We had been to the jenever museum in Hasselt years ago and were again pleasantly surprised. After…read moreparking in the Q-Park garage in the nearby Dusart square we entered a lovely old building housing the museum. A lot of the explanation is in Dutch text, so ask for the English language booklet. You are led through the old building going through the making, bottling and marketing processes as well as the political factors determining where jenever was made and consumed. You finish by tasting one of the products made in the museum's own distillery.

Where else but Belgium would you find a museum dedicated to gin?…read more Genever has been a national drink for centuries and is still going strong in the country that also boasts the best beers in the world. Genever is distilled like gin but you can get different variations of it too, which you can do at the end of the tour when you get to taste the different types of delicious alcohol. The tour of the museum is unguided, so you can take your time looking and learning about how the stuff is made, from grain to bottle, seeing the equipment that is used and also, my favorite, the way that it was advertised over the years. I'm a sucker for old posters and advertisements. It only costs 4.50 Euro for the tour and that includes the free drink at the end. I actually had more than one drink but hey, the stuff is good! So if you're in the Hasselt area, or if you're not get over there and, stop by. Belgium really is more than beer and chocolate!