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I spent a day discovering Belgian beer culture in the heart of Brussels during the Belgian Beer Culture Days πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ🍺

The event took place from 4 to 13 September 2026, with the celebrations centred around Place de la Bourse and Belgian beer culture events happening across Belgium. This edition also celebrated 10 years since Belgian beer culture was recognised as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.

And I got a little lucky that day… πŸ€
At the event, I won a ticket to the Belgian Beer World Experience in a raffle, so I ended up visiting the experience on the very same day!

Inside Belgian Beer World, I explored the history and traditions behind Belgian beer before heading up to the Beerlab Rooftop for the best part: Belgian beer, local cheese and sausages, and a panoramic view over Brussels. πŸΊπŸ§€πŸŒ­πŸ™οΈ The rooftop is part of the experience at the renovated Bourse building and offers impressive views across the city.

So this wasn't just about drinking beer, it was a pretty Belgian combination of history, food, beer and a rooftop view over Brussels. πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ

πŸ“ Place de la Bourse, Brussels, Belgium

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00:04Since you don't have alcohol-free beers, how do you try to connect with younger generations
00:11with different expectations with your brand?
00:16Let's talk of alcohol-free beer right now.
00:21For me, beer still has alcohol in it if we talk about it from a standard point of view.
00:25But alcohol-free beer definitely has one, I think it's a rightful position at this point in the beer scene.
00:34But for a brewery like ours, we make lambic beers, traditional gerze, outer gerze, specifically for instance.
00:44Beer is contained in fermentation, where the fermentation happens thanks to yeast that is present in the air of the
00:51pasteurization system for our bottles, for instance.
00:53It's something that we would need. We could ask a colleague and say, hey, can you bottle it?
00:58We can.
00:59I know, I know. I'll talk to you later maybe.
01:02No, but it's not necessarily the main point right now.
01:08Another direction we've taken is maybe, you know, recently we made, we also make some top fermented beer.
01:14And recently we made a blonde beer, Devil's Beer Blonde it is called.
01:19And you could say, hey, let's make a blonde beer of 8 or 10% alcohol, that's fun.
01:24Especially with a name that's loosely translated Beer of the Devil.
01:29But I thought, no, let's just make it 6%.
01:31You could go 5 or 4 even.
01:33But let's make it 6% because you don't necessarily have to go high.
01:36And people do appreciate that because we're selling it regionally especially and people seem to really appreciate it's only 6%.
01:42And I think that's also in a way an answer to not going directly to 0% or 0.5
01:48% but, you know, reducing alcohol percentages.
01:52I assume our three guests will stick around a little bit at the bar.
01:57So you can always walk up to them and ask a spontaneous question later.
02:01Thank you all for listening and thank you to our three guests tonight.
02:06And let's have a cheers.
02:10Cheers!
02:19Dear friends of the Belgian beer.
02:23For more than 25 years, we've gathered here to celebrate the culture of Belgian beer.
02:32To honor the craftsmanship rich and rare.
02:36And taste the passion our brewers share.
02:41In every proper glass, a story is told.
02:45For the flavors light and bold.
02:49To experience the true magic.
02:52A spirit unique.
02:54Its power to bring us all together.
02:57That is truly Belgifique.
03:00Uniting people from far and wide.
03:04To laugh, connect and stand side by side.
03:08Let's raise a glass to the spirits in this place.
03:12A toast to connection.
03:15With a smile on each face.
03:17Thank you all for being here.
03:21The time has come.
03:23To all say cheers.
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04:14Oh
05:00So, let's go.
07:03Go on, start your Belgian beer world journey.
07:39It was nice.
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25:18Yeah.
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