Podge’s Belgian Beer Tours

Podge’s Next Belgian Beer Tour

Tour 98 / In Flanders (Hop) Fields Tour

Friday 27 September – Tuesday 1 October 2019

A great new four-night, five-day Tour staying at the Oude Abdij Hotel in Lo. We will explore the beers and hops of West Flanders at the end of the hop picking season. Your guide Siobhan McGinn (Mrs Podge) has been researching British Expeditionary Force (BEF) Soldiers and alcohol, morale and discipline in the First World War. In particular she is interested in what British soldiers were drinking in Flanders which caused so many courts martials for drunkenness, making it one of the top ‘crimes’ in the British Army. Read more.

‘Never got the chance to say thanks. So thanks! for a great trip. Thoroughly enjoyed it’. Bob Hamilton

What makes for a great Belgian beer tour?

First: your host should have an encyclopaedic knowledge of Belgian beer and years of first-hand experience of the most atmospheric Belgian beer cafés and bars, brewery taps and restaurants in which to sample the very best of Belgian beer.

Secondly, to travel in style and relax in comfort, safe in the knowledge that your tour will run seamlessly, and that your accommodation will be comfortable and situated close to your tour’s points-of-interest.

Thirdly, you’ll want to learn about the history of the places you visit on your tour, and hear from the horse’s mouth the stories from the makers of the most interesting Belgian beers in the world.

So who checks all those boxes? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Podge’s Belgian Beer Tours. Chris ‘Podge’ Pollard knows more about Belgian beer than anyone on the planet. Book a Belgian Beer Tour today!