BEER! A Love Story

Peter Bouckaert explains why we need to get back to mixed fermentation

Peter Bouckaert and Rudy Ghequire tasting beer still under fermentation from the foeder (cask)

Christoph Bichler tasting his Double IPA during the fermentation process

Christoph Bichler, Maximilian Karner, Marko Nikolic of Bierol doing quality control of their fresh bottled New England IPA

Greg Engert (Neighborhood Restaurant Group, Bluejacket Brewery) and Julia Herz (Brewers Association) taste beers at Churchkey Pub in Washington DC

Peter Bouckaert, legendary brewmaster (Rodenbach, New Belgium, Purpose Brewing & Cellars)

Brewmasters Christian Pöpperl and Markus Trinker from Stiegl Brewery in Salzburg opening the amphoras of their 6months fermented Urbier

Brewmasters Christian Pöpperl and Markus Trinker from Stiegl Brewery in Salzburg opening the amphoras of their 6months fermented Urbier

Belgian brewer Frank Boon inmidst of his foeders of Lambic beers

Kurt Panneels with a bottle of a 50 year old Geuze beer in the cellar of his world-famous beer bar In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst

Anne-Françoise Pypaert is the head brewmaster at the Trappist brewery Orval in the south of Belgium

Christoph Bichler (Bierol) meets Frezi and Peter Bouckaert (Purpose Brewing & Cellars) at the hopfields of the Perrault Farm in Yakima Valley, Washington State

Matthias Siebler (Hops2Brew) controls his Herkules hops just before harvest in Wolnzach, Bavaria, Germany

Frezi & Peter Bouckaert and Christoph Bichler listen to Tyler Carpenter during their tour through Carpenter Ranch

bumper sticker on a pick-up truck at Perrault Farms

Michael Neureiter (Ottakringer Brewery, Brauwerk) talks about the Braukulturwochen

The Ottakringer Braukulturwochen (Brew Culture Weeks) invites micro-breweries from across Europe into their summer beergarden to present and sell their beers to the Viennese beer lovers

Steve Hindi, founder of the Brooklyn Brewery

The Brooklyn Brewery was the first brewery to re-open in New York in the 1980s and became a hub to revive the entire neighborhood

Paul Jones, founder of Cloudwater Brewing Co banks on ethics - and excellent beers

John-Anthony Gargiulo and Michael Reganeschi from Hudson Valley brewery in Beacon, NY, explain their main concept to Christoph Bichler (Bierol): evoque the memory of childhood flavours

Dan Poppernack and Vern Burling from La Cabra in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, only add things to their recipes which are flavor-positive: if you can't taste them, don't add them

Christoph Bichler (Bierol) and Julia Herz (Brewers Association) taste the wort while homebrewing on Julia's terrace in Lyons, Colorado

Christoph Bichler (Bierol) watching the #SeekTheSeal ad of the Brewers Association

Misho Omar runs the Ammutsøn Craft Beer Dive in Vienna, sourcing his beers mostly from micro-breweries across Europe. In his first year he had over 1000 different beers from over 100 different breweries on tap