Brussels Beer Project, Dansaert

Brussels Beer Project is the city's young brewery, and its home base is on the rue Antoine Dansaert, the street of design shops that runs down from the centre towards the canal. Downstairs there is a high-ceilinged taproom and, in the same building, the cellar where the lambic they sign as DANSAERT rests. It is the other face of the city's beer: new recipes, lots of hops, changing editions, beside the tradition of spontaneous fermentation.

What to order

There are 24 draught beers: the house's core range, the seasonal editions and the DANSAERT lambics. The practical thing is to order small glasses and try several. For food, pizzas and something to nibble; if you are really hungry, have dinner here and leave the old cafés of the centre for the second part of the night.

When to go

The taproom opens Tuesday to Thursday from 17:00 to 23:00, Friday until 23:30 and Saturday from 14:00 to 23:30. Closed on Sunday and Monday. After work it fills up with people from the neighbourhood; before 18:00 there is room.

Brewery tours

The website offers a two-hour tour with a tasting of six beers, only for groups of 12 to 30 people, on Thursday and Saturday afternoons, and other formats for groups and companies. If you are travelling alone or as a couple, the taproom is the way to get to know it.

Getting there

It is at number 188, at the far end of the street, a quarter of an hour's walk from the Grand-Place and ten minutes from the Stock Exchange building. The nearest metro is Comte de Flandre, on the other side of the canal.