Words by Breandán Kearney
Photos by Ashley Joanna
Published by Luster Publishing
Launch date: September 2024
This is a behind-the-scenes snippet from the making of Hidden Beers of Belgium, a book which will take readers on a journey of discovery through some of Belgium’s most interesting but under-appreciated beers. Read more here.
On 1 February 2007, Café Den Herberg—“The Inn Café”—opened in Buizingen. Herbergs are buildings historically associated with providing weary travellers and their horses with lodging, food, and drink. This particular one now has a small brewery located in a converted garage beside the café, opened in 2008 by the family who owns Den Herberg: seven siblings and their parents who work as musicians, speech therapists, tilers, engineers, and more recently, as café owners, brewers, and innkeepers. When you’re looking for hidden beers, establishments like these offer a good way inn.
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