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Summer Beer Tasting & Pub Quiz at Hoppiness Brussels
Let’s celebrate the start of summer holidays with an epic summer beer tasting.
Beer sommelier Carien will select four thirst quenching beers and pair them with surprising finger food. And to make this evening even better, we are doing a pub quiz. Winner takes home a great beer prize!
Hoppiness Brussels will make sure your summer starts with a blast!
This event will take place in the cozy private tasting room of Hoppiness Brussels.
Table water and bread/ bread sticks will be available during the tasting. Your host will introduce all the beers and their breweries and talk more about beer, brewing and the Belgian beer culture. Beer related questions are very welcome.
Tickets: 25 euro per person
Bookings via google form: https://forms.gle/sWcTfzsW7oBmg1Bh9
And on eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hoppiness-summer-beer-tasting-pub-quiz-tickets-670619349527
Next dates for our tour with Brewstillery Tipsy Tribe
Thursday 6th of July at 6 pm (nearly sold out)
Thursday 24th of August at 6 pm (Belgium Beer Week edition)
Join us for a tour and tasting experience with Tipsy Tribe Brewery & Distillery and Hoppiness Brussels!
At Tipsy Tribe – the first and only brewstillery in Brussels – you’ll receive an exclusive tour led by one of the co-founders. Discover the intricate process behind brewing and distilling, and taste two of their craft beers and one of their craft spirits.
Just a 5 min walk away, you’ll find the inviting Hoppiness Brussels tasting room, where beer sommelier Carien will be your gracious host. Experience a selection of three local craft beers, thoughtfully paired with finger foods such as cheese or chocolate. As you indulge in these flavorsome offerings, Carien will share fascinating stories about the multitude of breweries that are contributing to rich craft beer scene in Brussels.
Price: 35 euro per person, comprising the brewstillery tour + 5 beer tastings + 1 spirit tasting.
Booking: https://www.billetweb.fr/brewstillery-tour-local-beer…
Start Location: Tipsy Tribe Brewstillery, Chaussée de Jette 374, 1081 Brussels (walking distance from Simonis/ Elisabeth metro)
Minimum age: 18 years
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)
Invite your friends to join on Facebook.
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.
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
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 #sion
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
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
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 #pinarddebruxelles
🍻 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
#Hoppiness
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 #beersofinstagram
Zero Pression (0.4%) alcohol-free beer brewed by Brasserie Caulier in Peruwelz (Belgium).
This alcohol free ale is tasty and refreshing, it has a fruity aroma and a good bitter body with notes of grapefruit and orange and a nice lasting aftertaste. 👍
#Alcoholfreebeer #brasseriecaulier #belgianbeer #zeropression #beerofinstagram
Wimbledon you were amazing! 🤩
A big thank you to @hoptimalt.be for the opportunity. Last month I worked at this majestic tennis tournament for the first time and I really enjoyed it. Such a friendly atmosphere!
Working as a draught master for Stella Artois was great and it was lovely to be part of the launch of the Stella Strawberries & Cream lager.
A big thank you to the whole team, my amazing colleagues:
@hoppyz.zythologie
@julie.andremodera
@hoptimalt.be
@dams.bar
@mattlezytho
@babelbeer.be
#stellaartois #Wimbledon #beeradventure #draughtmaster #beertime
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
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 #sion
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
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
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 #pinarddebruxelles
🍻 Happy International Beer Day!🍻
*******
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
#Hoppiness
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 #beersofinstagram
Zero Pression (0.4%) alcohol-free beer brewed by Brasserie Caulier in Peruwelz (Belgium).
This alcohol free ale is tasty and refreshing, it has a fruity aroma and a good bitter body with notes of grapefruit and orange and a nice lasting aftertaste. 👍
#Alcoholfreebeer #brasseriecaulier #belgianbeer #zeropression #beerofinstagram
Wimbledon you were amazing! 🤩
A big thank you to @hoptimalt.be for the opportunity. Last month I worked at this majestic tennis tournament for the first time and I really enjoyed it. Such a friendly atmosphere!
Working as a draught master for Stella Artois was great and it was lovely to be part of the launch of the Stella Strawberries & Cream lager.
A big thank you to the whole team, my amazing colleagues:
@hoppyz.zythologie
@julie.andremodera
@hoptimalt.be
@dams.bar
@mattlezytho
@babelbeer.be
#stellaartois #Wimbledon #beeradventure #draughtmaster #beertime
Always good! A vegetarian spaghetti with Orval cheese on top together with a freshly tapped Bloemekei IPA at Billie (or as I keep saying … De Monk)😅
Cheers!
#beerlover #beerandfood
#beerstagram #bloemekei #beerlovers
Duivelsbier Wild (6.3%) brewed by Brouwerij Boon in Lembeek (Belgium)
‘Lead us into temptation!’ This beer from Brouwerij Boon is an ode to the original Duivelsbier from 1883, that was so good they thought it devilish. Duivelsbier Wild is fermented in stainless steel tanks with carefully selected wild yeasts from old wooden lambic barrels. It has a well rounded taste with smooth and slightly sour notes from the brettanomyces yeast. The bitterness from the hops is mild but perceptible on top of the malty body. The sour almost wild wine-like taste lingers nicely.
#brettanomyces #duivelsbier #duivelsbierwild #beerlovers #brouwerijboon
Game Over Blast West-Coast Ipa (6.1%) brewed by Funky Fluid in Warsaw (Poland).
Brewed with Citra, Simcoe and Centennial hops. The result is a beer with a pronounced bitterness, freshness, and a traditional hop character with mainly zesty citrus notes. Very drinkable for sure!
#ipalovers #beersofinsta #gameoverblast #westcoastipa #beerlovers
