Author: Carien

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Heritage Days at Hoppiness

Wow! What a weekend it was at Hoppiness Brussels!🤩

Last weekend the Heritage Days were taking place and especially for this year’s theme Hoppiness hosted eight workshops about the influence of the interwar years and Art Deco on Belgian Beer Culture. I prepared this workshop together with my colleague Helene from Hoppyz. She did the same workshop in French and English at her house, while I hosted in Dutch and English.

What a pleasure it was to dive into our history and taste three beer styles from those years with so many visitors on both Saturday and Sunday.

We tasted:

– Fresh 20 month old lambic straight from the barrel from Brasserie Cantillon, Brussels oldest brewery.

– Silly Scotch brewed for the first time in 1918 from Brasserie de Silly, who celebrated their 175th anniversary the same weekend.

– Palm Speciale brewed first in 1929 by Brouwerij Palm, in the speciale belge style that was brought to live by Belgian brewers at the beginning of the 20th century to compete with foreign ales.

A big thank you to Urban Brussels for organising this beautiful weekend and to all those lovely people that joined!

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Next week Friday!

Have a look inside the impressive Maison des Brasseurs on the Grand Place of Brussels (build in 1698)!

Tour & Tasting at Maison des Brasseurs

Included in your ticket:

– Guided tour of the Brewers house

– 3 beer tasters

– Visit of the museum of the Belgian Brewers

– Expert guidance by local beer sommelier Carien.

Don’t miss out on this special opportunity!

Meeting point: in front of Maison des Brasseurs at Grand Place nr 10 a few minutes before we start. Carien will be there, wearing a green Hoppiness T-shirt. 

Tickets: https://www.billetweb.fr/tour-tasting-at-maison-des-brasseurs

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Monthly beer tasting

Hoppiness will start with beer tastings for individuals!

Want to learn more about Belgian beers, Belgian breweries and Belgian beer culture? Join our classic beer tasting for a tasty introduction! 

You will taste four different beer in four different beer styles. With each beer you’ll get a delicious food pairing (think cheese/ chocolate etc.)During the tasting experienced local beer sommelier Carien will tell you more about the Belgian beer scene. 

Alcoholfree tickets available for the same experience without alcohol!

Click here for more information and bookings.

First upcoming date: Friday September 12

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Heritage Days Brussels 20/21 september

Heritage days /Journées du Patrimoine/ Open Monumentendagen

20 & 21 SEPT. 2025

Exciting news! Hoppiness Brussels will participate in the Heritage Days this year!

ART DECO, Roaring Twenties, Crash Years

For this 37th edition, Urban will show this artistic movement from a new perspective, as part of the 2025 Art Deco Year. We will not only delve into the movement’s well-known aesthetics and luxury, but also explore its urban, architectural, sociological, and human dimensions.

Under the theme ART DECO – Roaring Twenties, Crash Years, the event will highlight a wide spectrum of heritage: from buildings, façades, and interiors to furniture, collections, intangible heritage, and public spaces.

Hoppiness Brussels and Hoppyz have together worked out a workshop and presentation that will be hosted in both our tasting rooms. Hoppiness in Jette (NL / ENG) en Hoppyz in Forest (FR/ENG).

The subject will be:

How the Interwar Period Shaped Belgian Beer Culture

The events of the period between the two world wars had a big influence on daily life and on the Belgian Beer culture. From the roaring twenties to the popular World Exhibitions, from the American prohibition to the Great Depression: breweries were impacted immensely and had to adjust.
Local beer experts Helene and Carien will be your hosts during these special workshops at their tasting rooms and take the participants through the changes of this time and the impact on Belgian beer culture. You will learn about a few beer styles that were popular then and see what happened to those styles and to the Belgian of those times.

You can sign up in September on the website of Heritage days. Limited spots so mark your calendars!

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NEW: VIP package for Weddings/ Anniversaries/ Proposals

Looking for a special location to propose marriage or to celebrate a special anniversary?

Do you want to make a very special gesture to a loved one just because you can?

We now offer an amazing new VIP package!

Wedding special package for 2 persons

Price 250 euro. Included:

  • champagne beer (served in coordination with you) served with cake
  • 3 other beer tastings
  • 3 other finger food pairings
  • special decorations and candle light ( we’ll discuss together how you want this to look)
  • Live classic background music from professional cello player

Email us now to discuss the options. We will make sure you’ll have an experience to never forget!

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Our new T-shirt!

Price: 25 euro

Email us to order one in your size ( mens/ladies) and we will include free delivery in Belgium and the Netherlands.

Or join us end of August for our XL beer tasting!

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XL Beer Tasting for Belgium Beer Week

Only during Belgium Beer Week ( last week of August): our Hoppiness Brussels XL beer tasting! 

Join us for a fun beer tasting workshop of 2,5 hours with 6 different Belgian beers, each with a delicious fingerfood pairing.

Included in each ticket is our exclusive Hoppiness Brussels – Don’t worry, be hoppy! T-shirt! (of 25,00E)

Don’t miss out on this special deal! Tickets: https://www.billetweb.fr/xl-beer-tasting

Tickets booked up to one week in advance – email us with your desired size ( S/ M/L/XL/ XXL mens/ladies shirt) and we will make sure to have the right size for you. info@hoppiness.brussels 

For those who book with shorter notice, we will have a big selection of T-shirt sizes available, but it may be possible we wont have all sizes.

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Private Beer Tasting Summer 2025

Private Beer Tastings Summer 2025 (August & September)

Are you visiting Brussels this summer?

Make your time in Brussels even more memorable with an exclusive beer tasting by local beer sommelier Carien in her cozy private tasting room!

You can easily book a day and timeslot, right here: https://www.billetweb.fr/private-beer-tasting

Included in your ticket is a beer tasting of 4 Belgian craft beers, each with a small foodpairing like cheese or chocolate.

You can book a group ticket for 4, 6 or 8 persons or a VIP ticket for 2 persons. Your host is fluent in English and Dutch (Nederlands).

Dates and times are flexible. Please contact us if your day/ timeslot is not online (yet). Carien is looking forward to host you!