EXPERIENCE THE HISTORIC BEER CULTURE UNESCO DEEMED AN
INTANGIBLE CULTURE HERITAGE OF HUMANITY
INTANGIBLE CULTURE HERITAGE OF HUMANITY
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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
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Belgian Beer Tour
September 15-21, 2025
7 DAYS and 7 NIGHTS
Brussels, Bruges, Watou, Ghent
September 15-21, 2025
7 DAYS and 7 NIGHTS
Brussels, Bruges, Watou, Ghent
Itinerary
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Day 1: Meet us in Brussels! We’ll meet at the hotel before heading out to a welcome dinner for some classic moules frites and our first Belgian beers as a group! Delirium Tremens Cafe will be our dessert stop. Day 2: We’ll kick off the day with a guided walking tour of Brussels, featuring the historic city center. After the tour, we'll grab lunch at a local beer café, followed by walk to Cantillion Brewery for a tour and sampling. The beer tour will continue with a guided beer tasting at a beer cafe by a local expert covering the basics of Belgian beer styles and history. Then enjoy a free evening in Brussels! |
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Day 3: The group will head to our next home by train for a two day stay in Bruges, perhaps the most charming preserved medieval city you'll ever visit. After we store our bags at the hotel, we will head out for the day. We’ll enjoy lunch and a beer tasting at De Halve Maan Brouwerij. After lunch, we will explore the city together with our local guide followed by a stop at Bourgogne de Flandres, another brewery in this historic city.
Day 4: A free day to explore Bruges on your own. There is so much to see, do, eat, and drink- we’ll provide plenty of recommendations, of course! |
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Day 5: A private coach will pick us up to head to southwest Flanders, where some of the biggest battles of World War I were fought. We’ll meet with a local guide for a tour of the battlefields surrounding Ypres, including WWI trenches and historic graveyards. After the tour, we’ll enjoy lunch in Ypres before heading out to for a tour of a hops farm in West Flanders. Near the hops farm, we have a stop planned at In De Vrede, the café across from the Abbey of Saint Sixtus, where we can sample the famous Westvleteren trappiest ales- allegedly the best beer in the world!
That evening, we'll check into the oh-so-charming St. Bernardus Brouwers Huis, the former brewer’s house-turned-guesthouse, and enjoy group dinner next door at the St. Bernardus Bar Bernard |
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Day 6: We’ll enjoy breakfast at the Brouwers Huis before heading to Brouweij Verhaeghe, brewer of Duchesse de Bourgogne, for an exclusive tour and tasting (there is no tap room and this brewery is normally not open to the public). After our tour and tasting, we'll hit the road for Oud Beersel, a lambic brewery south of Brussels. We'll enjoy lunch in their Bierhuis before our tour and tasting next door in the brewery. That night we'll be staying in Brussels, where you'll have the evening free. 
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Day 7: Our final day together! We will gather in the morning for a relatively short intercity train trip to Ghent, an architecturally medieval city with Gravensteen Castle (built in the 12th century). We'll meet our guide for the day and begin a walking history tour of Ghent. Lunch will be had at a local Belgian cafe followed by waking beer tour of Ghent, Come mid-afternoon, guests will be set free with recommendations of some great beer cafes to visit before we gather for the train trip back to Brussels for our Farewell Dinner. |
Are you ready?
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Rates |
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$4100/person based on double occupancy lodging $800 single supplement for solo travelers $975/person deposit For comprehensive information about the tour including reservation information, please download the Information Packet in pdf format below.
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WHAT MAKES OUR TOURS DIFFERENT THAN OTHER TOUR OUTFITS?
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1. Local Tour Guides - We don't live in Belgium but we have lived in Europe and have traveled extensively. Even so, we feel that our tour guests are best served by using local tour guides that we have established relationships with for our tours. The experience is so much more rich when stories are heard from people who live in the areas we are visiting.
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2. Small Group Sizes - We believe that small group sizes make for better experiences. Small groups allow our guests to form closer relationships with us, our local guides and each other. It also gives us more intimate access to places, restaurants and attractions.
Minimum: 8 Maximum: 12 |
3. It's not only about beer and breweries - We love beer and learning it's history and cultural implications. But we're not a one trick pony visiting breweries all day, every day. (if you've seen one room of stainless steel tanks...)
We love all sorts of history, culture, food and attractions so we blend our thirst for great local beer with local history, culture and attractions. And at the end of a day of touring, we'll find a great spot to sit back and enjoy our Drinkable Destination! |
WHAT DID PEOPLE SAY ABOUT OUR TOUR IN 2018?
We took a trip to Germany/Octoberfest with Justin and Robyn and let me tell you it was nothing short of amazing. We had access to places and people and beer we would have never had on our own. They made sure every single aspect of the trip was handled so all we had to do was show up and enjoy ourselves. The ability to meet and talk to the malters, hop farmers and brewers was nothing short of magical. We stayed in top notch hotels and there was never a shortage of great food and beverages. We feel blessed as we have become great friends with the folks we traveled with. We would not hesitate to book another trip with Justin and Robyn!
Cindi & Chris, Milwaukee WI
Cindi & Chris, Milwaukee WI