December 07, 2013

Spreading the Cheer, from Belgium to Texas




The Texas Bar Journal in Recess published an article " Spreading the cheer, how an Austin solo attorney brought good (read: Belgian)  beer to town in the late 1970s and continues to help the local brewing industry thrive".
Jim Houchins' special relationship with Belgium began in 1976 when, after finishing law school at the University of Texas, he spent a year studying International Law in Brussels. The rest of the story you can read in the article above. 
Unfortunately because of the size of Blogger's template, I did not succeed in getting the whole article reproduced here in one go, hence the copy/paste of screenshots and a link to the original text below.
Jim has been back in Belgium on business many times and I have done some reporting on one of his previous visits here: http://whatisbelgium.blogspot.be/2012/03/belgian-beer.html
http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Table_of_Contents&Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=24628

7 comments:

  1. Helen DevriesDecember 8, 2013 at 4:06 AM

    I wish someone would do the same thing for Costa Rica!

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  2. gerard1948December 8, 2013 at 6:22 PM

    Bonsoir,
    c'est comme un bienfaiteur pour la Belgique.
    Je suis de retour depuis lundi dernier pour les photos, mais j'ai peu de temps, je pars trois mois en France et je fais les préparatifs. Je continue de mettre des photos, elles sont programmées, même si je ne peux pas passer souvent sur les blogs.

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  3. FRansDecember 8, 2013 at 8:10 PM

    Hallo Anni,
    Ik kan het goed geloven! Da's toch niet te vergelijken aan "Miller light" waar ze in de U.S. meestal aan gewoon zijn >-))
    Prettige week,
    Frans

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  4. willyDecember 9, 2013 at 4:17 PM

    die man mocht je terecht in de schijnwerpers zetten Anni...

    fijne dag

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  5. Filip and KristelDecember 10, 2013 at 10:24 PM

    Belgisch bier is gewoon internationaal. Je kan niets verkeerd doen.

    Groetjes,
    Filip

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  6. claudeDecember 12, 2013 at 9:34 AM

    Bonjour Anni
    Je n'ai jamais eu beaucoup l'occasion de boire de la bière belge. Je viens de faire une cure de bière exotique, en Martinique. Personnellement, j'aime bien la Beck's de Brême et la Budweiser des States.
    A bientôt !

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  7. DietmutDecember 17, 2013 at 12:03 PM

    Belgisch bier is nu eenmaal lekker, ook in Nederland.
    Groetjes Dietmut

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