This looks to me like a great way to re-purpose old buildings.
The Belgian Beer Temple is not going to be a museum. What it will be is an interactive and dynamic environment in which to experience Belgian beer, allowing a wide range of visitors to discover Belgian beer culture at their own pace and based on their own particular interests.
See more here -> Brussels stock exchange turns into Belgian Beer Temple
In addition to the beer and the waffles and the chocolate and the fries, there are even more reasons to visit this country which is the size of the state of Maryland.
…if you take a look at Belgium’s regional cuisine, you’ll see that the food is reason enough to make a trip to this extra rainy, yet beautifully forested country…
See the story from the Huffington Post here -> 13 Foods That’ll Make You Want To Visit Belgium (PHOTOS)
See my sample Belgian itinerary here -> Belgian Itinerary — Breweries and History
NPR reports on a monastery in Massachusetts that has recently been approved by the International Trappist Association to bear the Trappist logo.
The town of Spencer, in central Massachusetts, isn’t well known for … well, anything, really. But it’s about to become internationally famous — at least in beer-drinking circles.
See the story here -> American Beer Fans, Praise The Heavens: A Trappist Brewery In U.S.
Information has been added to the portion of the “Belgian Itinerary — Breweries and History” page, mainly regarding Chimay Cheeses.
The monks from the abbey oversee the production of the cheese dairy even though it is outside the abbey walls. The semi-hard cheeses, some of which are rinsed with beer, are made as they were 150 years ago, although made with a more consistent quality of milk. Beer extract is added to the milk and the taste of the beer shines through.
You can see the itinerary here -> Belgian Itinerary — Breweries and History