London and Bruges

vgoreham · Post by **vgoreham** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:31 am

Figure they have any good beer in either of these cities?

Any particular suggestions on where I should go, or what I should drink?

-Vince

hogie · Post by **hogie** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:56 am

We were in Bruges last Spring. I recommend hitting up:

De Halve Maan brewery
Brugs Beertje
Poatersgat
Comptoir Des Arts
De Garre

berley · Post by **berley** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:15 am

hogie wrote:We were in Bruges last Spring. I recommend hitting up:

De Halve Maan brewery
Brugs Beertje
Poatersgat
Comptoir Des Arts
De Garre

+1 to all of these.

vgoreham · Post by **vgoreham** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 8:45 pm

berley wrote:
hogie wrote:We were in Bruges last Spring. I recommend hitting up:

De Halve Maan brewery
Brugs Beertje
Poatersgat
Comptoir Des Arts
De Garre
+1 to all of these.

Thanks guys. Will check them out!

canuck · Post by **canuck** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:30 pm

My wife and I are highly considering going to Belgium in the fall. If we end up going, Brugs Beertje will be a must visit for me. Over 300 beers on tap.....heaven!!! :spilly:

Brewnoser · Post by **Brewnoser** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:35 pm

In London you can consult the CAMRA Good Beer guide. My fave pub is The White Horse on Parsons Green. Lovely park setting. Great cask selection. Awesome menu. Belgian beer selection is large. Close to Tube Station (Parsons Green)

derek · Post by **derek** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 3:21 pm

Brewnoser wrote:In London you can consult the CAMRA Good Beer guide. My fave pub is The White Horse on Parsons Green. Lovely park setting. Great cask selection. Awesome menu. Belgian beer selection is large. Close to Tube Station (Parsons Green)

The only problem is that if you go on a hot day (really, London does have them!) you have to get there real early to get an outdoor table.

XmonikerX · Post by **XmonikerX** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:03 am

There are some good pubs in Bruges, was there last fall.

berley · Post by **berley** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:35 pm

canuck wrote:My wife and I are highly considering going to Belgium in the fall. If we end up going, Brugs Beertje will be a must visit for me. Over 300 beers on tap.....heaven!!!

Hmmm, I don't think that's true. When I was there a few years ago, they had about 5 beers on tap. The rest were all in bottles. In fact, all the beers bars I was at had very few taps; I think that's pretty common for Belgium.

canuck · Post by **canuck** » Wed Jun 27, 2012 12:13 am

berley wrote:
canuck wrote:My wife and I are highly considering going to Belgium in the fall. If we end up going, Brugs Beertje will be a must visit for me. Over 300 beers on tap.....heaven!!!
Hmmm, I don't think that's true. When I was there a few years ago, they had about 5 beers on tap. The rest were all in bottles. In fact, all the beers bars I was at had very few taps; I think that's pretty common for Belgium.

My bad. I thought I had read that they were all on tap.

KMcK · Post by **KMcK** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 11:55 am

canuck wrote:
berley wrote:
canuck wrote:My wife and I are highly considering going to Belgium in the fall. If we end up going, Brugs Beertje will be a must visit for me. Over 300 beers on tap.....heaven!!!
Hmmm, I don't think that's true. When I was there a few years ago, they had about 5 beers on tap. The rest were all in bottles. In fact, all the beers bars I was at had very few taps; I think that's pretty common for Belgium.
My bad. I thought I had read that they were all on tap.

Still, that's an impressive number of bottles for a fairly small place. I ordered a few and they had them all. What was even more impressive (by Canadian standards) was that they had the proper glass for each.
:spilly:

canuck · Post by **canuck** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 12:00 pm

Yep, very impressive indeed. My wife and I are still uncertain where in Europe that we are headed to this fall, but Belgium is near the top of the list. If we go there, I'll most certainly be visiting this place!!