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Craft Brew

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At this same time last year I had just finished a job that supposed a new and interesting challenge for me. I have been writing for years, not only about beer here on the blog and other media, but also stories and essays. And even poetry on occasion. Besides, my profession has required me to translate a remarkable number of documents, mostly on financial regulation and banking operative procedures. Never before, however, had I exercised professional translation : an opportunity which, linked to my passion for beer, I did not hesitate to take advantage of as it arose. "For its content and quality, a good gift for Sant Jordi both for homebrewers and beer enthusiasts"

Pièrre Zuber, a memory

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Right now it is that time of the year when one leaves the Barcelona Beer Festival behind and realises that the world has not stopped in the last few weeks. After the usual three weeks long mental disconnection with reality, I sadly come upon the bad news of the death of Pièrre Zuber , owner of Délices et Caprices in Brussels. "People like Pièrre perform an essential work for the dissemination of beer culture"