Battle of the beers: who prevailed?

Dec 14, 2014

An evening of beer: what wasn't there to like?

Which beer would come out on top in a battle of the lagers of Denmark (Carlsberg), the Netherlands (Heineken), Belgium (Stella Artois), and Luxembourg (Battin Gambrinus)?

That and an interesting presentation by Danish beer enthusiast Carsten Bertelsen (centre left) were the main focus at a meeting of the Benelux Business Club on December 2 on Amaliegade in the city centre.

Among those present were Belgian ambassador Pol De Witte (ghgfgfgh)

Henrik Persson, Jeroen Tiel Randstad and Henrik Waitz.

And in the end, there was only one loser. Carlsberg received five votes and the other three all got six

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