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🔸️HopSaSam 🇧🇪
🔸️Blue Seadragon
🔸️Belgian Quadrupel
🔸️Calvados Barrel Aged
🔸️10%
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pours a deep mahogany ruby glow witj a dense tan head. The aroma is rich and powerfull: dried figs and dates, caramalized brown sugar, hints of spices and dark chocolate and a fresh breeze of orchard appled and subtle boozy calvados warmth from the 6 months barrel rest.

The sip! It's like a festive autumn classic Belgian Quadrupel that got invited to a harvest festival and came back wearing oak and orchard apples. Rich malty backbone if raisin, figs and toffee holds the centre, while calvados barrels lend soft apple brandy whispers, vanilla warmth and a hint of spices that linger without overpowering. There's def depth here. Layers of fruit and a classic quad warmth balanced out by barrel complexity.

The aftertaste carries the beer with a slow wave of gentle alcohol warmth, oak tannin framing the sweetness and just enough apple brightness to keep the sweetness from being sticky.
It's the kind of beer you think about between sips.

🍺 About the Brewery
HopSaSam is quite a quirky little brewer from the eas of Flanders. Always trying new projects such as wild fermenting, experimenting with different types of barrels,... His line of dragons are his 10% Belgian Quads aged on different barrels. These heavy bangers are always on point, same same yet different enough to really taste the influence of the barrel.
I'll definitely keep my eyes open for the next Dragon😇


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🔸️Botteljee 🇧🇪
🔸️Foxtown Beer Crew 🇧🇪🦊
🔸️Cuvée Renard
🔸️Irish Whiskey infused biere Brut
🔸️10,7%
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The beer opens and pours like a golden champagne, elegant with a beautiful white smooth head.

The aroma is subtle but layered — light funk, fresh hay, soft citrus peel, a touch of oak, and those unmistakeble boozy notes of the Irish whiskey coming through.

First sip is elegant and restrained. A delicate acidity lifts the palate, followed by gentle fruit notes, think more pear skin, lemon zest, maybe a hint of white grape, all wrapped in a dry but full on boozy frame of the whiskey in the finish .

This is a beer that rewards attention. Sit with it. Let it warm. Watch how it opens and shifts. It may overwhelm you in the beginning here but when warm up's tell's a story.. and what kind of story!

Btw if you want to get your hands on one?! Still in stock and

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🍺 About the Collaboration:
Botteljee came with the idea to celebrate her nephew that passed away. As a big Irish Whiskey lover that should be included as well as what better style then Biere Brut to celebrate.
His nickname was fox and the same year as his passing, she met with Foxtownbeercrew so what better brewery then them to make this collab! 🧡
Also profits of this beer are donated to a charity namely TeGek!

🔸️Brouwerij De Hophemel
🔸️Belina
🔸️Grape Ale
🔸️7.1% ABV
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Belina arrives in the glass like a little invitation to mischief — bright, lively, and just a touch mysterious. The aroma immediately hints at grapes, not in a heavy wine-barrel way, but in that fresh vineyard-air kind of way: fruity, delicate, elegant and dry.

First sip? A crisp, clean snap of bitterness leads the way before the grape character starts weaving through. Think gentle fruitiness, hints of grape skin and must, a soft tartness that lifts the beer rather than pulling it sour. It’s light on its feet, playful, and refreshingly dry — almost brut-like without fully turning into champagne.

As it opens, Belina becomes this mix between two worlds: the bright bitterness of a modern ale and the soft, rounded notes of young grapes. It stays refreshing, never heavy, and finishes with a dry, vineous flick that keeps you coming back.

It’s the kind of beer you drink slowly because you want to follow all the little shifts, the kind that has you thinking, “Is this beer trying to be wine, or is wine trying to be beer?” And the answer is: it doesn’t matter. It’s simply a beautiful blend of both 🧡

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🍇 About the Brewery:
Brouwerij De Hophemel loves walking the experimental edge. They brew with curiosity first and traditions second. Bringing a refreshing craftbeer wave to the older city of Hasselt. Each release feels like a small story, a new idea, a “what if we tried…?” brought to life. Belina fits perfectly in that spirit: a beer that blurs boundaries, explores local ingredients by working together with local wineries, and refuses to stay in one category.

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