Oh, I love the Oscars. We were supposed to go to a fancy Oscar party, but for various reasons that I won't go into here, we aren't. So RIGHT NOW I am in my usual at-home outfit of a comfy t-shirt and sweat pants, the Oscars are on my not-big-enough-for-my-taste-but-still-pretty-big screen TV, I have had a little dinner but will soon break out some really delicious cheese, and I am enjoying a ONDINEKE TRIPLE, from what is becoming one of my new favorite breweries, De Glazen Toren. Brewery De Glazen Toren is a fairly new brewery. Jef Van Den Steen and Dirk De Pauw met in 1988 in a town called Erpe-Mere. They became buddies, started home-brewing together, eventually went to brewing school together, and finally started their brewery on November 11th, 2004. This, the Ondineke, just happened to be in our sample area. It is their triple style, I've had their saison before, both spicy and fruity and highly carbonated and stinking delicious. On the shelf, their beers, in 25 ounce bottles, are wrapped in paper, but don't let that scare you away from trying them. Creamy, golden, and 8.5 %, a lovely elegant beer for a lovely elegant evening, even in sweatpants. I love the Oscars. I never miss them, and frankly, my favorite place to watch them has always been my living room. Congratulations Hugh Jackman -- if the broadcast thus far is any indication, you are going to kick some serious booty as host of tonight's festivities! Bravo!
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