Tinker's photos

The city and Meuse River from Namur Citadel. With François & Eugénie

The city and Meuse River from Namur Citadel. With François & Eugénie

The city and Meuse River from Namur Citadel. With François & Eugénie

Wandering about with Eugénie and François. They both lived and studied here earlier, so it's their old stomping ground

Another day, another town, another beer. Kwak, served in this weird glass. All beers are served in a unique glass for that beer. Pauwel Kwak is made by Brouwerij Bosteels (who also make the lovely Tripel Karmeliet)

ad on the toilet door in the cafe

Eugénie and François, at a café in the Place du Marché-aux-Légumes. We finally meet again after four years!

Another day, another beer: St Feuillien Saison - "a beer of the terroir, a traditional farmhouse ale with all the rich savour of the fertile land of southern Belgium"

Saturday lunch at Marie & Denis' place. Marie's sister Laurence was visiting with her son Jan, daughter Romaine, and her dogs Leica and Charbon

Another day, another beer: St Bernardus Abt 12, considered one of the best beers in the world

Marie shows the kids how to plant vegie seeds while Denis nicks off while he can

Laurence feeding Romaine

Laurence's sweetie dog Charbon, with Denis thinking about coming outside

Marie's sister Laurence's lovely dog Leica, who is a ball addict like Coco

Jean and Aude doing some gardening with their visiting cousin Jan. Check out Aude's surfer chick pose

Jean and Aude doing some gardening with their visiting cousin Jan

I'll admit that I bought this one simply because of the name. Turns out it has a story to it. "In the north of Belgium everyone knows what a Slurfke is: it is the beer that Eddy Van Noteghem, a main character in the wildly popular television series 'Thuis' ('Home'), is busy brewing with his friends. Now this fictitious beer has been created for and in the real world. The VRT television network asked Castle Brewery Van Honsebrouck to start developing and brewing the Slurfke based on the original recipe from the television series. The name Slurfke means ‘little trunk’." Slurfke is a robust, artisan, dark degustation beer of the dubbel type. "Roast malts account for its dark colour and contribute touches of caramel and coffee." I really liked it

Tripel Karmeliet was recommended to me by a few people. I liked it, but not as much as the dark beers. "Tripel Karmeliet is a golden Belgian beer with high alcohol by volume, brewed by Brouwerij Bosteels in Buggenhout, Belgium. It was first brewed in 1996 and uses three cereals: wheat, oats and barley. This beer is still brewed according to an authentic beer recipe from 1679 derived from the old Carmelite convent in Dendermonde. The beer is then bottle-conditioned."