Belgian Beer Museums
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 De Block Brewery (Peizegem-Merchtem) Nieuwbaan 92 B-1785 Merchtem-Peizegem Tel : +32 O52/37.21.59 The brewery De Block has preserved in 2 reception rooms, their history and old machinery. Brightened up with pictures and posters, this eco-museum is of great value for industrial archeology and brewing technology. |
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Museum Brouwerhuis (Antwerp) Adriaan Brouwersstraat, 20 2000 Antwerpen Tel: +32(0)3/227.49.53 Fax: +32(0)3/227.49.54 This is the smallest of Antwerp's urban museums. All too few people know it, even though modern-day foreigners have described it in their travel journals as a marvel and even though time and time again Henri de Braekeleer found inspiration here for his subtle talent. |
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Stationneke «De Hemel» (Antwerp) Stationstraat, 57 2250 Olen Tel: +32(0)14/22.10.50 |
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Musée Bruxellois de la Gueuze (Brussels) Rue Gheude, 56 1070 Anderlecht Tel: +32(0)2/521.49.28 The Van Roy-Cantillon family welcomes you and will be glad to unveil to you the mystery of the production of traditional lambic. |
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Maison des Brasseurs (Brussels) Grand-place, 10 1000 Brussels Tel: +32(0)2/511.49.87 Fax: +32(0)2/511.32.59 The rich tradition of Belgian beer is kept alive at the Brewery Museum. Visitors are shown implements, brewing and fermentation tubs, a boiling kettle and the material found in an eighteenth-century brewery. In the cosy café, memories of days gone by are brought back to life. Old tankards, antique porcelain and the paraphernalia from an inn of the past illustrate what doubtless deserves to be called "Belgian Beer Culture". |
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Musée Schaerbeekois de la Bière (Brussels) Avenue Louis Bertrand, 33 1030 Schaerbeek Tel: +32(0)2/241.56.27 The museum offers a collection of over 1000 bottles, a large number of which are accompanied by their companion glass: old beer-making machines, coopers' tools, pub and beer signs, and various publicity materials, old documents...from existing or defunct breweries. |
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Biermuseum (East Flanders) Kuipstraat, 36 9940 Ertvelde Tel: +32(0)9.344.81.47 |
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Abdijbiermuseum (Flemish Brabant) Abdijstraat, 8 1850 Grimbergen Tel: +32(0)2.269.46.72 |
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't Wit gebrouw (Flemish Brabant) Stoopkensstraat, 24A 3320 Hoegarden Tel: +32(0)16/76.74.44 The fascination history of the pleasant village of Hoegarden and its world famous White beer are vividly illustrated here. |
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Brasserie de la Thiérache (Hainault) Rue de Beauwelz, 40 6590 Momignies Tel: +32(0)60/51.25.99 |
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Musée de la bière et du pékêt (Liege) Avenue de l'Abbaye, 19 4160 Anthisnes Tel: +32(0)4.383.63.90 |
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Bocholter Brouwerijmuseum (Limburg) Dorpsstraat, 53 3950 Bocholt Tel: +32(0)89/48.16.76 Fax: +32(0)89/48.16.79 |
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Musée de la Leffe (Namur) Rue du Moulin, 18 5500 Dinant Tel: +32(0)82/64.75.83 |
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Musée des Bières Belges (Namur) Rue de la Gare, 19 5170 Lustin Tel: +32(0)81.41.11.02 |
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Musée de la Brasserie des Fagnes (Namur) Route de Nismes, 26 5660 Mariembourg Tel: +32(0)60/31.15.70 Fax: +32(0)60/31.19.40 This museum is from the Degauqier brewery dating from 1858. |
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Gambrinus Drivers Museum (Namur) Fontaine St-Pierre, 2a 5600 Romedenne Tel: +32(0)82/67.83.48 This museum is dedicated to brewery trucks. It is housed in the former maltings-brewery-farm buildings of the 19° century (the Bouty brewery, which ceased production in 1975). The name Gambrinus owes its origin to the Duke of Brabant, Jan Primus, who was known as “the King of Beer”. |
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De Gouden Boom (West Flanders) Langestraat, 45 8000 Bruges |
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De Halve Maan (West Flanders) Walplein, 26 8000 Bruges Tel: +32(0)50/33.26.97 Fax: +32(0)50/34.59.35 The museum presents the unique opportunity to discover the old tradional brewing methods in Bruges. Daily guided tours will allow you to visit both the modern brewery and the museum. |
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Musée de la Malterie et de la Brasserie (West Flanders) Verbrand Nieuwlaan 10 8000 Bruges |
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Musée National du Houblon (West Flanders) Grote Markt, 1 8970 Poperinge Tel: +32(0)57.33.79.22 Fax: +32(0)57.33.58.07 Poperinge's new and extended Hop Museum is located in the old "Stadsschaal" or Municipal Scales. An informative audio tour guides you through four floors of history and culture, all the way from the impressive loft to the concluding ground floor. On your way down, local characters like "The Bagger" and "The Nose" will guide you along the four seasons of the hop, historic documents, photographs, scale models and audiovisuals illustrate both the story of this unique building and that of local hop growing, its past and present. |
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