Discover craft beer in Brussels
This week I was part of the all female judging team of Women’s International Trophy in Mainz. We had two tasting flights of more than 20 beers each. Hard work, but a good experience for sure.
I went together with two of my esteemed colleagues from Brussels, we all do brewery tours at Brasserie de la Senne, and we got to meet a lot of other female beer professionals.
Great weekend at the #Zythos #beerfestival. This year at a new location in #Kortrijk
It was great to help out at the stand of Tipsy Tribe Brewstillery, you all know I love their beers.🤩
Join us for a tour and tasting with Tipsy Tribe Brewstillery and Hoppiness Brussels! First you will have an exclusive tour of Tipsy Tribe – the first and only brewery-distillery in town! You’ll get to see where and how they make beers and spirits and also get to taste two of their beers and one of their spirits.
Next, we’ll take a short walk to the Hoppiness Brussels tasting room where you will be hosted by beer sommelier Carien. Carien will offer tastings of three different local craft beers paired with finger foods (think cheese or chocolate), all while explaining the fascinating stories of the many breweries in Brussels! Minimum age: 18 years (checked upon arrival.)
Upcoming dates:
Friday May 5 at 6 pm
Saturday June 10 at 5 pm
More information about us on www.hoppiness.brussels & www.tipsytribe.be
Price 35 euro per person
Book here: https://forms.gle/2qfcDJ6ruSxeczbK9 (google form)
Start Location: Tipsy Tribe Brewstillery, Chausse de Jette 374, 1081 Brussels (walking distance from Simonis/ Elisabeth metro)
Join us for a tour and tasting with Tipsy Tribe Brewstillery and Hoppiness Brussels! First you will have an exclusive tour of Tipsy Tribe – the first and only brewery-distillery in town! You’ll get to see where and how they make beers and spirits and also get to taste two of their beers and one of their spirits.
Next, we’ll take a short walk to the Hoppiness Brussels tasting room where you will be hosted by beer sommelier Carien. Carien will offer tastings of three different local craft beers paired with finger foods (think cheese or chocolate), all while explaining the fascinating stories of the many breweries in Brussels! Minimum age: 18 years (checked upon arrival.)
More information about us on www.hoppiness.brussels & www.tipsytribe.be
Price 35 euro per person
Book here: https://forms.gle/2qfcDJ6ruSxeczbK9 (google form)
Start Location: Tipsy Tribe Brewstillery, Chausse de Jette 374, 1081 Brussels (walking distance from Simonis/ Elisabeth metro)
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This weekend we did a beer tasting workshop. With a lovely small group we tasted beers blindly, judged them and were completely surprised by the winners. We played with macerated flavours and discovered how easily a cassis flavour masks a not-so-great-beer. And we paired several cheeses and chocolates with different beers to see what we liked best. A great way of playing with beer and flavours. I will definitely organise this again.
Special “Beer Tasting & Flavour workshop” at Hoppiness Brussels
Beer sommelier Carien will be hosting an exciting beer tasting and flavour workshop in which we will experience beer tasting in a different way.What does this mean?
– We will do two blind beer tastings of two different beer styles to discover flavours without prejudice
– We will add different spices and macerated flavours to our beers to experiment and discover our sensitivity to several flavours
– We will discover what a slight temperature difference does with beer
– We will taste different cheeses and chocolates and pair them with several beers to decide what works best and why
Tickets: 40 euro per person
Max. 10 persons for this event so tickets are limitedBeer, cheese and chocolate included as well as tasting sheets.
Book here on google forms
Jette has a brewery again! Brasserie Taymans had a grand opening day on Saturday the 11th of March. The original brewery, named the Brasserie-Malterie Taymans, was started over 100 years ago. A warehouse was built for maturing Lambic in 1906 and the Brewhouse was ready in 1911 on the other side of the street (Rue Van Huyneghem), just next to what is known today as the Park Garcet.
The main market was in Brussels, and the brewery survived despite going through very challenging times such as both world wars. Pierre Taymans took over the brewery in 1936 and continued the operations despite the limited development options authorized to him on the site.
The brewery ceased operations in 1970 at the retirement of our grandfather, Pierre Taymans and the main buildings took a new life. The family house and adjacent brewhouse were transformed into a youth center welcoming local youth for many years before making way later for an extension of the Park and adjoining school. Now six grandchildren, all brothers, have restarted the brewery and I was happy to be part of the opening day and show people around the brewery.
More information on their website.
Tipsy Tribe Brewery & Distillery barreled the first whiskey made in Brussels,
Belgium. This American-style Belgian whiskey is a historic milestone for the capital of Europe and the first in a series of other whiskies to be produced by Tipsy Tribe.
Tipsy Tribe Brewery & Distillery (brewstillery) is excited to announce the barreling of the first whiskey made in Brussels! Produced in small-batch and with a unique blend of corn, wheat and barley, Tipsy Tribe has created an American style Belgian whiskey that will be ready for tasting in three years. The barreling took place on the 9th of March, in the presence of distinguished guests and members of the tribe.
Made in Brussels
The team has taken great care in making this whiskey entirely in-house, including milling of the grains, brewing, fermenting, distilling, and barreling. No pre-distilled products were used in the making of this whiskey. “We believe it is important to be able to make our own alcohol from scratch to truly call ourselves a distillery. As a Brewstillery, we’re able to capitalize on our expertise in brewing as a basis to
produce fine spirits,” noted Daniel Fastenau, Brewer-Distiller and Co-founder at Tipsy Tribe.
The whiskey was made small batch – approximately 75 bottles. It will be aging in virgin American oak barrels for the next three years at the Brewstillery situated in Koekelberg (Brussels).
More information about Tipsy Tribe on their website.
Join us for our next combo-tour with Brewstillery Tipsy Tribe on
Thursday the 16th of March at 6pm
Book your tickets here: https://forms.gle/SvTUv5q7GY11oJ5U7
We still have some spots for the combo-tour with brewstillery Tipsy Tribe this coming Friday. Book your tickets here: https://forms.gle/MVRinrd9T44zXkfW7
