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Brewery Visits

August 4, 2019 by Jeremy Sulzbacher

1st August is usually the start of the quiet season, not much happens, and the day started quietly as expected. Until…

Lost from Chicago

Two guys from Chicago, Andy and Theaumas, were visiting Antwerp’s De Koninck brewery about 5 minutes from my slightly smaller one. But they wanted to go for the real craft beer event and visit Ginger Tipple, which they had discovered on Google Maps. They were a bit lost finding us, and were talking to a neighbor when my wife, Shifra, walked past and rescued them.

They wanted to tour the brewery, which takes about 93 seconds. The tasting takes a lot longer. They were overawed by our brews and especially enjoyed the pre-launch tasting of ‘The Strongest Ginger Beer in the World” and are looking forwarding to buying Ginger Tipple in the USA.

The Political Visit

Soon after they left, the next visitors came. This time it was Flemish politico Kristof Luypaert and his Duvel loving friend Natalie. Kristof heard about the brewery from my wife, Shifra, when he was out campaigning a few months ago.

They were astounded by the novel sensations on their taste buds and spent over an hour enjoying 6 different types of Tipples, especially our exclusive Ginger Kriek. There is only one bottle left of the 2018 vintage; this year’s production is bubbling away.

Come and Visit us

You don’t travel 6,000 km to come from Chicago be a politician to visit the brewery, everybody is welcome.

Come as a group of 2, 3 or 4 people and allow about an hour for the visit. the price is Eur 10 which includes lots of tastings and a gift pack of 3 bottles to take home.

As you might be legally allowed to drive home after your visit, we are 2 minutes walk from tram and bus stops.

Click here to book your visit or send an email to sales@sulzbachers.com or message us on Facebook.

Dr Beer – The New Tippler

May 8, 2019 by Jeremy Sulzbacher

It is always a great feeling to recruit a new customers. But when it is a specialist beer bar, or beer café as they are called in this part of Belgium, I am especially pleased.

Dr Beer offers a large selection of beers and ales, but there are only two gluten-free beers on his menu, and they are both from Sulzbachers.

Jeroen Peeters

The owner of Dr Beer, Jeroen Peeters, has been familiar with Ginger Tipple since its early days when he worked at Antwerp’s famed Beer Lovers Bar. When I went to show him the latest versions of our Tipples, he was impressed with the progress we have made.

As a brewer and foodie, Jeroen runs beer and food pairing workshops and tasting events.

And of course there is always a selection of excellent beers available, some of them as good as Ginger Tipple!

Intercontinental Tipples

April 11, 2019 by Jeremy Sulzbacher

One of Sulzbacher’s first customers was Belgibeer, one of Belgium’s finest on-line beer retailers. The owner, Dario Ceccarelli, was a believer in Ginger Tipple in its earliest form and encouraged us to continue pushing the boundaries of beer and brewing.

Their business model works on customers paying a monthly subscription to receive beers they would never see in their supermarket, or even in their local beer store. Belgibeer also offers special selection boxes which go all around the world.

Orders from around the World

Dario waited until we had a suitable selection to offer his customers and recently launched a special selection of Ginger Tipples. The response was better than expected and we traveled to the new Belgibeer offices in Halle to help with the packaging and shipping. Halle is a small town south-west of Brussels and is located in verdant countryside with rolling hills, great for hiking and visiting local breweries.

Travelling Tipples

It was a new experience for us as we are used to packing boxes for shipping pallets to our customers and distributors. We always refer the small online orders to our to our retailers such as Beglibeer.

I particularly enjoyed seeing to which countries the boxes of 10 Tipples were travelling. I guess that there area beer lovers almost every where!

Some of the Ginger Tipples which we delivered for the campaign were stored alongside some of their other excellent beers. I was happy to see our bottles next to last month’s selected beer collection from my good friend Bjorn Desmadryl of The Brew Society in Kortrijk.