Tours for 2024

Please see below the details of our planned tours, which are scheduled from the Spring. Scheduled Tours are public tours and are planned to take place. On Request tours are not currently scheduled to go ahead. If one of these is of interest please get in touch and we will put together an itinerary for you. For those listed ‘TBC’, we are awaiting for dates to be confirmed will be updated in due course. Please note that circumstances may sometimes cause schedules to alter.

All tours require a minimum of 6 guests in total to be run. Maximum guest numbers is 8 but we can accommodate 10 for a large private booking. Final dates and full itinerary are confirmed at the time of booking. Bespoke tours and corporate may also be arranged – just get in touch to discuss your dream itinerary.

 

Scheduled Tours

 
 

Belgian Luxembourg and WEBS Special Beers Festival

february 2024

A chance to explore the beautiful region of Luxembourg including visits to 2 of Belgium’s Trappist breweries. We will also enjoy the ‘special’ beers available at the Special Beer Weekend, ‘WEBS’.

 

zythos, east and west flanders

Cancelled 2024

From a central base in Kortrijk we will visit breweries in and around Flanders. One day will also be spent at the Zythos Bierfestival, a small, specialist event that nonetheless features more than 500 beers.

 

bruges beer festival

12th - 15th September

Based in Brugge we will be attending the 15th edition of the Brugs Bier Festival. We will also explore the breweries and beer cafes of West Flanders.

 

oud bruin festival

Cancelled

Based in Kortijk we will be visiting the many artisinal breweries of East and West Flanders. A day tasting at the second edition of the Oud Bruin Festival, organised by Brouwerij ‘t Verzet is not to be missed.

 

 

dag van de oude geuze

26th - 29th September 2024

A trip for all spontaneously-fermented beer lovers. Trips to Pajottenland, Brabant and Hainault. Included in the itinerary will be a day spent enjoying draught lambics and authentic geuzes.  

 
We did a 5 day tour of the Ardennes region in Belgium with Paul in October 2022, based in Bouillon. Covid had delayed the trip from 2021 for obvious reasons, but Paul kept in touch and was really helpful in us planning our trip. He was even able to include a favourite brewery of ours in the tour which made it all the more special.

From the first pick up to getting back to London, it was a great trip, with Paul’s knowledge and contacts in Belgium, making for an amazing experience. We would never have found the places he knew, but we now have some new favourites we will definitely go back to. Brewery tours in places big and small, meeting the brewers and understanding what they are trying to do with their beers, was a real privilege. The Brassigaume festival on the Saturday was a highlight.

Throughout the tour, Paul was a great host, and great company. Beer can be a serious business, but all of us in the group had some great laughs along the way. I can’t thank Paul enough for making the trip as much fun as it was, while also learning a huge amount about the beers of Belgium.
— Eddie, UK

tours on request

 

antwerp and beer passion week

9th - 13th July

Take in both established and newer breweries in and around Antwerp with a day at Beerpassie (Beer Passion) Weekend in the heart of the city. We’ll be based in Mechelen, home of the wonderful Brouwerij Het Anker.

 
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bxl brussels

23rd - 27th July

Based in Halle, the heart of Pajottenland. Visiting many of the brewers and blenders of lambic. Plus a day exploring Saison breweries within Hainault including Dubuisson, Dupont and Silly. The highlight will be visiting the BXL festival in Brussels.

 
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Hopefeesten

17th - 21st September

A lovely early Autumn weekend taking in the best breweries West Flanders has to offer. A day spent at the 23rd edition of the fantastic Poperinge Hop and Beer Fest is not to be missed as it only takes place every three years.

 

wallonia and brassigaume beer festival

October 2024

We will be visiting the beautiful Ardennes countryside, visiting the many and varied breweries of this stunning part of Wallonia. From our base in Bouillon we will also visit the International Special Beers Fest ‘Brassigaume’. 

Took a tour of the Payottenland in Belgium with Paul, and it was probably the best beer tour I’ve ever been on – and I’ve been on a few. The breweries, bars, cafes and restaurants we visited were clearly chosen with great care to deliver tremendous experiences, Paul is a highly knowledgeable guide, and he was clearly known, and liked, by the people in charge of the places we visited. The organisation was exemplary and the whole five days ran very smoothly. I cannot reccomend AleHunters highly enough, and I shall most certainly be booking more tours with them.
— Martyn Cornell, UK