Beer Diary Today, Hasselt (2025)

31/07/2025

🔸️Huiskamertastings: Oud Bruin/Vlaams Rood
Since beer is for drinking and not for saving or putting in a museum we decided to open up some amazing bottles with friends!
In the line up:
🔸️Rodenbach Magnum 1990-1995
🔸️Rodenbach Grand Cru 1980 vs 2010
🔸️Liefmans Goudenband 1996
🔸️Zuurstof Vlaamsrood
🔸️Rolling Hills Oud Bruin Heritage (Thienpont barrels)
🔸️Petrus Roodbruin vs Petrus Aged Red 2013
What stood out was how amazing breweries like and used to brew beer. The Rodenbach grand cru 1980 was one of the best beers tasted tonight and it was 45 years old!
Also obvious, younger breweried that start and do an amazing job in keeping the tradition alive. I've also noticed during Gent Horecabeurs last year and coming from Netherlands who brewed a great vlaamsrood!
All by all, amazing bottles, amazing people and a lot of tasty treats!🍻🍻

29/07/2025

🔸️Brouwerij Broeder Jacob 🇧🇪
🔸Lazarus — Bourbon Whiskey Infused 🍺🥃
🔸8,5% ABV
🔸Kentucky bourbon infused strong golden ale
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This isn’t just a beer. It’s a resurrection in liquid form.
Deep amber pour, thick creamy head, and a nose that instantly gives you oak, caramel, vanilla, and a hint of char. That first sip? Warm bourbon sweetness upfront, sweet fruity malts in the middle, and a long, slow finish kissed with a sharp Bourbon heat and spice.

It’s bold without being harsh — like a beer that’s seen some things and come back stronger. Ideal for cool evenings, fire pits, and slow sips with stories.
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Brewed by Brouwerij Broeder Jacob (Tongeren), a small but fierce Brewery known for pushing boundaries with bold infusions and unapologetic flavors. Next to their very traditional Belgian beers they have coffee and port infused ales which are out of this world. Lazarus is part of their premium infused series — where beer meets spirits in a fearless blend of tradition and innovation. To be honest, I drank them a very long time back and wasn't impressed. But they recently changed recipes and now they are bang on!
Expect quality, creativity, and a rebellious edge in every bottle. This isn't mass-market. This is small-batch soul.
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05/07/2025

🔸Wioselo Brouwerij 🇧🇪
🔸Akkerblond
🔸Farmhouse style blond
🔸6,2% ABV
🔸Boerentripel
🔸Rustic Belgian Tripel
🔸8,0% ABV
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The blond is a soft and subtly spicy blond with a grainy heart straight from the Haspengouw fields. This Akkerblond balances floral hops, hay-like malt notes and a hint of earthy yeast character. Unfiltered and honest — just like the land it’s brewed from. 🌾🍺
While the tripel is more big, bold and bursting with golden malts and estery yeast. The Boerentripel is a robust, slightly rustic take on the classic tripel — with grassy hops, a peppery finish and a warming, full-bodied strength. 🚜💪
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Wioselo is a young local brewery with deep roots in the Limburg soil. "Akker" means field, and that’s exactly what this beer captures: a walk between golden grain and wide skies.
Saison meets blond, in a bottle full of countryside character.
“Boer” means farmer, and this tripel is a true workhorse: honest, unpolished and generous in character. Think clogs in the clay and long evenings after harvest.
A tripel for those who work hard and drink well.
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Luckely today you can taste both at today! Yesterday was opening evening and as you can see I am already preparing for a sort session today! 😎😎
See you there?!

01/07/2025

🔸Jazz Bilzen Bier 🇧🇪
🔸Blond Brut 70
🔸Brewed for the legendary music festival
🔸6,5% ABV
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Crisp Belgian blond with a light spicy backbone and smooth malty body. Notes of citrus zest, subtle esters and a slightly dry finish make this a refreshing nod to music history. 🎶🍻
Perfect to beat this blasted heat! 🔥
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Jazz Bilzen was more than just jazz — from 1965 to 1981 it was Belgium’s first true pop festival, hosting legends like Deep Purple, The Kinks, Lou Reed, AC/DC, The Clash and many others before Rock Werchter even existed.
This beer pays homage to that rebellious, genre-bending spirit. Not just for jazz lovers, but for all who appreciate bold energy and Belgian brewing craft.
Turn up the volume, take a sip, and toast to the roots of rock in Belgium.
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Coming to Bilzen this weekend!! Will you be there?!

17/06/2025

Not your average IPA… these two go full throttle ⚡💀🍍
🔸️Brouwerij De Meester 🇧🇪
🔸MASTER NZ IPA 🇳🇿
🔸MASTER West Coast IPA 🇺🇸
🔸Double Dry Hopped, loud & unfiltered
🔸NZ Edition: Cryo Nelson, Motueka, Riwaka
🔸West Coast: Citra, Idaho 7, Nelson
🔸from
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These aren’t just hazy IPAs — they’re liquid attitude.

🍍 MASTER NZ IPA swings the other way — juicy, tropical, and smooth like a fresh-cut fruit basket. Expect notes of ripe passionfruit, white grape, mango, and citrus zest. The Motueka and Riwaka bring that soft limey brightness, while Cryo Nelson brings a vinous funk. It’s plush, cloudy, and absolutely dripping with flavor.

💥 MASTER WEST COAST IPA hits you with that classic resinous punch — dank pine, zesty grapefruit peel, bursts of orange and a dry, bitter finish that bites back like it means it. It’s crisp, clean, and unapologetically West Coast. Think sunglasses, sunshine, and a middle finger to basic brews.
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Both pour hazy and golden, each with a creamy head and a full, lush mouthfeel that makes every sip feel like a moment. The labels are wild, De Meester style, but the juice inside? Even wilder.
Crush one on a sunny day and you’ll understand why these cans don’t mess around.
No shortcuts. No compromises. Just full-hop chaos, beautifully controlled.

14/06/2025

Not just any Duvel… this one hits like royalty 👑🔥
🔸Duvel Imperial Blond 🇧🇪
🔸Belgian Strong Blond Ale
🔸Aged & intensified version of the classic
🔸10.5%
🔸Picked up for a bold night in
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This isn't your everyday Duvel. Richer, rounder, and bolder — the Imperial Blond brings more warmth, depth, and boozy charisma to the table. It’s the devil in a golden tuxedo 😈🥂
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You still get those classic Duvel notes — fruity esters, white pepper spice, and champagne-like sparkle — but with extra punch, a silkier body, and a dangerously smooth finish.
It’s refined power in a glass. Sip slow. Respect the crown 👑

09/06/2025

🔸️Brouwerij GCB 🇧🇪
🔸️Ne flierefluiter
🔸️Graff
🔸️Blend tripel - cider
🔸️8%
🔸️bought
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This drinks like a full bodied tripel. Malty and malt fruit notes combined with a spiced bitter finish with the fresh touch of apples.
Definitely a friend for everyone.
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Personally I think this is a great style! Since I made this blend a couple of years ago with home fermented ciders and beers from , it is a perfect combination to make a heavy tripel more of a fresh summers beer while not taking away any of the intens flavours. If you have never tried any, I would recommend this one as both styles are present and compliment each other!
Also had their open doors for their brewery this weekend! Can't wait to try their lambics soon!

03/06/2025

🔸️Marcus 🇧🇪
🔸️Saison & Wine BA Saison
🔸️BA farmhouse ale
🔸️6 months red wine BA
🔸️6,4%
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The saison is full bodied and very creamy. Fresh touches of grain and citrus in the body. The finish could have been a bit more dry but really nicely spiced.
The wine barreled one is full on! Same body but a bigger fuller wine and grape like finish. It's a body that definitely stays!
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Marcus, a brewer from Liege, bringing back Belgian styles with as local as possible ingrediënts. From what I have seen mostly saisons and a lot of barrel aged variants on them. After sending him a message I have been able to buy some bottles. Thank you for sending these cans to! After trying the barrel aged one, I am looking forward to the barrel aged saisons 😉

23/05/2025

🔸️New product launched🔸️
As you guys might know, I am a big fan of aging beers and definite also of wild beers!
actually did it for us.
They aged their 3 last editions of wild and paired it up together with their last beer so you can actually try how the beer changes through the brett added with bottling! Truly a unique tasting experience! Without having to wait yourself for 4 years 🤭
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Stay tuned for my tasting notes since I will throw in another wild 2021 from my personal cellar as they say:"it ages best for 5 years!"
Or if you do not have the patience for that, head over to the webshop, because the packs are only available there!
Enjoy the wild side 🍻🍻

21/05/2025

🔸️Brouwerij 't Verzet 🇧🇪
🔸️brewed for
🔸️Emmer
🔸️Orange wine BA & Chardonnay BA
🔸️Session Sour
🔸️4%
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In base it is still that refreshing medium bodied, citrus sour you know and love.
But mostly in the finish the adds the complexity and the wine like notes of the barrels used. I prefer the orange as it give more fresher notes while the chardonnay gives a bit more of a heavy finish to the beer.
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Emmer is the idea of , emmer is a type wild wheat which his harder to harvest, that is why we never cultivated it.
Then Barrel aging a session sour? Would it even work? Well they just proved it would! Damn refreshing and balanced, amazing as a complex aperitive 🍻

15/05/2025

🔸️De Hophemel 🇧🇪
🔸️Nicoforus
🔸️White Stout
🔸️7,3%
🔸️From the taproom
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Full bodied with a nice creamy full and velvety texture. Softly carbonized with smooth soft bubbles.
Sweet biscuity and caramelly notes in the body followed up by a strong coffee and vanilla well rounded finish!
All these dark flavour in a not so dark jacket!
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It took 2 years of whining about white stouts for them to finally make one! 😆
I tasted my first white stout by in New Zealand, the and it was amazing!
I am so happy, Geert and Steven actually made one now to! In flavour it is already great, just hoping the next edition will be even more blonde as it is a white stout ofcourse!
🔸️ is also still running with them, check my profile! 🔸️

12/05/2025

🔸️Special Giveaway! 🔸️
Samen met mijn favoriete Limburgse craftbrouwerij mag ik haar nieuwste boek weggeven!
Drink je graag bier maar zou je er wel wat meer over willen zeggen? Weet je al wat je drinkt maar kan het nog beter?
Deze boek introduceert je vlot en luchtig in de wondere natte wereld van het bier! 🍻
Natuurlijk kan je geen boek over bier lezen, zonder het te drinken dus zal er nog 4 van hun bieren bijdoen!!
🔸️Giveaway:
- "Bierkenner in 24 uur" door Sofie Vanrafelghem
- 4 pack van Hophemel bieren
Wat moet je er voor doen?
- Volg , en
- comment hier metje favoriete hophemel bier tot nu toe
- delen levert je een extra kans op 😉
De giveaway loopt tot zondag 18 mei 22u00 Hasseltse tijd! Trekking zal maandag gebeuren door een zeer onschuldige hand 😶
Waarom deze post in het Nederlands?
Wel de winnaar mag zijn pakket komen ophalen bij de hophemel! Makkelijk bereikbaar van station Hasselt en dan leer je de brouwer ook direct kennen!!
Wie waagt, die wint?!

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