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Title: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: jharr on April 23, 2014, 05:11:44 AM

But I couldn't resist. Brilliant marketing!

(http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/bb324/jevharr/Snapshot_zps71647211.jpg)

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Francois on April 23, 2014, 03:04:19 PM

Huh!  :o

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Late Developer on April 23, 2014, 08:56:18 PM

You've got to question how a phrase like "smile-inducing flash of tart at the finish" ever made it past the product manager..... :o

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Francois on April 23, 2014, 08:59:14 PM

Also, "employee owned"... who's going to go see if they actually have one?

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Terry on April 24, 2014, 01:38:49 AM

"smile-inducing flash of tart at the finish" reminds me of Gerard Hoffnung's famous speech to the Oxford Union: "A French widow in every room affording delightful prospects"

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Adam Doe on April 24, 2014, 03:06:32 AM

Y'know that's funny, my wife brought me home a bottle of that the other day! Haven't tried it yet

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: John Robison on April 24, 2014, 03:26:44 AM

Wheat beer, not my favorite. The Trader Joe's here has Stockyard Oatmeal Stout, my perfered brew most of the year. But when the weather gets  hot I like a really cold and really hoppy IPA.

The carton art work is neat though.

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: jharr on April 24, 2014, 04:35:45 AM

Wheat beer isn't really my favorite either. Generally I drink stouts and porters in the winter and IPA (Stone is my favorite, and local) in the summer. The artwork is what caught my attention on this one, obviously. It is a little funny that they obscured the Kodak badge on the front of the camera.

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: zapsnaps on April 24, 2014, 06:25:47 AM

I so want one of these. And unlike most of the posters here, I actually like both Belgian & wheat beers, so I'm in for a treat, I hope.

I love the 'flash of tart'.

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: mcduff on April 24, 2014, 02:01:31 PM

Also, in defense of poor Belgium, it produces a wide range of beers other than the typical ones - so if we took James on a road trip I bet we can find one ya like ;-)

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Indofunk on April 24, 2014, 04:11:27 PM

Before going to Belgium, my only experience with Belgian beers was Stella and Leffe, and the cheap American knockoffs like Blue Moon and (gag!) Shock Top. So I boldly walked into my first bar in Brussels and loudly proclaimed "I hate Belgian beers". Amazingly, I was not lynched, and quite to the contrary the bartender took it upon himself to re-educate me, which he did an excellent job of. I discovered that the darker Belgian beers are amazing, and that there's a huge range of Belgian styles, more than just the whites and saisons and farmhouse ales we see here.

Also, my favorite museum in the entire world is in Brussels, the museum of musical instruments. Definitely worth a trip.

Title: Re: I don't even like Belgian beer...
Post by: Mike Crawford on April 27, 2014, 08:13:57 PM

Anyone know if it's available in the UK? Be good for a photo exhibition opening!!