Welcome to Belgian Beer Me! (BBM!) Beer Tours
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“Belgian Beer Me! specializes in fun, smart and affordable beer tours of Belgium for people from all around the world with more than ten innovative and exciting departures annually. That more than 30% of our travelers are returning customers speaks volumes. Join us and you’ll see why!”
Welcome to Beer Paradise
BBM! Founder Stu Stuart enjoying a Belgian beer in front of the proud Flemish Lion. Santé! (To your health!).
There’s an elephant in the room and it’s not a pink one.Visit COVID-19 FAQ & Tour Updates to learn more about our proactive approach to the pandemic as it relates to upcoming tours, and safeguarding you and your travel dreams to Europe.--Stu Stuart, March 2021.
If there’s one thing I know, it’s we’re all going to need a vacation from this pandemic and isolation. Let our large imagery and engaging video transport you to majestic Belgium now! You can almost smell the sweet aroma of the beer and feel a gentle Ardennes Mountain breeze on your face as you click around the site. In fact, why not pour yourself a Belgian beer now while you do it so you can really smell and taste it?
You can view all the tours by theme, below, or by calendar. Viewing Tours by Calendar, you’ll quickly see many tours are back-to-back so you can combine them and create the ultimate beer tour of your dreams with just one flight across the pond. This site is exciting, responsive to personal devices, intuitive and makes signing up and submitting a deposit online easier than ever. No need to send anything through the U.S. Mail.
I’ve had a number of kind people ask how I’m doing during the travel shutdown and how they can help? So, here’s one way. I’ve created these thoughtful gift cards for your consideration. They also make the perfect gift for that hard-to-shop traveler in your life and it's a perfect way to help me out, too. They can be purchased last minute and are sure to please. Purchasing this digital gift card creates a unique code. The lucky recipient can enter this code at checkout when signing up for a tour to subtract the value from the cost of their tour. It’s just that easy.
Thank you for your consideration! Stu Stuart
We’re announcing four new tours we’re calling our Signature Series Tours: Southern Arizona Beer Tour, Feb. 26-Mar. 4; Northern Arizona Beer Tour, Mar. 22-28; True North Beer Tour of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Northern Wisconsin and Duluth, July 11-20; Beer Tour of Croatia…Yes, Croatia!, April 1-10; Southern Arizona Beer Tour, Nov. 12-18; and the Northern Arizona Beer Tour, Nov. 6-12.
There will also be a 7-night Cider Tour of Normandy and the Duvel Inspiring Moments Tour, where we visit all the Duvel Moortgat breweries in Belgium and one in Amsterdam. More on these tours below.
Most of these images were taken by me on tours using just my work-horse-of-a-phone, the Google Pixel 3 XL. Others are used with permission from brewers and freelance photographers, all friends of BBM!
We also take this opportunity to introduce you to the beer city of Bamberg, Germany, another one of the last bastions of Old World beer culture and a place that should be on every beer enthusiast’s list of places to visit. Let us show you this city and region and you will ask yourself, “What took me so long to get here?” Bamberg: There’s No Place Like It! New for 2021, by popular demand, are two departures of the Oktoberfest & Bamberg: Best of Bavaria Tour.
In the works for 2022, is our new Jolly Olde England Beer Tour. Our former England Top-To-Bottom Tour is no longer since our partner British American Beer Tour Company is on indefinite hiatus. So, we’re creating our own beer tour of England.
I hope these images and our easy-to-use site will inspire you to visit the magic of Belgium. Put our more than 10 years of experience and passion to work for you. Show up, relax and enjoy the beer tour of a lifetime. I invite you to join us as we meet the fascinating and friendly people who make these eventful beers, share in their cuisine, enjoy their scenic settings, experience history and most of all enjoy the pure pleasure of these fine beers right at the source!
“People often ask me, “Do you ever get tired of going to Belgium?,” and I say, “No, I get tired of leaving Belgium.””
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OUR most popular TOURS
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Lonely Monks Trappist Beer Tour of Belgium & the Netherlands
Beer is one of the few indulgences monks are permitted and thus one of the reasons they know how to brew special beers so incredibly well. On this very special tour we will visit eight Trappist abbeys that brew beer (six in Belgium and two just across the border in the Netherlands) and sample their beers. Read more...
Legendary Zythos Beer Festival Tour
The Zythos Beer Festival (ZBF), is the granddaddy of ‘em all in Belgium. Nowhere near the scale of Oktoberfest, a much more intimate and personal beer festival, it is where many of Belgium’s diverse, unique and intensely-flavored beers, and their brewers come together in one place. The Festival is be held near Leuven. It's one you won't want to miss! Read more...
Wild & Spontaneous Beer Tour of Belgium
By popular demand! The focus of this tour is lambics, geuzes, and red and brown Flemish Ales. Some Americans call these "sour beers." In odd years it will include Toer de Geuze and in even years the Night of the Great Thirst Lambic Festival. In even years, this tour will also include the Legendary Zythos Beer Festival. Read more...
Ardennes Mountain beer tour of Belgium
Arguably one of the most beautiful regions in Belgium, the Ardennes Mountains are rich with beer culture, scenery, gourmet cuisine (ham, trout, etc.), enchanting towns and history (Battle of the Bulge & Waterloo). On this tour we plan to visit the breweries of Achouffe, Caracole, Fantome, Rochefort, Orval, Hoegaarden, Trois Forquets and La Ferme Au Chene. Read more...
BEST DAMN FARMHOUSE ALE BEER TOUR of Belgium & France
Venture into the elusive and obscure world of saisons and biére de gardes, whose roots can be traced to rustic ales once brewed on farms in this wide area once known as the Kingdom of Flanders. We’ll visit some small independent breweries still located on working farms and some large, modern ones, all situated in scenic countryside locations, where we’ll experience these satisfying ales. Read more...
Bruges beer Festival Tour
I always tell people if you can only go one place in Belgium, go to Bruges. I also tell them, you cannot spend too much time in Bruges. And as many times as I’ve been there, I still find it exciting, fascinating and electrical with beery possibilities. The Bruges Beer Festival and this particular tour make it even more attractive than normal. Read more...
SUMMER Beer Tour of Belgium
This tour was created for summer fun. Plus, school teachers who have repeatedly asked us when we would offer a tour in the summer so they could go. Well, here's your chance. Think great beer, food, history and no papers to grade! Read more...
Christmas BEER Festival & Markets Tour of Belgium
Tis the season to be jolly! This is a very, very special and merry festival featuring many delightful seasonal Belgian brews, which are only available in Essen and in limited quantities. The Essen Christmas Beer Festival is a very, very special and merry festival featuring many delightful seasonal Belgian brews, which are only available in Essen and in limited quantities. Read more...
Belgian Family Brewers tour
Beer is about history, so when you drink beer you are drinking history. Visit the Belgian Family Brewers, who have been brewing authentic beers continuously for more than 50 years. Learn their stories, feel their passion, taste their beers! Read more...
MINI TRAPPIST TOUR
We all have a little monk in us looking for happiness and there’s no quicker way to happiness than enjoying an authentic Trappist Beer. There’s an epic mystique surrounding these beers and their euphoric qualities. Read more...
INTRODUCING OUR NEWest TOURS
NEW! CIDER TOUR OF NORMANDY - MAY 7-14, 2021
Normandy is a cider hunter's dream! A region brimming with cider, beer and calvados. Tour will include WWII history, visit to D Day sites and Mont-Saint-Michel. The rich tapestry of life comes together on this tour that spotlights cider, scenery and history. Welcome to the majestic landscape, half-timbered houses and unique culture of Normandy, France, where we’ll indulge in this famous cider-producing region. No need to be a cider expert to take this tour. We’ll start with the basics of cider, its history and importance in the region. Then explore other enjoyable beverages made with luscious apples, such as “the finest destination of the apple,” Calvados (apple brandy). In between is Pommeau, a gentle marriage between Calvados and freshly pressed tannin-rich apple juice, which delivers power and sweetness all at once. A good example of the cider producers we’ll visit is the family-owned Domaine Dupont. As you can see, many pleasures and delights lie ahead for the travelers on this tour. Read more…
BACKROADS OF BELGIUM
Belgium is full of historic, fascinating and proud cities that want to share their stories with you. Welcome to the Backroads of Belgium Tour where you’ll travel the fabled Meuse River Valley and get personal with the cities of Tournai, Mons, Dinant, Namur, Huy and Liege. Read more....
NEW! Duvel INSPIRING moments Tour
Visit the breweries of Duvel, De Koninck, Liefmans, d’ Achouffe and Abbey of Maredsous in Belgium, and Brewery ‘t IJ in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Overnights in Antwerp, Bruges, Bastogne & Amsterdam. Sept. 12-20, 2021. Nine days, eight nights.
OUR FAMOUS TOURS OF BAMBERg, germany & OKTOBERFEST
SPRING BEER GARDEN TOUR OF BAMBERG
In Bamberg and the Franconia region, they call beer gardens beer kellers because many of these forested hillside beer gardens traditionally were (and are) on top the underground cellars where they lagered the beer. Sometimes people will refer to going “on” the beer keller, rather than “to” the beer keller, which when you know the backstory makes sense. Read more...
Oktoberfest & Bamberg: Best of bavaria Beer Tour
Just mention Bavaria and images of beer, Dirndl dresses and Lederhosen come to mind, yet the beer cultures of the north and south are unique in their own rights. To fully appreciate, enjoy and know Bavaria, you have to experience both Munich and Bamberg. Read more...
Fall Bock Beer Tour of Bamberg
The Germans call it Bockbierzeit, loosely translated to bock beer time. Each fall the breweries of this region release their delicious bock beers for the winter, which may be different than ones you’ve had in the past. They have a wide range of flavors and can be malty, sweet, deceptively strong and even pale in color. Read more...
NEW! INTRODUCING Jolly Olde Beer Tour of England
June TBA, 2022
BBM! is creating its own beer tour of England. Explore England’s vibrant craft beer scene and experience its foundations of traditional beer styles, too. From traditional iconic pubs to bucolic rural breweries, you’ll see England as only true insiders can, in a fun, efficient, stress-free fashion. Drink with the ghost of Michael Jackson and leave the driving on the left-hand side of the road to us. Details to come. Read more…
““...We both want to thank you again for doing such a good job putting this tour together and leading it. Insuring that everything runs smoothly and looks effortless takes a tremendous amount of work and a diverse skill set and you did an extraordinary job putting everything together. In the past Anne and I have always put our own trips together, and we were a little nervous about what it would be like to do a group tour. However, our fears turned out to be completely unfounded and we both agree that there is no way we could have come close to duplicating your tour on our own. We are already talking about what our next tour should be.” ”