Beer Idiots

Christmas Beer Festival & Markets Tour
2025-12-08 00:00 - 03:00 (Europe/Brussels) | Bruges, Belgium
Hot-spiced beer and wine, and shopping at some of Belgium’s most magical winter markets in Bruges, Gent and Lier (aka Little Bruges)…what’s in your stocking? There’s something for everyone on this tour. The week builds to the Essen Christmas Beer Festival which 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 official name of this event is the Kerstbierfestival and is held in Essen, Belgium, near Antwerp. It is organized by O.B.E.R. (Objective Beer Tasters of Essen) and has been going for more than 25 years. This is a pay-as-you festival, where you get five ounce pours for 1.8 Euros. The Christmas Beer Festival is one that needs to be experienced at least once by all true beer enthusiasts.This unique tour begins in Bruges and culminates at the famous “Kerstbierfestival” inEssen. This is paradise for Belgian beer lovers. Also front and center will be the charming Christmas markets of Bruges, Gent and Lier along with overnights in these cities. Ornately decorated, ice skating and Christmas music in the background, I can taste the hot-spiced beer and wine now!
