At 6% it almost qualifies (in Belgium) as a 'session beer' but it should be an unhurried expedition into luxury to have a glass of this beer. Any questions about collection, opening times and how to find us, can be found on the contact us page.

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To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Brugse Zot also goes through a re-fermentation that helps develop the taste while it’s in the bottle.

The blonde Brugse Zot has now acquired a dark sibling: the strong, full-mouthed Brugse Zot Dubbel, brewed with Saaz hops and six specialty malts. Lovely to drink, light despite a decent percentage, I visited to brewery in Bruges when visiting and instantly clocked on to a beer that I knew I would enjoy over and over.Brugse Zot, a city beer for Bruges brewed by De Halve Maan, was launched in 2005 by Xavier Vanneste, but its name harks back to the late Middle Ages, when the Emperor Maximilian of Austria visited Bruges. Viewed as an authentic Bruges beer-brand, Zot Blonde and Brune are a step up in terms of quality from the more widely-available abbey beer. The four different malts used in making this bottle conditioned golden blond beer give it a unique and wonderfully satisfying flavour. Glasses and other items have no restrictions but please be aware these are packaged very well to avoid breakages, so postage can be high.

They asked the emperor to permit annual fairs again and to build a new ‘zothuis’ (madhouse) in the city. The future of Brewery De Halve Maan was assured as this top-fermenting beer was an immediate success. The finished product is full bodied with a sweet malt character which is nicely balanced with fruit tones and is followed with a crisp and clean finish.

I drank Straffe Hendrix 6% blonde about 25 years ago, different taste to Zot, but the Half Man / Moon brewery changed hands since then. Brugse Zot is one of only two kinds of beer that is still brewed in the historical centre of Bruges, which makes it pretty special. Lightly spiced wheat (wit) beer of great complexity, starts off with aroma of mangoes, apples, citric fruit, wheat, yeast and finishes with slight sourness. Achel Blond 8% abv This version is the post Trappist of January 2021 and is no longer produced according to the strict rules to make it an Authentic Trappist Product.