From the owner: Le restaurant met à l'honneur les produits du terroir de la Commune de Durbuy et de ses voisines…read more Le produit incontournable est la bière brassée sur place : la Marckloff, elle est l'unique bière réellement brassée à Durbuy. Une ambrée, légère mais de caractère. En janvier et février, la maison est ouverte uniquement les vendredis, samedis et dimanches. Sauf pour les groupes vous pouvez demander une ouverture en semaine.

"Beer, cheese or the backdoor?" At the Chimay Monastery in Baileux, Belgium, a hulking monk in a…read morepetroleum black robe, neck and fingers heavy with ocher rings and medallions presented me with a red pill/blue pill dilemma. There were only two doors in view and the most unlikely trio to ever be seen in any religious structure. My brother, the organizer of Grovetoberfest Miami and the most religious of the crew...me. I dashed toward the door on the left and pointed my brother to the right and didn't wait to see what became of Tony A. Charging in headfirst a one-two combo immediately struck me; uppercut to the nose, jabs to both eyes. It smelled like someone filled a train car with athletes unfresh from a triathlon and shoes were optional. Once adjusted, I could read labels announcing the only six words I ever bothered to learn in the stuttering language of the French -- Allégé, à la Bière, Mont du Secours, Poteaupré, Vieux, Grand Cru and Classique Seriously if the RZA had been born in France instead of Staten Island, no one would have ever noticed he had a speech impediment. Anyway I was in the monk's fromagerie and shaking like a junkie. I could build a Lego monument with gold bricks at Fort Knox or make cocaine anthills in my underwear for a Cartel, but I CAN'T be trusted to give a cheese wheel a beery bubble bath without a little taste. Everything I could get my mouth on was mauled and I quickly started to feel the ill effects of a butterdose. I tried to make my escape, but without warning was struck by a golden surge of wind and light at the door. Though my eyes were attacked, my ears were pulled toward some angelic Gregorian chanting -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhI_SDEvJ-4 I dusted the disappointment of not experiencing holy ecstasy off and gazed upon Bo M. standing at the top of the brewery stairs. My brother's hands were over his head, admiring a full chalice in the sunlight. The rays were refracting and it was shining like a giant opal, I grabbed at it and drank deeply. I needed to purify the inside of my mouth with this holy sacrament. "Dood!!! Mooch much? BTW what happened to Tony, something terrible I'm sure. I saw XXX written on all the barrels in there." Just then a booming, haughty voice proclaimed, "The number of exes, defines the strength of its contents. Those are Trippels, also known as STRONG pale ales in the Belgian style." Before we could ask Tony continued, "The abbot took me through the backdoor...on a tour. Did you know these monks reduce the ABV of their personal brew, reuse the bottles, and recycle the left over mash by feeding it to their dairy cows?" With that our ecclesiastical adventure had drawn to a close. The Chimay Compound (hotel, monastery, organic farm, specialty store) manages 1 of the 8 Trappist breweries in the world, but you don't have to be a know-it-all or speak worthless romance languages. If you see the magic word, Chimay, anywhere in the world, whether it's beer, cheese or toilet paper, put your faith in it and the results will be miraculous.

I literally cannot wait to go back to this place! Its like Christmas for me, if you are a Chimay…read morebeer lover and cheese enjoyer then this place will be your home away from home. We got flights of beer and a cheese plate and it was soooo good! A beautiful view with cows in a field in the distance. Ahhh I can't wait to go back!

Is there any way to say anything g bad about this slot? Been there for ages, make great beer, and…read morethe tour was self-guided and very reasonable. Got samples at the end, the. I bought a bottle that I couldn't drink myself so I shared with others around me. Who did the same. Fun stop!

I did a little self guided tour where you follow the numbers. It's pretty inexpensive and you can…read morebuy tickets at the front desk. The tour doesn't take too long and afterwards you get three samples in their taproom!

We found this place just a couple of hours before we had to go and get our Eurostar train back to…read moreLondon. DANGEROUS! We obviously went to a lot of Belgian beer pubs when we were in Brussels but it was really cool to find a craft beer brewery type of place too - our kinda home from home as this is the type of place we would hang out in when we're in London. We couldn't choose what to get as there was a great list to choose from with all your usual suspects....wheat beer, IPAs, porter, sours etc, so we opted for a beer flight each to try as many as we could. The beer was exceptional especially the IPA and a lot of the beers are brewed onsite. We loved it so much we purchased a bag with 6 bottles to bring home, I did ask if they delivered to the UK which sadly they don't at the moment. With an industrial type laid back feel inside this is the perfect place to hang out in the afternoon with friends and sample all the beers! This is top of our list when we come back to Brussels.

After sitting at home from all the lockdowns, it was refreshing to go abroad again and start bar…read morehopping. It's been a while since I have done it but it's a lot of fun when you start again. The bar is a brewery as well and they do brewery tours all the time. You get to sit and drink in the part of the building where the beer gets brewed. Try to seasonal selections, they were some of my favorites.

You must call in advance or schedule inside for a brewery tour. They do have tours in English…read more This was my first brewery tour. I was expecting taste tests of many beers, a more in depth explanation or the brewing process and seeing it be made. Instead, you're shown video after video of "how its made", but applying to really any beer. They welcome you with a non-alcoholic beer and you don't get more until the very end. The tour itself was cheap, and the guide was kind, but it really didn't feel worth the time or money. It was very quiet and uncomfortable the whole tour. Felt like a cold, modern library tour. The best part was the bar at the end, which was beautiful. But not much to take from this besides a bottle of beer and overpriced souvenirs.

Make sure you find out when the English tour is :) we were just stopping by, and the very nice lady…read morein front let us into the tasting room (the best part) we had free beer and chit chatted with the very friendly bartender. Learned (in our own way) about the beer by asking questions. Poor bartender probably never has 2 words spoken to him :( he enjoyed our company as we did his! Try the green juice. Non alcoholic but made specifically from a plant in germany. Very unique. The locals were drinking it too. Very sweet. Gift shop is nice too of course!!

From the owner: Musée vivant de la bière artisanale par excellence, nous brassons encore à l'ancienne, dans des…read moreanciennes cuves en cuivre, chauffées au feu de bois. En plus de nos "classiques" (la Caracole, la Saxo, la Nostradamus et la Troublette), nous proposons une gamme bio, fruitée, originale (Forestinne).