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Boukje (Bierdame 🍻)
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Ik weet dat we allebei iets met bier doen en onze namen vrijwel hetzelfde zijn, maar ik ben vrij zeker dat er twee oo's in de achternaam op die oorkonde staan. 🤔

In ieder geval was ik vandaag dus op pad met Boukje Kop van De Koppen bij Elkaar. 🍻
Twee mensen, de linker, Boukje Koop, kijkt bedenkelijk, de rechter, Boukje Kop, kijkt lachend terwijl ze een pen houdt voor de tweede o in de achternaam op de oorkonde die ze tussen elkaar in omhoog houden. Op de oorkonde staat: Boukje Koop, 2de plaats in het Nederlands Kampioenschap der biersommeliers. Links Boukje Kop, rechts Boukje Koop, twee witte vrouwen die lachen naar de camera en proosten met bier. Boukje Kop heeft donkerbruin haar strak naar achteren in een knot, draagt een zwartwitte sjaal en zwarte trui, Boukje Koop heeft lang stijl bruin haar met plukken daardoorheen in alle kleuren van de regenboog, en draagt een felroze trui met zwart houndstoothmotief
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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I wanted to share updates before, but that didn't happen, so here, have a blog post instead. The rest will come tomorrow.

Oh, and did I mention?

THE DUTCH WON THE WORLD CUP OF BEER SOMMELIERS! 🥳

www.bierdame.com/world-cup-of...
A picture of the Dutch team and their trainers at the World Cup of Beer Sommeliers. Léon won gold, Dennis won silver, I am happily screaming and we are all happy
September 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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We are on our way to München for the World Cup of Beer Sommeliers!

Monday was our last training and we are ready!

#WorldCup #BeerSommelier #Beer
The Dutch team for the World Cup of Beer Sommeliers: A group of five white people, four men, one woman smiling at and posing for the camera in a darkish room which gives a reddish hue to the overall picture. They all have a brownish beer in their hand. Left to right: Léon, blond short curls, black shirt, light blue jeans, Boukje, dark hair in a bun, silver hop bell necklace, black dress with an orange logo en embroidered on it an cargo pockets on the side, a white shirt under the dress and black fingerless gloves, Yoran, blond wavy hair, black glasses, black polo with the same orange logo, dark blue jeans, Dennis, tan hat, black hair and full beard, black glasses, tan shirt, brown jacket and pants, Bas, blond buzz cut, black glasses, olive green turtleneck, black jeans. A picture of the bar part of brewery the Magistraat, taken from the back. Through the large glass doors at the opposite end you can see it is already getting dark outside. The room itself is furnished with low and high tables and chairs in light brown and tan colours, bare brick red walls and a glass wall to the right towards the brewery. In the room are three people, practicing for the World cup of Beer Sommeliers. I am seated in the front left side, with my back towards the camera. A whitish big woman with dark oil slick coloured hair in a low bun, wearing a brown short-sleeved low-cut top and brown long skirt. You can see part of a pink and black Magnolia tattoo on my back. I was just taking a sip from a dark beer. In the back of the room you can see Dennis and the top of the blond head of Yoran just peaking up behind Dennis. Dennis is a dark bearded white person, wearing a tan barret and a dark green suit, sitting with his left side towards the camera. He just reaches out towards one of the ten beers in front of him.
September 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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And suddenly it's September and only five days until the World Cup of Beer Sommeliers! I've been so focused on training that I neglected all social media as well as my website 😅

#WorldCup #Beersommelier #Beer
A picture of the Dutch Team (six people) for the World Cup of Beer Sommeliers sitting at a table filled with beer samples, papiers and more because the are mid training. Everyone looks at the camera. They sit in a dark room with a bright light in the middle above the table, so the picture is overall tinted yellow and red with a lot of shade. A close up of some half filled beer glasses, standing on a paper, a pen in front of it. The beers are in different shades of yellow, orange and brown and different shades of turbidity with the beer in front being an almost opaque brown, the beer left to it a clear yellow. A selfie of me mid-training because the organisation of the World Cup needed some beer themed pictures of everyone. I sit at a table with papers in front of me and I hold a long, small glass with a bottom of clear light brown beer. I am a whitish woman with straight almost black hair on top fading into an orange red on the ends. I have my hair in a side tail with a green hop themed scrunchie, a dangling silver wheat earring in my visible ear. Dark brown eyes, looking straight in the camera, a silver hop necklace and a watch ring on my index finger. I wear a black top with a printed mesh top on top of it and I sit in front of white curtains.
September 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Het doet mij meer denken aan een prequel van de Girl in the Fireplace. 😱
August 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Is dan het probleem in die hoek sowieso niet opgelost doordat je dan gemakkelijk naar Droomvlucht kan?

Ik juich meer toiletten sowieso toe, hè! Maar ik verbaasde me een beetje over die locatie 😅 Had een aantal andere plekken eerder verwacht (al schijnt een daarvan/pagode er ook een te krijgen 🥳)
Snelgemaakte plattegrond van de Efteling met rode stippen op de plekken waar je nu toiletten kunt vinden. Opvallend dat je in de hele ruigrijkhoek vanaf Sirocco tot en met Baron 1898 en Piraña je slechts twee toiletgroepen ziet, terwijl deze hoek juist relatief veel attracties met consistent lange wachttijden heeft en in het geval van Gondoletta ook een lange vaartijd.
August 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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We danced a bit the last few days 😊
A group of nine dancers between 20 and 70 years old laughing and posing for the camera. They all wear a colourful blue, pink, purple, green marmered loose crop top with gold and silver trimming and hip scarfs from the same fabric. They are all in long skirts in different colours, yellow and blue for the women in front, lavender in the middle, burgundy left, white and green right, and pink, purple and blue for the women at the back. They all hold colourful veils in every shade of the rainbow. A picture taken from the back of a full theatre. On stage is a large music society, lots of woodwind and copper, the conductor in the middle with his back to the photographer. Just in front of the stage is a line of dancers, whirling with colourful veils.
June 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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June 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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The Dutch team for the World Cup Beer Sommeliers 2025 is ready to go! 🌍 🏆 🍻
A group of five white people, four men, one woman smiling at and posing for the camera. They all have a brownish beer in their hand. Left to right: Léon, blond short curls, black shirt, light blue jeans, Boukje, dark hair in a bun, silver hop bell necklace, black dress with an orange logo en embroidered on it an cargo pockets on the side, a white shirt under the dress and black fingerless gloves, Yoran, blond wavy hair, black glasses, black polo with the same orange logo, dark blue jeans, Dennis, tan hat, black hair and full beard, black glasses, tan shirt, brown jacket and pants, Bas, blond buzz cut, black glasses, olive green turtleneck, black jeans.
May 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Aargh!! Ik heb niet uren door alle instellingen zitten scrollen om alles uit te zetten om vervolgens deze pop-up te krijgen 😡😡
Printscreen van een zwarte pop-up op mijn telefoon met in het wit vier bolletjes en de tekst: Your Google Assistant is ready to help you get things done. Met daaronder een lichtblauwe button en de tekst: Turn on.
May 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Bit late to the sharing on social media party, but last week @xhanika.bsky.social and I were at the award ceremony of the Dutch Beer Challenge in the Openluchtmuseum in Arnhem as well.

Congrats to all the winners! 🍻
The very small boat we took towards the award ceremony from a small village in the vicinity. A picture of a small yellow, open boat in the middle of a river, green grass in the front with a timetable and pricelist post. In the background a lot of darker green trees. The sky is clouded. The brewing team of the winning beer in front of a big screen that says Slotbier Blond won the title of Het Beste Bier van Nederland 2025, powwered by Mitra A selfie taken by Xhanika who did not want to be visible and me, a whitish woman with purple brown hair in a bun, black eyes, a necklace with a silver hop bell, a gray coat and a black dress with the Dutch Beer Challenge logo and three pins, the beer sommelier pin, a Star Trek pin and a Schneider Weisse pin. We are standing in front of a field with lambs at the museum. A close-up of one of the beers served at the ceremony in a beer glass on which is printed: Nederlands Openluchtmuseum Ambachtelijk gebrouwen bier. In the background the presentation screen and a lot of people sitting on chairs, watching the ceremony.
May 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Ter illustratie vier keer (de eerste zinnen van) het verhaal uit vier verschillende boeken die ik in mijn kast heb staan.
Vier foto's van vier verschillende boeken waarin het sprookje de Prinses op de Erwt staat. Het zijn foto's van voornamelijk de eerste zinnen van het verhaal in ieder boek. De bewoording is niet altijd hetzelfde, maar komen allemaal neer op: Er was eens een prins die een echte prinses als vrouw wilde hebben, maar met iedere prinses die hij tegen kwam was wel iets mis.
May 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Dit had je nog gemist, maar @xhanika.bsky.social en ik werden vorige week verwelkomd door dit trio... 😬
April 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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@sprookjesvanmij.bsky.social Dankjewel!

Ik kreeg de buttons van @melangell1577.bsky.social tijdens ons tripje naar de ruimte afgelopen weekend 😊
Foto van twee grote, ronde, voornamelijk groene buttons gemaakt van een Eftelingplattegrond. In dit geval specifiek de uitsnedes van het lavenlaar en een stukje van het sprookjesbos met linksboven Doornroosje. Naast de buttons een zwarte, ronde sticker met felblauwe versiering en gouden harp. De buttons liggen op een papieren zakje waarop met zwarte stift geschreven is: Voor Boukje! <3 xo Melanie
April 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Hard at work again 🍻 @ the Dutch Beer Challenge 2025
(Last wednesday that is)

An awesome 11th edition with great beers, great people and a lovely trip afterwards.

#beerjudge #womeninbeer #bierdame #biersommelier #DutchBeerChallenge
A black polo shirt with the original 10th anniversary logo for the Dutch Beer Challenge in yellow and orange embroidery and a black dress in front of it with a logo I embroidered myself on a piece of clothing I can wear without sensory issues A close-up of my name plate. White rectangle with the orange logo of the Dutch Beer Challenge in de left corner and the Dutch flag in the right corner. My name in the middle and below a orange rectangle with Dutch Beer Challenge 2025 in white letters. Two whitish women smiling in the front of a bus full of beer judges. The left woman wears a black hat, a light scarf, a leather jacket and the black polo from the first picture beneath, the right woman has her brown hair in two knot buns, a silver necklace with a hop bell hanger, a gray coat and the black dress underneath
April 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Yeah, that's my Death Star, what's your point?
A half white, half black and brown striped cat with a pink nose and green eyes sits on a gray fluffy blanket on a brownish gray soft, old sofa. She looks straight into the camera with a tired what-do-you-want-look. Behind her is a round pillow with a bluish gray Star Wars Death Star print. Below the picture is the text: Yeah, that's my Death Star, what's your point?
March 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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If you want to see some more pictures of last weekend, you can find them here: www.bierdame.com/lambic-acade...
February 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Four of us stayed at Dworp the weekend before. We walked from the Hallerbos side to Oud Beersel where we had a chance encounter with none other than Gert Christiaans, who provided us with a lot of extra information about Lambic beers as well, which made this weekend even more educational.
View from the top of a hill at the start of the evening, the sun about to set. The sky is still blue, with a yellow glow near the horizon. In the distance you see the village of Dworp, with in front of it trees in yellow, green and orange hues. A cluster of houses is closer by, one distinct white one, the others brown stone with dark rooftops. In front a field of green grass and tractor tracks which double as a trail. A close-up of a row of nine beers set in a specially curved wooden serving tray placed on a cluttered table in the bar of lambic brewery Oud Beersel in Beersel. First three beers are a golden yellow, four and five are light red and dark red, the last four are different hues of yellow again.
February 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Last monday I traveled with several colleagues to the Zenne Valley for a Lambic Academy session at Brouwerij Boon with Luc De Raedemaeker and Sep Roggeman followed by a brewery tour with Jos Boon as our tour guide. Thank you for this very interesting and inspiring day in a gorgeous brewery!
A colourful wall painting at Boon Brewery with in the center a brown wood and red metal barrel with the name Boon on the side of the barrel. Two people in white dress and hats sitting on top of it, looking to a white tower in the distance to the left, placed behind a wheat field against a cloudy blue sky. To the right green hills and trees, interrupted by three curved windows with a orange light behind them. The whole landscape is framed by cherries and branches. A group of people standing around an old, bluish mash tun. Jos Boon, white skin, dark short hair, is talking about the brewery while the rest is angled towards him to listen to his story. Jos Boon, white skin, short dark hair, bright blue eyes, black sweater, jeans, brown shoes, stands in front of a Foeder, a giant dark brown barrel with red hoops, filled with lambic beer
February 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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We received our certificates, so now it is official 😉
Winners of the Dutch Cup of Beer Sommeliers 2024!
Cheers! 🍻🎉
Picture taken in Café Lombok in Utrecht. Beer, tables and people in the background. In the front a group of five white people, three crouched down, all holding a yellow certificate from the Dutch Championship of Beer Sommeliers 2024. From left to right and top to bottom: Tom, light brownish short hair, in a white shirt and black jacket, holding fourth place; Léon, golden blond curlish short hair, in a white t-shirt, holding the Dutch Champion certificate; Gery, shoulder length light blond wavy hair, glasses, white blouse and light blue jeans, sitting on one knee, holding third place; Viktor, short light brown hair, sitting back on his heels, holding fifth place; me, long straight burgundy hair, blue black striped off-shoulder sweater, kneeling against the pillar, holding second place.
January 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM