On one side of the Brussels Town Hall in Grand Place, is the Belgium Beer Museum aka Brewer's House. Its a tiny little museum which houses all equipment for beer making. The entire museum is within a beer cellar and that just feels authentic.
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This was built in 1695-98. The whole place is in 3 section - the tasting area, old section & new section. The old section was very intriguing with the good old huuuge casket's with its oar sized laddle, the old wooden barrels, ceramic containers & mugs. Another area in this section has the carts, whips, horseshoes, etc that were used in the horse carriages used to transport beer. Also there were the good old fire place with blowers.
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Beyond this, the next section is the modern section where the modern equipment used in beer manufacturing are kept in display. Here's also a video that shows the festivities associated with the opening of Pride Beer in Brussels & beer manufacture as well.
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Beer as it is, is very old, and the origins can be dated back to Mesopotamian civilization. The word 'beer' has its root in 'bier' which means 'to drink' in dutch, and that terminology happened since about 15th C CE. Belgian beer is manufactured in 4 ways - top fermentation, bottom fermentation, spontaneous fermentation & combined fermentation.
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The varieties vary from strong to light to blond to amber to brown to fruity to bitter to acid and many more. Belgian beer culture not only stops in its varities, but also serving style. Each and every type of beer has its own type of glass and has to be served in a certain style. And ofcourse, each type of beer has its own suggested combination of appetizer to go with.
To Get There:
Refer my earlier post.
Entry ticket: €5
Free entry as a part of Brussels Card
P.S: I was invited by VisitBrussels - Brussels Card to experience the city for review purpose, however the opinions are my own and this post does not to advertise the product/service.
P.S: I was invited by VisitBrussels - Brussels Card to experience the city for review purpose, however the opinions are my own and this post does not to advertise the product/service.