Hop Museum Poperinge

Le musée du houblon de Poperinge nous invite à découvrir la fabrication de la bière.
Sur différents étages et armé d’un audio guide (disponible en français aussi), le visiteur découvre les différents types de Houblon, les techniques de réalisation de la bière et l’histoire des Flandres.
Tarif plein 5 euros.

Everybody knows that Belgium is famous for beer, but there would be no beer in Belgium if it wasn’t for hops. Hops are plants used in beer making that are a stabilizing agent and also to give it flavor.
The Hop Museum celebrates this plant by showing the history of it, which was once harvested in abundance in the area. You are given an audio guide that will talk to you through the displays over the museum’s four floors. Other than a couple short movies and quizzes, you will learn how the hops were grown and harvested, about the peasants and foreigners who used to come to Poperinge to help out with the harvest, and of course the celebrations (with lots of beer!) that were held after the harvest was completed.
Hops are still grown in the area but not in the numbers as before, with most of Belgium’s hops now coming from Germany and the Czech Republic.
This museum is very interesting and will give you a better apprecation for the nation’s favorite drink. And just added to the museum is the Belgian Beer Wall so you can see the hundreds of different national brews.
Sante!