Beer Diary Today, Hasselt (2026)

26/06/2026

🔸️Jazz Bilzen Bierfestival x BRAUW 🇧🇪
🔸️Maggie May 71
🔸️White Tripel
🔸️7%
🔸️Brewed exclusively for Jazz Bilzen Bierfestival
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Some beers belong in a quiet pub.

Others belong in the middle of a festival.

Maggie May 71 is definitely the second one.

From the first sip, this isn't a beer that slows you down. It's lively, bright and surprisingly refreshing for a Tripel. The wheat gives it a soft, almost silky body, while citrus, gentle spice and fruity esters keep everything dancing across your palate. Just when you think it'll become rich and sweet, a crisp, bitter, dry finish steps in and resets everything.

It's the kind of beer that makes you look around for who's pouring the next glass.

Also only way tot beat the heat, have your Beers in the pool 😎

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🍺 **About BRAUW**

Genk-based BRAUW has quickly built a reputation for brewing beers with personality. They give other Brewers and organization the opportunity tot brew in their kettles and Joris helps where necessary. This White Tripel is a perfect example: familiar enough to recognise, different enough to remember.

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🎷 **First weekend of July? You know where to be.**

Jazz Bilzen Bierfestival is back, bringing together craft breweries, great music and people who simply love good beer.

And honestly... isn't that one of the best combinations?

If this festival beer is your first stop, you're already off to a very good start.

See you in Bilzen! 🍻

01/06/2026

🔸️Crow Mountain Craft Brewery 🇧🇪
🔸️No Excuses
🔸️Imperial West Coast IPA
🔸️9,1%
🔸From
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These days it feels like every IPA wants to be soft, juicy and hazy.
And let's be honest, no one is waiting for another thirteen in a dozen beer.

And then there are beers like *No Excuses*.

This one proudly plants its flag on the West Coast and refuses to apologise for it.

Pouring a beautiful golden amber with a firm white head. The aroma immediately brings grapefruit peel, pine needles and plenty of resinous hop character. Fresh, bright and inviting.

The flavour delivers exactly what you hope for. Citrus leads the way with grapefruit and orange zest before a steady piney bitterness starts building across the palate. Underneath sits a sturdy malt backbone that keeps everything balanced without stealing the spotlight.

What I enjoyed most is how crisp and clean it remains. Despite the bigger body and higher ABV, it never feels heavy. The bitterness doesn't overwhelm, it simply reminds you what a proper West Coast IPA is all about.

*No Excuses* works because it doesn't try to follow trends. It embraces clarity, bitterness and drinkability with confidence. The hops aren't there to decorate the beer. They are the beer.
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🍺 **About the Brewery:**

Crow Mountain is brewing beer from Essen since 2013. Pure ingrediënts and Belgian brewing culture are central in their brewing styles. Mostly brewing Pale alles, stouts and ofcourse IPA's.

*No Excuses* feels like a perfect reflection of that mindset. Bold, confident and brewed with a clear purpose.

Sometimes the old-school approach still hits hardest.

And honestly?

No excuses needed.
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25/05/2026

🔸️Faces of Fear Brewing 🇳🇱
🔸Mahimahi
🔸️DDH New England IPA
🔸️8,4%
🔸️Straight from the brewer
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You have ipa's, nice easy fruity,..
And then you have IPA's!
Mahimahi is the second one, loaded with tops and fruityness.
Pouring golden hazy with a lasting white head. Aroma's of tropical fruit and citrus peel.

The flavour doen't disapoint either. Wave after wave of juicy hop flavours carrier nu al pillowy and smooth texture. Mango and Stone fruits in front folowed by citrus zest and just enough resinous bitterness to stop it from becoming to sweet. The bitterness doen't punch, it balances out. It keeps the beer lovely and drinkable instead of heavy and sweet.

works so well because it understands the soul of a New England IPA. Softness, saturation and flavour intensity with bitterness that isn't agressive but rather expressive. The hops don't attack, they surround you and before you realise it, your glass is suddenly empty.
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🍺 **About the Brewery:**
is a Ditch home brewery project Founded in Hengelo. The logo and the styles je brews caught my attention.
Heavy beer, bold flavours and no compromises. The range includes bigger filler styles such as imperial stouts, Bartel aged Beers, quads and hop bombs.

Really happy that Is was able to Taste and of his beer! And really sad that Is can't run to the store tomorrow and get another one.
Cheers Dave! 🧡
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21/05/2026

🔸️Misery Brewing🇧🇪
🔸️Sand Castle
🔸️Fruited Sour
🔸️7%
🔸️from .urbantaproom
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Some beers feel built for a moment. Sand Castle feels built for a whole mood. It pours with a hazy golden-orange glow, soft and inviting. The aroma instantly pulls you in: bright tropical fruit, citrus zest, a little tart sparkle, and that juicy freshness that makes your mouth water before the first sip even lands.

Tastewise it is even more lively, playful, and dangerously crushable. A wave of juicy fruit rolls across the palate first: think peach, mango, maybe a touch of pineapple, all wrapped in a refreshing tartness that lifts everything without becoming aggressively sour. The acidity feels soft and beachy rather than sharp and callenging.

There’s this smooth balance between fruit sweetness and crisp dryness that keeps the beer feeling light on its feet. It’s the kind of beer that disappears faster than expected because every sip feels easier than the last. Before you know it, your glass is empty and you’re already thinking about the next pour.

This is sunshine beer. Shoes-off beer. One-more-round beer.

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🍺 **About the Brewery:**
Misery Brewing located in thé Misery Manor in Harzé. Family owned and run by Remi and Samia. On thé first floor a lovely BnB, at the bottom an amazing craft brewery.
First mostly known for their hanging IPA's, they tend to do all styles lately. From Fruited Sours to dark stouts. If you happen to pass, really try their Bartel aged saisons for a complex fresh experience.
Their Beers are hard to find so I will visit the manor once and a while for a drink!
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23/01/2026

🔸️HopSaSam 🇧🇪
🔸️Blue Seadragon
🔸️Belgian Quadrupel
🔸️Calvados Barrel Aged
🔸️10%
🔸️from
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pours a deep mahogany ruby glow witj a dense tan head. The aroma is rich and powerfull: dried figs and dates, caramalized brown sugar, hints of spices and dark chocolate and a fresh breeze of orchard appled and subtle boozy calvados warmth from the 6 months barrel rest.

The sip! It's like a festive autumn classic Belgian Quadrupel that got invited to a harvest festival and came back wearing oak and orchard apples. Rich malty backbone if raisin, figs and toffee holds the centre, while calvados barrels lend soft apple brandy whispers, vanilla warmth and a hint of spices that linger without overpowering. There's def depth here. Layers of fruit and a classic quad warmth balanced out by barrel complexity.

The aftertaste carries the beer with a slow wave of gentle alcohol warmth, oak tannin framing the sweetness and just enough apple brightness to keep the sweetness from being sticky.
It's the kind of beer you think about between sips.

🍺 About the Brewery
HopSaSam is quite a quirky little brewer from the eas of Flanders. Always trying new projects such as wild fermenting, experimenting with different types of barrels,... His line of dragons are his 10% Belgian Quads aged on different barrels. These heavy bangers are always on point, same same yet different enough to really taste the influence of the barrel.
I'll definitely keep my eyes open for the next Dragon😇

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13/01/2026

🔸️Brouwcompagnie Rolling Hills 🇧🇪
🔸️Eddie's Lab
🔸️Imperial Waffle Stout
🔸️10,4%
🔸️from
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🦆🦆🦆Happy day of the Rubber Ducky!!! 🦆🦆🦆
Imagine a beer that smells like a Belgian Sunday Dessert brunch and then somehow gets even better when you taste it!

The aroma is as Belgian as it gets: Fresh Belgian Waffles, dark Belgian chocolate and a whiff of vanilla and even maple syrup somewhere.

Even in taste, this comes in like a liquid Belgian waffle. Rich, luxurious malt sweetness wraps around your palate like a cosy blanket, carrying notes of golden syrip, baked dough and brown butter. But this stout isn't just sweet. There's a refined backbone of roast coffee and dark chocolate that balances the sugars beautifully, keeping it a balanced full pallet of flavours.

🍺 About the Brewer
Rolling Hills is located is a microbrewery from the Flemish Ardennes. They started with bringing back the monumental styles of barrel aged sour ales. Special edition oud bruin even an aged pale sour.
While respecting those older styles, they also experiment with newer craft styles.

🍻About Eddie's Lab
Eddie's lab is the brewer his creative workshop. Where adventure gets free rein. Small batch experiments, unexpected mash-ups and bold takes on styles where nothing is off the table. Like this Imperial style. Combining the best of Belgium in one liquid dessert drink.

Thank you H2o for sponsoring the ducks 😆
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11/01/2026

Check out the post for the tasting notes!

08/01/2026

🔸️Brouwerij Vansteenberge 🇧🇪
🔸️Gulden Draak Fire
🔸️Amber Chili Tripel
🔸️10,5%
🔸️from
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Gulden Draak Fire pours a deep dark amber color with glowing copper rim and a soft tan head that is hiding something bold.

The aroma is the well known , rich dark fruit and caramel warmth but with a twist of cinnamon, pepper and a hint of almost smoky spice that sets the senses alight before you even take a sip.

Then the taste, big dark malty sweetness roll in like a late night confession: raisins, figs and toasted toffee.
But the most unexpected ending. Warming cinamon heat with a peppery kick that lingers on long after swallowing. There's warmth from the alcohol, yes but there is fire following from the chili aroma that is added to the beer. And it keeps you coming back for more.

🍺 About the Brewery
Brouwerij Vansteenberge is a sixth generation pure Belgian Family brewery. With heaps of brands under there umbrella, Gulden Draak is their flagship. And am I happy that they started discovering the brand. 5ish years ago they started barrek aging this unique darker tripel. The appelbrandy barrel aged is still the best version I've drunk. But also the quadrupel, stout and this one are great addition to the brand. And! It is still Gulden Draak! Some breweries take their flagship to use the name and make a complete different beer. Not Gulden Draak, in each variation you can still taste that it is indeed just a variation on that amazing base beer!
And just for the brewery. If you send me a package of every Gulden Draak variation, I will do a live stream where I taste all of them in one sitting side by side! 😆

If you like a little bit of spice in your beer, I would definitely advice trying this beer!

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