 22 years, I have sampled more than
5300 beers, hunting them through my own country and during holidays in
Belgium, France, Germany, Kenya, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, England, Scotland, Netherlands, USA, Trinidad and Tobago,
Barbados, Austria, Canada, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Greece and Egypt and trading with friends from Sweden, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, Luxemburg and the USA.
I would like to thank all the people who have helped me in my never-ending quest for beer (and sorry for those I would forget):
- Adam "Viking" Jarolics for some decent danish beers dating before the beer revolution.
- Adrian "Dream Theater" Aellig for his homebrews and some other beers.
- Alain "Tuborg/Gomoliako" Turberg for some swiss brews and beers from Honduras and Guatemala.
- Alessandro "fiulijn" Cometti for some good tips on the swiss beer scene, tons of wonderful new beers, new countries (Algeria, Uruguay) and plenty of great tasting sessions.
- Alfred "Fredi" Weber for beers from Germany and the Czech Republic.
- Alfred "Fredi" Burkhalter and Justine Bloch for beers from Togo.
- Alina Mihaela Olaru for my only beer from Romania.
- Arben Haziri for my first beer from Kosovo and for german beers.
- Andréas "Dédé" Racine for the Krusovice Cerné.
- Andrea and Dominik De Gregorio, brewers of Sevibräu for sending me their beers and the extra Märzen.
- Andrea Schranz from Sonnenbräu for kindly bringing me some First Swiss Ale.
- Andreas Stgier from Ela Bier for kindly sending me his beers.
- André Dumas for beers from Germany.
- Antonio Rey Ruiz for 12 spanish beers.
- Anton "Toni" Flükiger for different new beers, among them the great Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale, the Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA and the Drie Fonteinen Doesjel. I promise you to retry the Flemish Primitive as soon as I can!
- Beat Rohner from BeSte for a Tschlin Double Bock.
- Bernhard "let's go Devils", Adrian "Nightwish" and Maria Aellig for beers from the USA and Italy.
- Bruno Güntensperger from Liechtensteiner Brauhaus for kindly sending me his beers.
- Chris "cbeers21" Beers for a beer from Nepal and some other fine stuff from Florida.
- Christophe "Mullus" Müller (1966-1997) for some unforgettable moments. Rest in peace my friend.
- Christophe "Titof" Pradervand and Sidonie "Sido" Bündgen, brewers of Les Faiseurs de Bière, for beers from France and Belgium.
- Clark "Clarkvv" Van Vliet for outstanding beers from the USA, Belgium and Germany.
- Claude Degen, brewer of Degen Bier for kindly sending me 3 of his beers.
- Daniel "Bier-Bienne" Trignani for beers from Laos and Zaire.
- Daniel "MadDan" and Silvia "CrazySilvie" Haller for beers from Mauritius, Greece, Italy, USA, Iceland, Australia, Seychelles and Namibia.
- Daniel "scanning" Brunner for beers from Russia and Ukraine.
- Daniela Brokelmann from the brewery Meisibräu for sending me 4 of her beers.
- Dominik Sauter for beers from Russia and Peru.
- Dominique "DomTom" Wiesmann for beers from the Czech Republic, Cuba, India, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden and Costa Rica. And of course for good beer drinking company !
- Don Bible for numerous beers from the USA.
- Eric Devaud (? - 2009) for my first beer from Cyprus.
- Eric "hopscotch" Starnes for beers from Nicaragua and Haiti.
- Fabien Maître for the dubious beers from the Brasserie Artisanale de Porrentruy.
- Fabrice Tournelle, brewer of L'Enclave for some of his (very good!) beers.
- Florian "Gleibasel!" Ruch for beers from Italy, Madagascar, Canada and from the swiss microbreweries Käppelijoch, Wetzel, Rösslibier, Roscha and Sauhofbräu.
- Freddy Haldemann for his kindness and some of his beers.
- Gazza Prescott for some usefull informations on swiss breweries.
- Gilles "Liveshow" Léchot for having been part of the incredible Tour de Belgique.
- Greg Gaughan for beers from Struise and Russian River.
- Hansruedi Giger for rare swiss beers and plenty of great informations on the swiss beer scene.
- Hasan Kaydin for beers from Turkey.
- Henrik Papsoe for numerous beers from Denmark and other countries (among them a new one: Greenland)
- Jean Ehrensperger for beers from France.
- Jean-Luc "BT" and Fabienne Berberat for beers from France.
- Jean-Marc Bersier for beers from Australia and Papua New Guinea.
- Jean-Philippe "Rutzicka" Rutz for beers from Belarus, Belgium, Cuba, Poland, Switzerland and France and for helping me to finish the bottles at the tasting sessions.
- Jeppe "BierKönig" Bjergsoe for beers from Lithuania and Denmark. And for the wonderful Fuller's Vintage Ale 1999.
- Jérôme Rebetez, brewer of the BFM for some beers from France and Germany.
- Jespr "yespr" Kjaer for bringing me a lot of Mikkellers.
- Joëlle Gobat for beers from Colombia and Ecuador.
- John "jcalabre" Calabrese for the outstanding Alesmith Speedway Stout, Avery Czar and Stone Double Bastard.
- John "jjpm74" Mezzacappa for the Hürlimann Caesarus and the Newport Storm 05.
- Joseph "Degarth" Redner for the Blackbeard Ale from the Virgin Islands.
- Josh Oakes for fine beers from Canada, one new country (Iran) and his great beer knowledge.
- Juan Heiniger for beers from Ecuador.
- Julien Allen for different beers from Switzerland and the USA and for good beer drinking company.
- Jürg Kohler, brewer of Egghubel (formerly Mettle Bier) for kindly sending me 12 of his beers.
- Jürg "i chumme i 2 minute" Oberli for the 2 Lupo Landi Farmer (Dunkel and weizen) and the Scherlibräu Altbier.
- Kenneth Weaver for kindly repairing the mess of the Swedish post.
- Kurt Haller for a beer from Hungary.
- Laurent "the Submarine Captain" Mousson for his Tipsy Turvy, lot of new beers (among them one from North Korea) and his great beer knowledge.
- Manuela Rast for beers from Morocco and Algeria.
- Marc Elsborg for beers from Costa Rica, Cambodia, Azerbaijan, Angola and Jordan.
- Margrith Heynen, brewer of Suonen Bräu, for having kindly delivered her beers directly to me.
- Mario Muther and Max Herger, brewers of Stiär Biär for kindly sending me 2 of their beers.
- Markus Bacher for the Eichhof Jubiläumsbier.
- Markus "Brewbear" Buehler for his great work and for letting me taste some prototypes.
- Markus Obrist for the Chang Beer.
- Markus "Linux" Wernig for beers from Germany, Austria and for helping me to reduce the shipment costs.
- Martin Garius for beers from Rieder-Bier.
- Mato Tovilo for beers from Croatia.
- Matthias "NAT" Schärer for beers from Erusbacher & Paul and Züri-Hell.
- Michael "PsychProf" Anes for beers from the USA.
- my parents for beers from Indonesia, Tunisia, Morocco, France and Germany.
- Nicolas Dornacher, brewer of the Brasserie Artisanale de Fribourg, for some of his wonderful beers.
- Nicolas Jeckelmann for a Petit Orval, a Boelens Bieken and his incredible passion.
- Oliver Bieri for 4 beers from Greece (Craft).
- Olivier Naegeli for beers from Peru.
- Pascal Sauser for lot of new beers brought at the tasting sessions.
- Patricia Wüthrich for beers from Spain and France.
- Patrik Feller, brewer of the Strättligen Bier, for kindly sending me 7 of his beers.
- Patrik "oh6gdx" Willför for beers from Finland, Lithuania and Isle of Man.
- Per Forsgren/Samuelsson for numerous beers from Sweden and 26(!) incredible new countries.
- Peter "Gleitschirm VPN" Ens for beers from Austria, Germany, Turkey and Bulgaria. Please visit his homepage or he will not bring me beers anymore :-)
- Peter Maag, brewer from the Magie-Bräu, for offering me 2 of his beers.
- Philipp Sigg, one of the few people having sampled more swiss beers than I have, for some swiss beers and good beer drinking company.
- Pierre "l'ancêtre" Mounir for beers from France.
- Raphaël "Glouglou" Berger for having been part of the incredible Tour de Belgique and Great Britain Tour.
- Raphaël Mettler, brewer of Trois Dames, for some of his beers.
- Raphaël "Grave Digger" Weber for beers from Portugal.
- René Kündig, brewer of Kündig-Bräu, for the LägereBräu Weizen and for the kind reception at his brewery.
- Richard "Ric" Jackman for north american beers.
- Rico Fata for north american beers.
- Robert Buerk for my first beer from Chile.
- Roger "DeJi" De Jonckheere for the Surselva Rensch.
- Roger "Solaris" Schönthal for beers from Egypt.
- Ruedi "Baseball" Strub (1957-2008) and his wife Carla for numerous beers from the USA.
- Sebastian "DerDoppelbock" for 15 new beers and good drinking company during the 2009 Solothurner Biertage.
- Silvan "typo3-leusi" Leuenberger for beers from Hasli Bier.
- Silvia "CrazySilvie" Haller for showing her man where the icelandic beershop was.
- Simone "beerlady" for some good informations on the swiss beer scene.
- Sonja Gysin for beers from Wetzel.
- Stefan Bertschy for beers from Germany.
- Stephan "Stevie" Teuscher for beers from Italy and Switzerland.
- Stéphanie Dürler for the Bourganel au Nougat.
- Stephen Hart, brewer from the Rappi Beer Factory, for sending me 4 of his beers.
- my stepparents for beers from Tunisia, Ghana, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and the USA.
- Thierry "Tschuppert" Giauque for some unforgettable moments.
- Thomas Benz from Lägerebräu for 2 of his beers.
- Thomas Krüsi for a Gösser Märzen.
- Thomas Schneider, one of the few people having sampled more swiss beers than I have, for some swiss beers and good beer drinking company.
- Thong van Thai for beers from Vietnam.
- Tiziana and Manfred "Mani" Böbner for helping me to pay my incredible amount of german beers in Lörrach.
- Ulrich "Ueli" Sutter for beers from Germany.
- Ulrich "Üelu" Bosiger, brewer of UHB, for one of his beers.
- Urs "balloon driver" Meyer for beers from Myanmar.
- Vincent Bourquin for beers from Benin and Mali.
- Yves "el loco" Kühni for beers from Germany and Cyprus.
- Yves "Caro-Kann" and Catherine Reich for beers from France.
- Yvonne and Peter Dürsteler from Forschungsbrauerei G48 for kindly bringing me some beers.
- and, last but not least, a very special thank you to my wife, Natalie, for her attention, support and tolerance.
I hope you will enjoy my small contribution to the great world of BEER !
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