In passing, you might mistake Beer Planet for one of those beer shops aimed at tourists, mostly selling bog standard beers and weird glasses… However, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Once you enter the shop, see the shelves full of—mostly very local—craft beers, and meet the Latino owners, their love for beer becomes blatantly clear!
Beer Planet was the idea of Diego from Venezuela, and Francisco “Pacho” from Colombia, who met after arriving in Brussels, and found shared passion for Belgian beer. Together with their wives Mathilde and Pamela, they turned this idea into a reality, and a little over a year ago they opened this beer shop in the hearth of the Marolles.
The shop is well stocked with beers from all the Brussels breweries we love, but also some beers we hadn’t seen yet adorned the shelves. As it turned out, there’s not just a shop, but there’s also a Beer Planet Brewing Co. that brews their own beers! Well, they have a 20 liter installation to experiment with, but the bigger batches are actually brewed at Brewery De Meester. Grab a cold one from the fridge, to find out how they did!
Cosy
So yes, while most beers are just kept on shelves, and will have to be cooled down before consumption, there is a big standing fridge with cold beers to drink straight away as well. No need to rush home, or drink them in the street: there’s a cosy couch and a table hidden in the back, along with some reading material and games.
If you feel lucky—or actually skilled—you can throw a dart at the board behind the till to try and win a free beer. Just don’t hit Diego or Pacho!
tl;dr
Beers
- Shelves and shelves full of beers from Brussels breweries, and some other Belgian favourites
- Their own Beer Planet beers!
Bites
- Nope
Beer Planet
Rue Blaesstraat 109
1000 Brussels
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What have people been drinking here recently?
- San G is drinking a Sweet Baby Rose at Beer Planet
- San G is drinking a Bloody Hell at Beer Planet
- Frédéric Grün is drinking a Belatina Blond at Beer Planet
- Hannah Casier is drinking a Huks at Beer Planet
- Flore Coutisse is drinking a Belatina Blond at Beer Planet
- Diego V is drinking a Rolling Barrel at Beer Planet
- Diego V is drinking a Dogctor at Beer Planet
- Pacho Cediel is drinking a Happy New Beer at Beer Planet
- Pacho Cediel is drinking a Paljas Self Infused With Paljas Brandy at Beer Planet
- Florian W is drinking a Night Rider at Beer Planet
- Florian W is drinking a Sour Incident #001 at Beer Planet
- David Lathwell is drinking a La Frouze at Beer Planet
- Anthony Van Hoe is drinking a Coyote at Beer Planet
- Pacho Cediel is drinking a Malheur Bière Brut (Brut Reserve) at Beer Planet
- Brad Marshall is drinking a Tricolor at Beer Planet