Next stop in my quest to visit all the independent craft beer shops in Brussels and put them in the spotlight: Beer Planet in Brussels 1000.
About Beer Planet
Beer Planet is a relatively new beer shop in Brussels, they opened in July 2024. It was founded by three Latin-Americans that are crazy about Belgian beer. Diego (Venezuela) and Francisco (Colombia) dreamed about opening a specialised store dedicated to Belgian craft beer and were joined in their adventures by Pamela (Colombia), Francisco’s wife. They found the ideal location for their shop in the heart of the historic district the Marolles. Hoppiness had a lovely conversation with all three of them together about their beautiful shop and project.
What is your specialisation?
Our mission is to share the authentic Belgian beer experience, promote the diversity of styles and flavours, and support independent microbreweries across the country. Our focus lies mainly on Brussels, but we definitely don’t say no to other microbreweries. We don’t sell beers that you can find at the supermarkets, we even don’t have the full stock of the Brussels breweries. Our assortment changes all the time, we want our customers to discover something new every time they come here. We have special ales, but also a good variety of spontaneous fermented beers like gueze. We also sell some other things like coffee, artisanal crisps, glassware and beer for dogs. (yes really!)
How do you choose the beers and other products that you stock?
We work directly with the breweries and try to make sure we always have something new from the local breweries in our store. New discoveries are key for us, for instance we have a beer with carrots and one with pickles in store now. We really like to find new things and share them with our customers.
What else can be expected at Beer Planet?
We want to make shopping with us an experience to remember. People can stay here for a drink and play games, if they want to. But we also have a shopping game, people can throw darts to win a sticker when they buy something. We want everyone to leave with a smile. After hours we regularly host beer tastings for private groups but we also have a collaboration with guided tours in the Marolles where one of the stops is at our shop. We also brew and sell our own beers. We do this at Brouwerij de Meester, where we learned a lot from the guys from the Brussels brewery Gansbeek Brewing. We have two permanent beers available, Belatina (a blonde) and Tri Color (a triple). But we also experiment with new recipes on our small brewing system in the basement and have limited batches of those beers available.
And now a personal question: what is your favourite beer?
Francisco: I’m a big fan of all barrel aged beers, like BANG, the barrel aged imperial stout by Brouwerij Stroom.
Pamela: For me my favourite changes with the seasons, but one beer I will always like is Urine by Brasserie Borinage.
Diego: I’m a big double IPA fan. A good example is Hop Circles by Fugu Brewing.
Beer Planet
Rue Blaes 109
1000 Brussels