Bruges beers - Belgium

Belgium is the motherland 'par excellence' of beer. There is an infinite variety to be discovered, each one with a special glass to go with it. Before the First World War, Bruges was home to 31 brasseries, one of which can still be visited today. Brewery De Gouden Boom, which is found inside the old malt-house T Hamerken, has been conserved in its original state with all the original machines.

Back in 1455, a certain Jan Hugheins was brewing beer on this very site, but it was only in 1889 that he transformed it definitively into a brewery. It is from this very brewery that beers such as Brugs Tarweiber and Blanch de Bruges, with their acidic overtones of hops and fruit, have conquered the world. You also have the Brugge Tripel, a full-flavoured beer which leaves both a soft and aromatic taste in the mouth. Finally there is the Brugge Blond, with its subtle hop aroma and hint of fruitiness.

  The Belfry and the Market Square

The Beguine convent