Historic Beer and Breweries

A low, whitewashed wall sits on the corner of Blekersstraat, topped with a plain wooden sign that simply says Vlissinghe. Inside this small building, the rooms stay much as they did when the doors opened in fifteen fifteen. It holds the…

The thick, timber-framed facade of Cafe Rose Red sits on Cordoeaniersstraat, its dark wood beams and glowing lanterns distinguishing it from the stone neighbors nearby. Inside, the walls hold a collection of hundreds of beer bottles,…

The Cambrinus building features a distinctive, stepped gable facade decorated with golden beer-related emblems that catch the eye from the street. This location functions as a beer hall, housing a collection of hundreds of different…

De Garre is a narrow alleyway tucked between the Markt and the Breidelstraat, hidden behind a heavy wooden door that opens into a pub of the same name. While most visitors walk past the unassuming entrance without noticing, the pub inside…

The copper brew kettles visible through the ground floor windows identify the Bourgogne des Flandres brewery. This building occupies a sliver of land along the Kartuizerinnenstraat, where the current facility reopened in twenty fifteen.…

The facade of 't Brugs Beertje features a carved wooden bear sitting above the entrance, holding a glass of beer. Daisy Gerard opened this café in nineteen eighty-three with only a handful of local beers on the menu. She turned the space…

The copper brewing vats inside Huisbrouwerij De Halve Maan still occupy the same stone floors where the Maes family started production in eighteen fifty-six. A three kilometer underground pipeline snakes from these vats beneath the…