Good news today! Received word from a distributor that they will be providing a wonderful selection of Belgian beers for this year’s IBF. Distributors are the unsung heroes of the beer world. Chances are, unless you are sitting in the brewery where it was brewed, or you brewed it yourself, the beer you are holding in your hand passed through the hands of a distributor. Many importers/distributors scour the world for finely crafted beverage. Were it not for the people like Shelton and Carlton and many others, we in the west wouldn’t know such beers as de Proef, Cantillon, Urthel, and many many others.

So the next time you lift your glass and admire your next conquest, toast the distributor or importer who brought you that beer.

Prost!