Dinant

We got to have a leisurely morning since we didn't have to leave until 9. Then we had a little (~3,000 steps) hike over to the Grand Centraal Station. We were off to Dinant, where we had lunch at the Cafe Leffe. Delicious.
Then a tour with Theierry. We started at Brasserie de Bocq. On the way, we passed the Leffe Abbey (which we learned last night, that means that the beer was once brewed by monks but no longer; the Trappistes beer is brewed in the Abbey an at least overseen by the monks). There are still monks in the abbey, but InBev (sp?) now makes the beer and uses their name.
Mouseau, a family brewed beer until just before the Second World War when they sold to the Lamotte family until a storm blew down the stack in the 70s. It was closed for a couple of decades but then opened by a man from Lamieux who renamed the beer Caracole (snail in French, the nickname of those
From Lamieux)
Two types of castles - on meant to defend something (usually on top of a cliff) This one was the same, but surrounded by wetlands that were dangerous to those who didn't know the area
The oldest part of this castle is in the river side. It has belonged to the same family for 25 generations. The gardens are not watered by pump, it comes down from the hills
Caracole beer is the last one in the world to heat the grains in the fireplace. They produced four beers until recently but now have a gastronomic beer by a local chef (at least a local gastronome)
Troublette -- white beer, a little dry for me
Saxo -- pale ale
Caracole --
Nostradamus -- five different malts