tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post312627994948310501..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: The Valley of the LambicsJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-79687010936258136622011-12-27T23:28:12.630-08:002011-12-27T23:28:12.630-08:00Great post, Jeff!Great post, Jeff!Angelo De Ieso IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12924074136432149767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-25746542350623682952011-12-20T20:43:55.227-08:002011-12-20T20:43:55.227-08:00Awesome post Jeff! Thanks for taking us to the sou...Awesome post Jeff! Thanks for taking us to the source to learn more these incredible beers.The Not So Professional Beer Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509910363270635578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-63714129512970227272011-12-20T16:43:36.674-08:002011-12-20T16:43:36.674-08:00Isn't Cantillon located in Anderlecht, which i...Isn't Cantillon located in Anderlecht, which is a suburb? I think that is what they mean.Pulsatoriushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142875877658797467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-45073076131692330692011-12-20T13:24:18.266-08:002011-12-20T13:24:18.266-08:00I'm with you on Boon. It seems that Cantiloon...I'm with you on Boon. It seems that Cantiloon gets all of the love in this country, but for my own efforts (of which I still owe you a bottle or two) Boon is still the mark I aim for. Great info. Thanks for sharingBill Schnellernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-39133572898125226162011-12-20T13:10:53.300-08:002011-12-20T13:10:53.300-08:00Yes, but Cantillon is only a 20 minute walk from t...Yes, but Cantillon is only a 20 minute walk from the Grand Place at the center of Brussels (according to Google maps, anyway, barely more than a mile).<br /><br />I'm probably just having a knee-jerk reaction to the word "sprawl", which we've come to use to talk about low-density highway-centered land development. The dense 63 square miles of Brussels is a pretty circular area Bill Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202318621724165312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-31247915547107961882011-12-20T11:54:23.132-08:002011-12-20T11:54:23.132-08:00I quibble with your quibble. Cities have differen...I quibble with your quibble. Cities have different physical terrains and so measuring their square areas isn't particularly useful. The whole of Brussels is what we'd call the "downtown" area. Portland's downtown is miniscule--easily walkable stem to stern, in half an hour. The density of Brussels is nearly 17,000 to the mile; it's just over 4,000 in Portland.Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-28774991370941971022011-12-20T11:22:19.420-08:002011-12-20T11:22:19.420-08:00Great post!
Editorial nitpicking: "[Brussels...Great post!<br /><br />Editorial nitpicking: "[Brussels] sprawls unending for miles and miles" -- not really. Brussels is <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0809239.html" rel="nofollow">63 square miles</a>; Portland -- relatively compact for a U.S. city, but with half Brussels' population -- is <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108588.html" rel="nofollow">134 Bill Nighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09202318621724165312noreply@blogger.com