Gourmet guided tours in Brussels

Born in 2013, Brussels Beer Project quickly opened its doors in the heart of the capital, on rue Antione Dansaert. There's a shop, a bar and of course... a brewery! BBP invites you to visit its barrel cellar to find out how lambics are brewed and how Gueuze is mixed. The 30-minute tour begins with a welcome drink and concludes with a tasting of four of their latest creations.

The building alone is already worth a visit: the Brasserie Surréaliste is housed in a former banana warehouse built in the Art Deco style in 1932. For its design, it called on the genius of Brussels artist Elzo Durt. The brewery also invites you to explore its cellars and immerse yourself in its brewing techniques, a visit that ends with a tasting of three surreal beers, each with a new twist. For those who also fancy a bite to eat, they also offer a Saturday lunchtime tour.

A pioneer in craft beers, Brasserie de la Senne began its adventure back in 2002 and set up shop in Brussels in 2007. Initially located in Molenbeek, the brewery later moved onto the historic industrial site of Tour & Taxis and it's the latter that you're invited to visit. A brand-new brewery, with impressive facilities, launched in 2019. A visit to the production side of the brewery to find out how traditional beer is made, with an unmissable commented tasting of four of the brewery's flagship beers.

Alongside the gleaming modern facilities of some breweries or the ultra-sleek aesthetics of others, there remains the family tradition of one of Brussels' historic brewing icons: Cantillon brewery, which houses the Gueuze Museum. Forget modernity and return to simpler, quieter times. Cantillon invites you to visit its family brewery, where lambic is still brewed just as it was when it opened in 1900. Nothing has changed. Tools, machines and production processes are all period features, and the guides share their warmth, their passions and their anecdotes.