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La Chouffe is an award-winning beer, brewed by Brasserie d’Achouffe in Achouffe, Belgium. This now iconic beer has a charming and inspiring history. Founders and brothers-in-law, Chris Bauweraerts and Pierre Gobron, brewed their first batch in 1980 with a starting capital of just €5,000. They set up shop in a small shed. Only after three years did the beer finally get its name: La Chouffe. Currently, Brasserie d’Achouffe brews several thousand hectolitres of beer per year and the iconic gnome logo can be found in more than 40 different countries.

Tony Magee started brewing on a stovetop homebrew kit and, after a couple batches, some stray wort had spilled down the back. When Thanksgiving night came, and the wort caught fire and burned the turkey to a crisp, Tony’s wife Carissa kindly asked him to move his new hobby elsewhere. 

He moved into an old storage shed in the town of Forest Knolls, Calif. (next to the town of Lagunitas, which Tony thought had a cool-sounding name…) and he started brewing more and more. The beers ranged from vile and repugnant, to delicate and exceptional. And then came IPA, and he knew he could never go back. Eventually, Tony grew out of that space and moved just down the road to Petaluma, bringing his recipes and the Lagunitas name with him.

The brewery grew, as did the tribe of loyal drinkers. 

Pilsner brewed according to German tradition: clean and crisp in character with subtle hoppy notes of citrus and flowers. Fresh taste with a slightly bitter finish which is in balance with the slightly sweet tones from the malt.

The Paulaner brewery was founded in 1634, but its history actually predates. The monks of Munich have been brewing a strong beer called Paulaner Salvator since 1516. They worked hard and were extremely poor but brewed this beer to help them get through the difficulty of Lent. This adhered to the Reinheitsgebot (Bavarian Purity Law) of course, a law that many German brewers voluntarily observe this day.

Funnily enough, the beer became so popular that other brewers from the area complained to the Munich city council, saying it was unfair competition. This official document is dated to February 24, 1634. This has been used by Paulaner to validate their legacy, the first evidence of the brewery is proudly mentioned on all their labels!

The Affligem brewery dates back as early as 1074, when a group of Belgian knights seeking redemption made the decision to become monks. The brotherhood became one of the most influential monasteries in the Flanders region, and went on to build an abbey in Affligem, a Belgian municipality northwest of Brussels. Beer quickly became an important source of income for the Belgian abbey as it continued to grow and build its reputation.

The Affligem abbey has seen its fair share of challenges throughout history. In 1129, a huge fire struck the abbey, then it was further devastated in the fourteenth century during the war between Flanders and Brabant. 

Heineken is known worldwide, but a bit of history can’t hurt! Everything began in 1864 when Gerard Adriaan, who was 22 years old at the time, bought the Heineken brewery “De Hooiberg” in Amsterdam. By 1875, a second brewery had opened in Rotterdam, focusing on low-fermentation beers. The famous Heineken "A-yeast" was developed in 1886 by a student of Louis Pasteur and is still used as the basis for Heineken beer today! In 1887, Heineken switched completely to the production of bottom- fermented beer.

Blonde, slightly cloudy beer with a very generous white head. Sweet aromas give this beer real body and its aftertaste is deeply sweet and alcoholic.