Dan and Brandon were getting dangerously low on Belgian beer so we decided to spend a weekend in mid-January touring Belgian breweries and restocking their supply. Our first stop was the Achouffe brewery, where we ate lunch and sampled several different beers.
Next we drove to the town of Antwerp where we visited a cool little bar full of locals.
The following day we toured De Dolle Brouwers, a family run, organic "hobby brewery" in a town called Esen. Our tour guide was the mother of the brewer. She had to be at least 85 and had such spunk and such interesting stories to tell. We even got to chat with the brewer afterwards!
That night we stayed in a town called Poperinge where we had an awesome dinner at the hotel and of course tried some more Belgian beers.
The next day we were on the road again, this time headed to two Trappist breweries, Westvleteren and St. Bernardus. Dan and the Lesters love the beer from both of these breweries and wanted to pick up some souvenirs.
After packing the trunk of Brandon's car with 5 cases of beer and a fair amount of Belgian chocolate we headed home :).
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