Two home brewers and staffers at West Lakeview Liquors are off on my kind of sabbatical: a six-week internship at De Struise Brouwers,  brewers of fine Belgian beer. In Belgium.

They’re documenting the whole thing on the new Buckets to Barrels blog. It may not be Jamaica, but I can think of a lot worse ways to escape a Chicago winter. [via Gapers]