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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 16h

Arpad & I returned to PUB tonight for the German beer event at 't Brugs Beertje, but I stuck to my favourite Belgians instead 😂 🍻 🇧🇪

Two small bears drinking beers in their favourite brown cafe in Brugge.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Breaking news: WE'RE IN PUB. Woo hoo! 🍻 🇧🇪

Two small bears drinking beer in a brown cafe.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Grumpus Bear goes to PUB, part 439 😂

A small bear with sossidge and cheese plus an ENORMOUS beer.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

FINALLY, Arpad & I have made it to PUB. Of course Daddy's favourite - Grumpus Bear - is also here, his 2nd day in a row on the beer 🙄 🍻 🇧🇪 #smallbearsneedbeer

Three small bears drinking beer in a brown cafe.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Grumpus Bear has gone to YET ANOTHER BREWERY while we sit at home 🤢

Grumpus Bear taking on a huge beer at Dok Brewing taproom in Gent.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We had a fantastic time in PUB last night with @millymammoth.bsky.social & Blueberry Bear! It's probably just as well they were only in Brugge for one night though 😄 🐻 🇧🇪 #smallbearsneedbeer

Small bears and a mammoth enjoying beers in PUB.

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Milly Mammoth and Blueberry Bear @millymammoth.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We're in Bruges! We have bought chocolate, we've eaten frites covered in carbonnade flamande, we've drunk beer and most importantly, we met @hungarianbear.bsky.social and @beerbear21.bsky.social! #SmallBearsNeedBeer

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Look! It's another AMAZING painting of me & Arpad by the wonderful @ladysummerisle.bsky.social ❤️❤️❤️

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

We didn't drink enough at Brugge Beer Festival so we went to Gent today to drink some more. Mission accomplished 😂 #smallbearsneedbeer

Two small bears drinking Duvel Tripel Hop beers in a brown cafe in Gent.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It's our favourite weekend of the year: Brugge Beer Festival. Cheers! Hic! 🍻 #smallbearsneedbeer

Two small bears, one in green and one in a blue panda jumper. They're researching some beers at a beer festival.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's Saturday so we're at another beer festival - one of the best, Bier van Olier in Sisjele, just outside Brugge. Cheers! 🍻 🇧🇪

Three small bears drinking beer at a beer festival. The middle bear is quite small so he can only just reach his beer.

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Small bear FACES 6 superieur French chipolatas with herbs, and a variety of Dijon mustard (brought home from our French holiday)

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Harris Bear is very happy because, for the 2st time in months, he's having aBerliner Bol for breakfast. 😃😃

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Arpad seems to have had a malfunction 🤣

Two small bears after a drinking session. The one in blue jumper is upside down.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Expert bear beer tasters hard at work. There are 7 Estonian beers on draft today at 't Brugs Beertje so we've lots of important research to complete! 🐻 🍻 🇪🇪

Two small bears drinking two pale ales on a wooden table in a brown cafe.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Arpad & I found a GRRRREAT bear themed beer today in Damme 🐻 🍻 🇧🇪

Two small bears, one in blue and one in green panda jumper, with glass and bottle of a beer with yellow label and a growling bear.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It's turning out to be a perfect day for a bear, sossidges at lunch & more sossidges at dinner. This is my favourite dish, sossidge braise 🤣 🐻 #ChefSamuel

A small bear with a sossidge dish including cherry tomatoes, potatoes, celery, shallots and other yummy things.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Delilah Bear was shocked when she saw the length of my sossidge.

Two small bears with two portions of frites with merguez sossidges.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We've taken the girl-bears to a wine festival in the Heuvelland, with lots of local wine producers. They're very happy. Meanwhile, Arpad has found Victoria sponge cake! 🇧🇪

Two small bears drinking two glasses of wine.

A small bear with an ENORMOUS slice of cake.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

We appear to be back in our natural habitat! 🍻 🐻 🇧🇪

Two small bears drinking a dark Belgian beer.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Arpad & I've found a fantastic beer bar in Dijon called L'Ours pimpant, which we believe means 'The Dapper Bear'. Tonight they've two additional dapper bears, one in a blue panda jumper & one in green 😂 🐻

Two small, dapper bears with a can & glass of blond beer, on a wooden table in a beer bar.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The Tour de France Femmes is coming to Dijon next week & they're advertising it with cycling polar bears, naturally enough 🤣 🐻‍❄ 🇫🇷

A projection showing an advert for the Tour de France Femmes. To the right there's a big polar bear in a yellow jersey cycling around.

Another advert for the Tour de France Femmes, this time with a polar bear wearing a polka dot jersey.

A cycling polar bear wearing a dark blue jersey.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Full marks to the city of Lyon for not allowing a 17.6% gradient to get in the way of building a metro line up to Croix-Rousse. This is a downhill train arriving at Croix-Paquet station:

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Small bear faces ENORMOUS French cream bun for breakfast!!

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Silly Arpad went to the botanic gardens in Montpellier yesterday and decided to sit on a cactus 🤣 🌵 🐻

A small bear in a blue panda jumper sitting on a large cactus.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

We're in Carcassonne, where the famous dish is cassoulet. This is perfect bear food so it would've been rude not to partake! 🐻 🇫🇷

A small bear in a green panda jumper about to tuck into an ENORMOUS cassoulet.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Naked bear alert! So today it hit 40c in Bordeaux: we relented & our panda jumpers have duly been removed 🤣 🐼 🐻 🔥

Two small, naked bears drinking beer in a bar in Bordeaux.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

It was only 38c today in Bordeaux, so no way were we risking taking our panda jumpers off. We did, however, take care of bear hydration in an appropriate manner 😂 🐻 🥵

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

After our bath ordeal, we've FINALLY been taken to PUB. I think it's a peace offering from the humans, but we won't complain as there's a special list of 19 Dutch beers for us to work through 🤣 🐾 🍻 🇳🇱

Two small bears drinking beer in a brown cafe. There are Dutch flags above the bar because there's a Dutch beer event this weekend at the pub.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Lenny Bear went to the seaside this evening. He met a nice lady and had a huge ice cream.

A small bear beside the 'amour' statue by the beach in De Haan.

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Small bear faces the final HUMiLIATiON!!! Drying NUDE in the garden on the back of a chair!!! @beerbear21.bsky.social

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

There really was no call for such cruel treatment! 😮

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Oh my bear!!! Help!! The human said it's BATH time today as we're too grubby to go on holiday!! The INDIGNITY!! We are being washed in the kitchen sink not the bathroom. @beerbear21.bsky.social

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Small bear artist relaxes with a Westmalle Tripel and contemplate stage 1 of his painting.

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Arpad Bear @hungarianbear.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Small bear artist in action. Considering every brushstroke.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

As usual these days, Grumpus Bear got to accompany Daddy on one of his beer adventures. He looks remarkably sober given he's been drinking beer since 9.40am this morning 🤣 🐻 🍻 🇧🇪

A small bear with a bottle of sparkling wine, on the train from Brussels to Brugge.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Look! It's Arpad the Warrior!! 😂

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Blame silly human for recent silence but Arpad & I are back!! Today we've found the ideal beer glass for Arpad to dive into. Cheers! 🍻 🐻 🇧🇪

Two small bears enjoying a blond Belgian beer. The bear in blue jumper has dived into the glass head first.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Today's brewery is Brouwerij Wilderen, just outside Sint-Truiden. Your expert bear beer researchers are hard at it already 🤣 🐻 🍻

Two small bears and a glass of dark beer. The bear in a blue jumper is using the head of the green jumpered bear to gain access to the beer.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Today Arpad & I are researching the beers at Brouwerij de HopHemel in Hasselt. There's a lot to do, we really should have called in extra help! 🐻 🍻

Two small bears drinking a flight of beers in a brewery.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

We've arrived at the first brewery of the trip: Misery Beer Co in the beautiful Ardennes! Arpad & I are settling in for some serious beer research... 🍻 🐻 🇧🇪

Two small bears about to demolish a flight of four beers in a brewery tap. They've also got a nutritious meal involving a bowl of nuts.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Lunch part two was just as good as lunch part one! 😊

A small bear sitting between a glass of blond beer and a huge coupe brasilienne.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Lunch is served. We're in the Ardennes quite near Liege, so it had to be Boulets à la Liégeoise! Very yummy.

A small bear behind a plate of two meatballs in sauce, with his paw already in the frites to his side.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Delilah Bear went to Zwin Natuur Park today to meet the storks & see their chicks!

A small bear in a pink jumper with stork nests behind, all in a nature park on the coast.

A small bear in front of a flowering bush, with a storks nest to the right.

A stork with its chick in a high level nest.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

We arrived on the same day! 🤣 🥳 🐻 🍻

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

New CAMRA Good Beer Guide Belgium (9th edition) will be released on 14 May. Now available to pre-order here: shop1.camra.org.uk/product/good...

Front cover of the new CAMRA Good Beer Guide Belgium, showing a bar tender pouring a beer behind a bar.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We've found a leftover Lindt Easter bunny and now have him cornered! 😂 🐰

Four small bears cornering a Lindt chocolate bunny covered in gold foil.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

NEW Beer Guide Brugge apps now available - FREE OF CHARGE (for now) as they're brand new versions, so that folk who'd the old apps needn't pay again. Get them via the links here: www.beerguidebrugge.com

Four glasses of draft Boskeun on a wooden table in 't Brugs Beertje. The bar is in the background.

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Samuel Bear @beerbear21.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Time for my favourite dish, sossidge braise! It's perfect for a bear with sossidge brain 🤣 #ChefSamuel

A small bear behind an oven tray with sausages, tomatoes, potatoes etc, which has just come out of the oven. He's claiming that he prepared it.

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