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Belgian Beer Weekend 2026🍻 at the Grand Place of Brussels
It started a little wet on Friday but it got quite cozy with 30 people under one umbrella😅
Shared a beer with many lovely people but also managed to not find just as many 🤪 Hope to catch you next year!#belgianbeerweekend #belgianbrewers #beerlovers #beertime #beerfriendsarethebestfriends
15 hours ago
Chimay Geel (yellow) (6.5%) brewed by Chimay brewery in the Abbey of Scourmont (Belgium)
This latest beer from this Trappist brewery was brewed to celebrate the Abbey's 175 years birthday.
The beer is blonde with a fresh hoppy aroma. The taste is malty with a strong presence of spices,like cardamom and koriander, with hints of citrus.#chimay #trappist #trappistale
#beerstagram #belgianbeer5 days ago
La Tarte non-alcoholic sour ipa by Brasserie Janine & La Bagarre at Co-Hop in Brussels.This tasty thirst quencher has a mild sourness, a grainy base and fresh hoppy notes of tropical fruits.
#Alcoholfreebeer #Alcoholfree #beerfrombrussels #cohop
#labagarre7 days ago
Sophia Lambic (6.5%) by Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels in a collab with Cantina Giardino winery.
Got to taste this special blend at the brewery. It's made of 2 year old lambic beer with white grape (Greco di tufo) pomace that fermented in amphora jugs for several months. After those months the grapes are pressed to extract the liquid and the dry residue is sent to Cantillon to be added to the lambic barrels.They use the equivalent of 300 grams of grapes per liter. The result is very tasty, still distinctively lambic but with lovely notes of white wine and late harvested grapes.#brasseriecantillon #lambiclovers
#lambicbeer #lambiek #cantillon1 week ago
Coney hazy session IPA (4.5%) brewed by Brew York in York (England).
This beer is full of fruity hops, quite a lot of mango flavour followed by citrus fruits. The body is creamy and also juicy, what a delicious thirst quencher!Coney means rabbit, but this beer is also a nod to Coney street in York.
#coney #sessionipa #hazyipa
#brewyork #ipalover2 weeks ago
Breakwater taproom & pizzeria in Dover (UK). Lovely place with great locally brewed craft beers and delicious wood fire pizza (that I ate immediately and forgot to photograph). What a perfect place to start an English holiday! 😅
#breweryvisit #breakwater #taproomvisit #englishale #beerstagram
3 weeks ago
Sion Lentebok (6%) brewed by Brouwerij Sion within the walls of the New Sion monastery in Diepenveen (the Netherlands)
This beer is almost amber in colour and has a nice malty aroma. The taste is full of malts with some hints of caramel and fruit and a well balanced and refreshing hop bitterness. Brewed according to the trappist tradition with local ingredients.#kloosterbier #dutchbeer
#abbeybeer #lentebok #sion3 weeks ago
Last month we visited Brasserie Atlas in Bon Secours and it was definitely worth the drive from Brussels!
Atlas is a welcoming, historic tavern right on the border with France. They serve delicious food, all beautifully presented.
All beers are from the nearby brewery @brasseriecaulier which makes it a nice occasion to try different beers from their range. I had the blonde and triple of the renewed Bon Secours range, but of course they have Paix Dieu as well and their tasty alcohol free beer Zero Pression.
In my photos you can see the dishes we had. They looked amazing and tasted absolutely delicious. Each dish was a perfect ensemble of flavours.
Starters: Trompe L'oeil (tomato mozarella) and Tartare de Saumon
Mains: Rigatoni with burrata and Poisson de la criee with saffron and vegetables.Thank you so much to Brasserie Caulier for the invitation! We will definitely come back. 😊
#brasserieatlas #bonsecours #brasseriecaulier #beerandfood #foodandbeer
4 weeks ago
G de Goudale Millesime 2026 Haka (7.9%) brewed by Elaborado for Brasserie Goudale in Arques (France).
This years grand cru is made with three different hops from New Zealand: motueka, nectaron and nelson sauvin.
The strong blonde, golden beer is full of sweet maltiness, some alcohol warmth and sweetness and tasty fruity hop notes, like pineapple and peach. A good way to get in the holiday mood😅#goudale #grandcru #beerstagram #instabeer #frenchbeer
4 weeks agoInstagram
Belgian Beer Weekend 2026🍻 at the Grand Place of Brussels
It started a little wet on Friday but it got quite cozy with 30 people under one umbrella😅
Shared a beer with many lovely people but also managed to not find just as many 🤪 Hope to catch you next year!#belgianbeerweekend #belgianbrewers #beerlovers #beertime #beerfriendsarethebestfriends
15 hours ago
Chimay Geel (yellow) (6.5%) brewed by Chimay brewery in the Abbey of Scourmont (Belgium)
This latest beer from this Trappist brewery was brewed to celebrate the Abbey's 175 years birthday.
The beer is blonde with a fresh hoppy aroma. The taste is malty with a strong presence of spices,like cardamom and koriander, with hints of citrus.#chimay #trappist #trappistale
#beerstagram #belgianbeer5 days ago
La Tarte non-alcoholic sour ipa by Brasserie Janine & La Bagarre at Co-Hop in Brussels.This tasty thirst quencher has a mild sourness, a grainy base and fresh hoppy notes of tropical fruits.
#Alcoholfreebeer #Alcoholfree #beerfrombrussels #cohop
#labagarre7 days ago
Sophia Lambic (6.5%) by Brasserie Cantillon in Brussels in a collab with Cantina Giardino winery.
Got to taste this special blend at the brewery. It's made of 2 year old lambic beer with white grape (Greco di tufo) pomace that fermented in amphora jugs for several months. After those months the grapes are pressed to extract the liquid and the dry residue is sent to Cantillon to be added to the lambic barrels.They use the equivalent of 300 grams of grapes per liter. The result is very tasty, still distinctively lambic but with lovely notes of white wine and late harvested grapes.#brasseriecantillon #lambiclovers
#lambicbeer #lambiek #cantillon1 week ago
Coney hazy session IPA (4.5%) brewed by Brew York in York (England).
This beer is full of fruity hops, quite a lot of mango flavour followed by citrus fruits. The body is creamy and also juicy, what a delicious thirst quencher!Coney means rabbit, but this beer is also a nod to Coney street in York.
#coney #sessionipa #hazyipa
#brewyork #ipalover2 weeks ago
Breakwater taproom & pizzeria in Dover (UK). Lovely place with great locally brewed craft beers and delicious wood fire pizza (that I ate immediately and forgot to photograph). What a perfect place to start an English holiday! 😅
#breweryvisit #breakwater #taproomvisit #englishale #beerstagram
3 weeks ago
Sion Lentebok (6%) brewed by Brouwerij Sion within the walls of the New Sion monastery in Diepenveen (the Netherlands)
This beer is almost amber in colour and has a nice malty aroma. The taste is full of malts with some hints of caramel and fruit and a well balanced and refreshing hop bitterness. Brewed according to the trappist tradition with local ingredients.#kloosterbier #dutchbeer
#abbeybeer #lentebok #sion3 weeks ago
Last month we visited Brasserie Atlas in Bon Secours and it was definitely worth the drive from Brussels!
Atlas is a welcoming, historic tavern right on the border with France. They serve delicious food, all beautifully presented.
All beers are from the nearby brewery @brasseriecaulier which makes it a nice occasion to try different beers from their range. I had the blonde and triple of the renewed Bon Secours range, but of course they have Paix Dieu as well and their tasty alcohol free beer Zero Pression.
In my photos you can see the dishes we had. They looked amazing and tasted absolutely delicious. Each dish was a perfect ensemble of flavours.
Starters: Trompe L'oeil (tomato mozarella) and Tartare de Saumon
Mains: Rigatoni with burrata and Poisson de la criee with saffron and vegetables.Thank you so much to Brasserie Caulier for the invitation! We will definitely come back. 😊
#brasserieatlas #bonsecours #brasseriecaulier #beerandfood #foodandbeer
4 weeks ago
G de Goudale Millesime 2026 Haka (7.9%) brewed by Elaborado for Brasserie Goudale in Arques (France).
This years grand cru is made with three different hops from New Zealand: motueka, nectaron and nelson sauvin.
The strong blonde, golden beer is full of sweet maltiness, some alcohol warmth and sweetness and tasty fruity hop notes, like pineapple and peach. A good way to get in the holiday mood😅#goudale #grandcru #beerstagram #instabeer #frenchbeer
4 weeks ago
Pinard de Bruxelles (7.5%) brewed and aged by BBP Dansaert (Brussels), bottled in March 2021. Beer made with Mourvedre grape must from the Languedoc and then aged in oak barrels from Bordeaux, Moscatel and Chardonnay.
Five years in a bottle and wow, what a nice beer blend! Wild yeast of course in both aroma and taste, also a mild and well rounded acidity with notes of grapes, a hint of fortified wine even, notes of prunes, spices and wood as well. YUM!😊#dansaert #BBP #brusselsbeerproject
#beerfrombrussels #pinarddebruxelles4 weeks ago
🍻 Happy International Beer Day!🍻
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Today we celebrate beer, breweries & pubs. Cheers to all the people around the world making and serving beer and keeping our lovely beer culture alive!
A special cheers to everyone who follows me and to everyone who has ever shared a beer with me. Because the best beer is a shared beer!The amazing T-shirt design is from @clockworkbrewhouse 🤩
#internationalbeerday
#beerlovers
#beergeeks
#beerladies
#Hoppiness1 month ago
Moose Hammer hazy pale ale (5.5%) brewed by Woodstock Brewery in Cape Town (South Africa)
Lots of hoppy fruitiness in this thirst quenching ale; mango, peach and tangerine coming nicely together. Very easy drinking and comes with a warning on the can: you might get as hammered as a moose🫎…#woodstockbrewery #southafricanbeers #hazypale
#moosehammer #beersofinstagram1 month ago
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