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Keep it for as long as you like. I'm heading over to Cantillon tomorrow - amongst other things they're going to be cracking open some 1996 Geuze.

The two Mikkeller bars in Copenhagen would be the obvious place to start.

"Jenlain" is quite easy to find - a bier de garde from the NE of France. In a similar vein, "Ch'Ti", "La Goudale" and "3 Monts" are also easily available. Mont Saleve from the Haute-Savoie region makes some decent beer. For a French-style DIPA, Dalva from Brasserie Thiriez is worth...

Bear in mind that the St Bernardus brewery is in Watou - the other side of the country to Antwerp (albeit a small country). The brewery has a B+B next door where you can stay and it looks as if they'd arrange a tour of the brewery for you. See here... http://www.brouwershuis.com/

Cantillon De Molen Schneider De Struise Duvel Moortgat

Ask her to get you something from the Kernel Brewery... http://thekernelbrewery.com/ The website gives details of their beers and where to get them. The other one to look at would be Meantime. http://www.meantimebrewing.com/

Arendsnest and Beer Temple are certainly open on Sundays. I'd be surprised if many restaurants/cafes/bars close on Sundays - may be they'll shut a bit earlier, but you won't go hungry or thirsty.

Gollem's closed (the one opposite Cracked Kettle). Arendsnest is pretty good and the Beer Temple's OK too (both owned by the same guy). The best beer shop is De Bierkoning (just off Dam Square).

Bucky or IrnBru

Pils with a measure of Picon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirop_de_Picon (Snake bite is deffo cider and lager - with a dash of blackcurrent cordial for snakebite and black.)

Don't think so - it's just a branded tape they use to package the bottles up as three packs (one of each variety). I've seen them for sale like that in Amsterdam.

I've always liked Saints. Grew up in hampshire and had a few school mates that were regulars at the dell. It's a shame they've fallen so far. Still, you can always dust off replays of the great Le God....

I live in Holland (originally from UK). You can buy beer in a store from the age of 16 and I think you can drink in a bar at 16. Bars have variable opening times, but are generally open 'til 1am and you'll most find somewhere to drink to at least 3am. Stores though don't tend to open...

Belgian punk...(this being a brewers forum)....

I heard a pretty well-known Belgian brewer claim that to be the best Witbier he'd ever tasted.

Tripel Karmeliet really is the dog's danglies.

It's been the rule in quite a few European countries for a couple of years now. Here in the Holland, the rule only applies to tobacco: you can still go to a coffee shop and buy and smoke a joint (legally), so long as it doesn't have any tobacco it!

I paid 6 euros for a bottle in Amsterdam last week; I was pretty impressed actually since I'd expected it to be foul. It took a while to get through, but that's probably just as well. My local bar has Tactical Nuclear Penguin and Sink The Bismark for sale, but the 75 EUR and 85 EUR price...

There was an article in the Belgian press today suggesting that the Abbey is in talks with a Belgian supermarket regarding a commercial distribution agreement.

There's a Dutch brewery called Jopen, based in Haarlem which brews based on more traditional styles (including a Koyt). If you can get hold of some of their beers that might give you an idea of what Dutch brewing used to be like. As you say, these days the landscape is dominated by Heineken...