{"id":12458,"date":"2015-08-03T15:34:07","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T13:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/?p=12458"},"modified":"2015-08-03T16:31:46","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T14:31:46","slug":"a-belgian-lcdh-tour-with-the-brits-hasselt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/flyingcigar.de\/startseite\/a-belgian-lcdh-tour-with-the-brits-hasselt\/","title":{"rendered":"A Belgian LCDH Tour With The Brits – Hasselt"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nothing better than to have time and enjoy summer in Europe – especially so if you are meeting a friend like Stephan again, coming over from London with some friends to tour the Belgian LCDH for a few days.<\/p>\n

Luckily I had something to do in Antwerp that week-end and so I could join them for a part of their most interesting trip.<\/p>\n

They, Stephan, Harry, Elliott and Tom, all friends an members of a London cigar and whisky club, have done this last year but we could not hook up then due to Cliff’s cigar BBQ.<\/p>\n

This time it worked out. And, living next door to Hasselt, Frank also agreed to join us for a cigar there.<\/p>\n

So after a short 3hr drive I arrived at Hasselt in time for the opening of the Casa at 11 – to find the guys already sitting in the cozy terrace starting the day with a Bolivar Poderoso ER Belgium … and a bottle of a tremendously rare and tasty 25 yr old single Malt courtesy of Ms Dominique, the owner – all served in style and most professionally by Willi, the friendly manager of the store.<\/a><\/p>\n

Frank and I grabbed our Poderosos and toasted to a great day with the delicious Littlemill lowland specially bottled for the opening of the Hasselt Casa.<\/p>\n

The London gang had sent a request to all Casas to serve them 2 cigars paired with a nice beverage at a 35 \u20ac budget to have fair and level comparison point.<\/p>\n

Well, Hasselt could not have chosen better cigars or beverages, as we had the Poderoso, which we all loved, a very smooth and creamy cigar, not usually my vitola to start the day with, but most pleasant and suitable for it, followed by a H.Upmann Royal Reserva LCDH and a Gin Tonic.<\/p>\n

In between we had a great light seafood lunch from a nearby seafood delicatessen, Lobster on Fruitmarkt<\/a>, including Matjes filets, salmon, Garnaalsalad etc. Great little place for take away !<\/p>\n

Dominique shared an hour of very interesting conversation with us and again went out of her way in offering us a rare and excellent Hasselt Jenever – good that Antwerp was only an hours drive away … \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

And off to Antwerp it was after we all said good-bye to Dominique, Frank and Willi.<\/p>\n

Truly an excellent experience and great hospitality – especially so for the Brits after their disappointing day before in Brussels where the Casa was closed with no further information on a Thursday … they vowed not to pass by that Casa in the future.<\/p>\n

Certainly not when you have such great alternatives nearby, and surely, who needs the traffic and congestion of Brussels when you can have the calm and stylish charm of Hasselt ?<\/p>\n

And from what Dominique told us, we can look forward to a new Casa in Bruges as of late October !<\/p>\n

Nino<\/strong><\/p>\n

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