The Belgian Smaak Podcast

Lieven Cnudde runs Brouwerij Cnudde with his two brothers Peter and Steven. This podcast is about community and resilience and people laying down everything to help those around them.

The HORAL Megablend is a special blend which contains Lambic from each of the HORAL members released every two years for the Toer de Geuze. We sit down to talk to Frank Boon about the 2021 vintage.

Listen to the highlights of Day Two of the Toer de Geuze At Home 2021, a series of live-streamed Q&As with Lambic breweries and blenderies.

Listen to the highlights of Day One of the Toer de Geuze At Home 2021, a series of live-streamed Q&As with Lambic breweries and blenderies.

This year, Duvel Moortgat celebrates its 150th anniversary. The company owes much of its success to its Belgian Golden Strong Ale, but how exactly has Duvel become one of the most iconic beers in Belgium?  

What do Raf Souvereyns (Bokke), Pierre Tilquin (Gueuzerie Tilquin), and Tom Jacobs (Antidoot) have to say about terroir, hype, and politics?

Do restaurants in Belgium put as much focus on their beer list as they do on their wine list? Eoghan Walsh reports from Leuven.

An artisanal cheese maker from the Catharinadal cheese factory in Belgium created a new cheese as a romantic gesture for his wife. Just how did it became a world-famous blue cheese that delighted the international cheese community?

Charles Leclef is the owner of Brouwerij Het Anker in Mechelen, a key figure in the Belgian Brewers Federation, an elected city councillor, and the founder of a new ideology called "Fairism". We chat politics, business, and beer.

The Kazematten brewery represents the coming together of two prominent families in Belgian beer. It's a side project which has given the members of those two families a way to each chase what was missing in their lives.

Flemish Stew is a traditional meat and onion stew made with Belgian beer. Why is it so popular? How is it cooked? And what are the sacred cows for Belgians when it comes to recipe variations?  

The Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 was one of the most horrific tragedies of the First World War. Do beers which use the battle in their branding constitute a tribute to those that fell? Or is the brewery that produces them using a tragic event as a cynical tool for commercial gain?

In this episode, we explore the hop growing culture of the Westhoek, with hop farmers, hop queens, and brewers.

In this episode, Breandán talks to scientists and farmers about Belgium's iconic vegetable—the Belgian endive or "Witloof"—and finds out why it might disappear forever.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Chris Vandewalle of Seizoensbrouwerij Vandewalle about his work as an archivist and author and reflections on regional history as his brewery project approaches its tenth birthday.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Karl Verhaeghe, Amaury Kervyn d'Oud Mooreghem, and Isabelle Eemans of Brouwerij Verhaeghe about their most important beer: the Duchesse de Bourgogne.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Jef Janssens of Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal discusses about the origin story of the farmhouse brewery and the challenges his family faced in the aftermath of the fire.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Alexandre Dumont of Brasserie de Jandrain-Jandrenouille about the evolution of hops in Belgium and the resistance he encountered to using Yakima hops.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Glenn Castelein about Brouwerij Alvinne's evolution, the introduction and management of the Morpheus house culture, the importance of branding and identity, and the overlapping qualities required to work in special needs education and mixed fermentation.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Kristof Vandenbussche of Brouwerij Fort Lapin of Bruges about his obsession with making beers for local people as opposed to beer geeks or international markets, the construction of his traditional Belgian ales and the i

In this episode, Breandán talks to Samuel Languy of Brasserie En Stoemelings about video games and brewing challenges in Brussels.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Olivier De Brauwere of Brussels Beer Project about how they built a community around their brewery.

In this episode, Breandán talks to Jean Van Roy of Brasserie Cantillon about geuze and the politics of lambic.

In this episode, Breandán talks to the co-founder and brewer at Brasserie De La Senne, Yvan De Baets, about the beers and how they encapsulate the spirit of a city.  

In this episode, Breandán talks to Jean Hummler of Brussels beer café Moeder Lambic about the city he now calls home, his opinion on various groups within the Belgian beer world and why he continues to 'fight' against what he calls 'the industry'.