As the latest brewery with a taproom regularly open for everyone, Tipsy Tribe Brewery & Distillery was due a blog post for quite a while already. We finally made it to the inconspicuous garage door in Koekelberg, with behind it the sometimes very alcoholic—but tasty—results of Daniel and Aylin’s labour of love!
We specified “very alcoholic”, because Tipsy Tribe isn’t just a brewery, but a distillery as well. It’s actually the only distillery in Brussels actually making their spirits from scratch! Dan brews the ‘wash’—which basically is a simple beer without hops—just like he brews his beers and in the same kettles, and as much as possible from locally sourced grains. He then distills the wash in the solar powered, beautiful and impressive copper still, to become gin, vodka, liqueur, or even whiskey! Yes indeed: there are some oak barrels patiently waiting, filled up with a spirit that may soon be served as the first real Brussels whiskey!
Taproom Quiz
As much as we like a whiskey, it’s the beer that drew us in! The taproom is on Thursday open until seven—unless there’s a ‘pub’ quiz or a Mario Kart championship, then they’re open a bit later—and on Friday and Saturday until nine, so you can perfectly start your weekend shenanigans at Tipsy Tribe. There are usually four of their beers available on draught, and everything else they currently have on bottle. Not surprising considering Dan’s American heritage, quite a few of those beers are hoppy IPAs, but German styles like Kölsch style beers and Helles, also feature prominently. And you may have already tasted their crisp rice lager Horang-i at Seoul South Station, the Korean fried chicken place we featured on the blog earlier!
This wonderful Koekelberg brewery—if you hadn’t guessed yet from the very recognisable basilica heavily featuring in their label designs—is just a couple of minutes from Simonis metro station, so don’t hesitate to drop by at Tipsy Tribe to kick off your Friday or Saturday evening with Dan and Aylin!
tl;dr
Beers
- Four of their own beers on draught
- The rest of their current line-up in bottle
Bites
- Maybe some crisps?
Tipsy Tribe Brewery & Distillery
Jetsesteenweg 374 Chaussée de Jette
1081 Koekelberg
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What have people been drinking here recently?
- Rieme Hofman is drinking a Goth At Heart at Tipsy Tribe
- Rieme Hofman is drinking a Swim To the Moon at Tipsy Tribe
- Rieme Hofman is drinking a Kicho at Tipsy Tribe
- Rieme Hofman is drinking a Chaotique at Tipsy Tribe
- Martijn K is drinking a Kicho at Tipsy Tribe
- Hannah Casier is drinking a Chaotique at Tipsy Tribe
- Martijn K is drinking a Goth At Heart at Tipsy Tribe
- Hannah Casier is drinking a Goth At Heart at Tipsy Tribe
- Hannah Casier is drinking a Desita at Tipsy Tribe
- Martijn K is drinking a Desita at Tipsy Tribe
- Martijn K is drinking a Goth At Heart at Tipsy Tribe
- Hugue Lebel is drinking a Swim To the Moon at Tipsy Tribe
- Mickey Shteinberg is drinking a Goth At Heart at Tipsy Tribe
- Peter is drinking a Kicho at Tipsy Tribe
- Peter is drinking a Chaotique at Tipsy Tribe