{"id":334,"date":"2012-05-31T20:56:02","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T20:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=334"},"modified":"2012-05-31T20:56:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T20:56:02","slug":"belgium-in-a-box-an-inside-look-at-a-wonderful-online-retailer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/belgium-in-a-box-an-inside-look-at-a-wonderful-online-retailer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Belgium In A Box\u2026.An Inside Look at a wonderful online retailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11449,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/44048128@N00\\\/7306838118&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190112181535\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/44048128@N00\\\/7306838118\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 15:44:42&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 10:14:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 10:14:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:9795,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/belgiuminabox.com\\\/shop&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20241205042110\\\/https:\\\/\\\/belgiuminabox.com\\\/shop\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05 09:29:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-10 05:10:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 03:58:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-26 04:06:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-17 05:30:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 10:24:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 16:40:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 10:14:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-07 10:14:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Kurt from Belgium In a Box&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/7306838118\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Kurt from Belgium In a Box\"  width=\"480\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7234\/7306838118_2439543bc3_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I write this from a train returning from Antwerpen to Gent (via Brussels) having just spent an evening with the founder of the beer selling website, <a href=\"http:\/\/belgiuminabox.com\/shop\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BelgiumInABox<\/a>. Kurt ships beer around the world and, on their about page, is featured as a lover of beer who enjoys selling the terrific Belgian styles with the world. Their shipping is fair and their bottle prices are great. There are a lot of online stores for beers from Cantillon and other breweries but Kurt&#8217;s store is different.<\/p>\n<p>Kurt was the only person who responded to my inquiry last month to help ship beer from Belgium back to America. Another store did respond but they decided to enforce a policy that I only buy beers from them and they won&#8217;t accept drop-offs. Kurt, on the other hand, responded with a kind message saying he loves helping beer lovers and would help me out. He charged me a fantastic price not even taking a single Euro for his time it would take to pack up all of the boxes and only charge for materials and the shipping costs. I still assumed I would be the one packing but, he said it was on him when I showed up with beer today. My boss drove up to Antwerpen from Gent and I met Kurt and a friend. They added up my beer and the total was very fair. It would have been impossible for me to get this pricing if I had packaged the beer myself and shipped via standard post or any other carrier. He is an expert so that&#8217;s why I went to a store like his to get a quote. He was so nice about the process.<\/p>\n<p>So, today I showed up with close to 200 Kilograms of beer (a crap load of beer) and it was counted and I paid him and then found out he would be shipping for me and I wouldn&#8217;t have to do any of the packing. Very nice of him. We had some Genever and talked about life, beer and about business. He&#8217;s totally independent on his beer sales and truly does love beer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Kurt and his friend joined me at the world famous Kulminator bar for a few beers before I rushed to my train back to Gent.<\/p>\n<p>For sure, it&#8217;s hard always to put a face to the name. I wanted to get a photo of Kurt because so many of us in the beer community use Belgium in a Box or services like it to order our beers that are hard to find here in America or wherever we are in the world. I&#8217;m happy to report that Kurt is a very friendly guy with great intentions and loves to share beers with us via an online shop. If you&#8217;re ever in Antwerpen, send him an email via the website and take him out for a beer. Then, go online and order some beer from him. Great people and a nice person to meet in this growing beer community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I write this from a train returning from Antwerpen to Gent (via Brussels) having just spent an evening&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-12-07T16:17:55Z","apple_news_api_id":"b9e6d4af-0877-422b-93a1-e90a263fc3db","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-07T16:17:59Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AuebUrwh3QiuToekKJj_D2w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-my-thoughts","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-5o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1352,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/02\/21\/beer-haul-taking-these-beers-to-europe\/","url_meta":{"origin":334,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Beer Haul: Taking these beers to Europe","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Beer Trading is fun and I enjoy it more when I don't have to pay for shipping costs. 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