IN SEARCH OF LOBURG BREWERY

As I’ve indicated here a few times, one of my two favourite beers is the Belgian beer Loburg. Because it’s hard to find, it has probably made it all that more alluring and I spend a good deal of time when visiting places in checking out the beers that various bars sell, to see if they sell Loburg.

We spent a week in Paris at Christmas time, and I knew from a previous stay in the Montmartre area that there is a bar that sells Loburg (called Au RDV de Montmartre). So naturally it was my first stop the first night there. Happy to report that (a) the bar was still there; (b) it was open; (c) they still sell Loburg and (d) it’s actually the cheapest beer they sell.

Because I have not been able to get to the bottom of where in Belgium the Loburg brewery is located, I asked a couple of people who are regulars at the bar if they knew or if the owner knows. Apparently they buy it through a distributer, and they have NFI about the brewery, they just like the beer and it apparently sells quite well.

So I am no closer to solving the Loburg mystery.

As an aside, one of the two regulars that I spoke to was drinking another Belgian beer called La Chouffe, quite a common beer although I haven’t seen it on tap in many places. I’ve had it once, in Ypres in 2014 and didn’t like it; the fact that it’s 8% is one reason but it’s just not to my taste. This bloke was waxing lyrical about it, says it’s his absolute favourite beer. I told him Loburg is one of my absolute favourites. Next time I was there he told me that he’s tried a Loburg and was disappointed! Not a patch on La Chouffe in his opinion. Just goes to show there are a lot of idiots in the world…..

Aaaaaaah. First Loburg of the festive season. Doesn’t come any better…

My name written on it (figuratively speaking). Not sure why the colour on the tap comes out that aqua colour, it’s actually green. But hey, who cares?

This is the bar to look out for. Tell ‘em Quickie sent you…