What can Hoppiness do for you?
Hoppiness is all about good craft beer and having a good time. Hoppiness stands for tasty beers (made with hops) and happiness. And yes, the triple pun is intended as there are two happy rabbits hopping around our house.
At Hoppiness we’d like to introduce you to good craft beer. Brussels and Belgium have amazing breweries and I’d like to share my best discoveries with you. I truly believe there is a beer for everyone!
My name is Carien. I am a beer sommelier and had planned to open Hoppiness Brussels in the summer of 2020. Yeah … that did not happen.
To keep busy with beer during Covid-times I did a two-year study in technical brewing at COOVI-Anderlecht. I loved brewing days and I feel I have a much deeper knowledge of beer thanks to this education. Nowadays, I call beer both my profession and my passion. I work with several breweries as a guide, with Maison des Brasseurs and lots of other great beer-partners.
I offer beer tastings that can be as formal as you like it to be or not formal at all. I can tell you about the history of beer, the brewing, different beer styles, the breweries itself or more about tasting. Or I can tell you about Brussels and the many other (beery) places you can discover. If you don’t have any specific wishes I will tell you a bit about everything. I focus on local breweries, but will include top beers from the rest of Belgium (and sometimes the Netherlands as well). Responsible drinking is important, so we will not serve big portions and include small food pairings as well. We encourage our customers to use public transport or uber and always offer alcohol free- beer tastings as well during our events.
But the main goal of Hoppiness Brussels is for you to enjoy our amazing beer culture and to discover some new craft beer favourites!
There are two key words for a beer tasting at Hoppiness. In Dutch 🙂
- Gezellig – There is no proper English translation but trust me, it’s all about cosy fun.
- Degusteren– This is the slow and conscious consuming of drinks (or food) while focussing your attention on the quality and the taste.