04/06/2016: A day in Bruges

The Lambikstoempers vzw organizes …

Brugge

a day in Bruges on Saturday 4 june 2016

We meet at 9:45 am at the entrance of Bryggja Brewery, Moerkerkebrug 3 at 8340 Moerkerke.

The programm:

1. Visit to the artisan microbrewery Bryggja Brewery

It started out as a hobby. In 2012 four brewing friends decided to enter the  Brouwland Beer competition with their tripel. Out of a selection of more than 90 beers their Bryggja was elected the best Belgian hobby beer by a professional jury (among which yours truly). The beginning of a great adventure! Meanwhile, they found a building in Moerkerke and in the spring of 2015 the brewing equipment was installed. Time to take a visit …

Bryggja Brewery

At Bryggja we have a tour of +/- 2 hours, 3 tasters included!
Afterwards we go to the center of Bruges (a drive of +/- 20 min.).

Parking tip for Bruges: use the large parking at the front of the station, it’s fairly cheap and you have a free bus to the center with your parking ticket. There are also  parkings closer to our next stop, but they are quite expensive!

2. Meal at brasserie Bourgogne des Flandres

Belgian classics and the nicest terrace of Bruges (as they themselves claim). The address: Kartuizerinnenstraat 6 at 8000 Brugge.

Bourgogne des Flandres

3. Visit of the brewery Bourgogne des Flandres

The Tour starts at 2:30 pm, at the Kartuizerinnenstraat 6 at 8000 Brugge.

We enter right in the middle of the brewing process. Most likely they are filtering at that time. Brewer Thomas Vandelanotte guides us around the plant, telling us about the brewing process and he lets us taste of lambic, the beer that is brewed locally and the  blend Bourgogne des Flandres. And for De Lambikstoempers hij even presents an extra!

For the ones who want to taste something else afterwards, we also go to …

Brugs Beertje

4. ’t Brugs Beertje

A pleasant and cozy beer café in the center of Bruges with 300 different Belgian beers. Daisy Claeys, manageres of the café, received the Lambic Award 2015 at the end of last year. This award is given to a person who has distinguised himselve (or herselve) in a particular way in the defense of the intrests of the traditional lambic beers and the promotion of Oude Geuze and Oude Kriek. The address: Kemelstraat 5 at 8000 Brugge.

Brugge map

Register

Registration is mandatory through proeverij@lambikstoempers.be, indicating the number of people!
Attention: the number of places is limited!

Participation: 22 euro for Lambikstoempers members, 25 euro for Zythos members and 28 euro for all others (The participation fee is for both brewery visits and the tatsers at these breweries, the lunch and the tasting at ‘t Brugs Beertje aren”t incuded).

Hoping to meet you at this event,
Kind Regards,
Johan “Wanne” Madalijns,
President De Lambikstoempers VZW

25/06/2016: Brussels beer day with ABC

Our collegues from ABC – the Antwerp Beer College – organize a …

Brussel

Brussels Beer Day

And we are also invited!
Under the motto ‘1 event, 2 beer tasting associations and 3 breweries = 1 big party!‘ 🙂

When?

On Saturday 25 June 2016.

  • Meeting place 1: Antwerp Central Station, the train of 9h40 at track 4 (IC train to Binche) – There will be someone with a fluorescent vest! Arrival at Brussels-Midi is scheduled for 10h32.
  • Meeting place 2: Brasserie Cantillon (Gheudestraat 56 at 1070 Anderlecht) at 10h45.

Schedule

  • 11h00: guided tour anf tasting in Brasserie Cantillon
  • 12h00-12h30: walk towards the Marolles
  • 13h00-13h30: visit to the Brewery “En Stoemelings” with tasting of their beers
  • 14h00-14h30: walk towards Brussels Centre
  • 15h00: visit to Brussels Beer Project with accompanying tasting
  • 17h00: end of the event, alyhough there still is the possibility to pass and stop at BrewDog Brussels. (If you like to go home at that time, you are of course free to go.)

Brussels Beer Day

Subscribe?

Only possible through the website www.antwerpsbiercollege.be — members of the Lambikstoempers  have to add ‘LS’ in front of their name!
NOTE: The number of places is limited! Max. subscriptions = 30 people.

Cost price?

  • members of ABC/Lambikstoempers/Zythos= 10 euro
  • Non-members = 15 euro

Antwerps BierCollege

Good to know

  • Bring your own lunch!
  • If you travel by train: buy your train ticket in time.
  • The distancies between the breweries will be done on foot. So wear appropriate footwear. Long live the exercise!  🙂

Until then!