Belgian beer, rooted in Bishop's Stortford and poured in two places

Belgian beer brewed in Bishop's Stortford, poured at the brewery and at our Belgian café in Epping.

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Bishop's StortfordThe Brewery & Taproom Checking today's hours
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The Belgian café in Epping seen from the High Street at night, with bentwood chairs and Belgian beer posters inside

Two places to drink it

The brewery is where the beer is made. The café brings Belgian café culture to Epping High Street. Same beer, two different evenings.

The café on Epping High Street by day: a black and gold The Belgian Brewer sign reading craft beer, wine, coffee, spirits and jenever, folding doors open and a Thirsty? chalkboard on the pavement
A coffee with The Belgian Brewer crest and name dusted on the foam, Lotus Biscoff biscuits alongside

Epping

The Belgian Café

Belgian café culture on the High Street. Our house beers on draught in ⅔ measures, or four of them as a tasting flight. Belgian guest beers on tap, Trappist bottles, gin, teas and coffee, and pretzels on the house with every alcoholic drink.

  • Seats 54
  • ⅔ measures
  • Free pretzels
  • Dogs welcome

Dogs of Epping

Dogs are welcome in the café, and plenty of them are regulars. Been in with yours? Tag @thebelgianbrewerepping.

  • A fawn pug in a pink harness looking up beside the café's chalkboard bottle list

    Trixie

  • A scruffy wheaten terrier sitting up on a bentwood café chair

    Chip

  • A white fluffy spitz lying on the tiled floor, mouth open in a grin

    Eunice

  • A black, tan and white dog with tall upright ears in a green harness by the glazed doors

    Phill

  • A pale golden retriever grinning on the doormat, tail mid-wag
  • A shaggy golden terrier on a lead, looking straight up at the camera

    Bungke

  • A brown and white spaniel in the open doorway, with Epping High Street and a red post box behind

    Parker

  • A white and tan spaniel with long ears sitting on its owner's lap at a café table

    Wally

  • A curly apricot dog sitting close to the camera between the tables

    Bailey

  • A white terrier with brown ears sitting under the tables among guests' feet

    Lupo

  • A beagle in a checked harness in the café doorway, the High Street outside

    Bailey

  • A liver-ticked pointer in a black harness looking up between guests

    Penny

  • A cream dog in a yellow raincoat sitting beside the bentwood chairs

    Kippy

  • A scruffy fawn terrier in a red harness standing on a table next to its owner

    Charlie

  • A golden cocker spaniel in a patterned harness beside the café tables

    Fizzy

  • A small white fluffy dog grinning at the camera under a chair

    Ren

  • A blue roan cocker spaniel sitting at its owner's feet

    Brimm

  • A small black curly-coated dog looking up from the tiled floor

    Gizmo

  • A red-brown dachshund pushing its nose right up to the camera
  • A caramel curly-coated dog in a navy harness sitting under the table

    Maple

  • A cream and apricot curly-coated dog gazing off to one side between the tables

    Oscar

  • A grey and white schnauzer sitting neatly on the tiled floor

    Carl

  • A small white fluffy dog in a black harness beside the green skirting

    Saffy

  • A cream curly-coated dog sitting in front of a row of bentwood chairs
  • A white and grey shaggy dog with one black patch looking up from the floor

    Ollie

  • A ginger shaggy dog on a red lead peering into the camera

    Lexi

  • A small white fluffy dog in a pink harness smiling on the café floor

    Millie

  • A slim tan dog with folded ears on a red lead by the green wall

    Disco

  • A small cream poodle in a red harness tilting its head under a table

    Honey

  • A black Labrador on a red lead sitting by the café chairs

    Ivy

  • A young black Labrador looking up from the tiled floor
  • A shaggy grey and white dog in a black harness sitting on a tiled café floor among bentwood chairs

    Princess Poppy

Epping opening hours
Monday 14:00–21:30
Tuesday Private hire
Wednesday Private hire
Thursday 14:00–23:00
Friday 14:00–23:00
Saturday 14:00–23:00
Sunday 14:00–21:30

Top five on draught

Prices per ⅔ pint

  • Saison, 6.7% £6.25
  • Champagne Blond, 8.4% £7.00
  • Summer Blond, 5.8% £5.75
  • Tripel, 9.5% £7.50
  • Belgian Black Stout, 4.5% £6.00

175 High Street, Epping CM16 4BL · Epping Underground (Central line)

Epping phone: 07777 669166 Epping email: epping@thebelgianbrewer.co.uk

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The Belgian Brewer hanging sign outside the Stortford taproom at The Links Business Centre, with balloons tied to the post
A blond beer in a Belgian Brewer glass beside a pot of fried bites and a dip on a taproom table

Bishop's Stortford

The Brewery & Taproom

Where the beer is made. A full bar a few metres from the tanks, pizza from the oven, and a shop for merchandise, bottles and take-away. Brewery tours with the owner or head brewer on certain Saturdays.

  • Stone Baked pizza
  • Chips
  • Tours & tastings
Bishop's Stortford opening hours
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday 16:30–22:00
Thursday 16:30–22:00
Friday 11:00–23:00
Saturday 11:00–23:00
Sunday 14:00–21:00

Finding us

Unit 11, The Links Business Centre, Raynham Road, Bishop's Stortford CM23 5NZ

Bishop's Stortford phone: 01279 507 515 Bishop's Stortford email: hello@thebelgianbrewer.co.uk

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What's on

Tastings, quizzes, karaoke and the big seasonal nights at both venues.

A tasting flight of four Belgian Brewer beers, from pale gold to amber, in crested glasses on a wooden paddle

  • Fri 9 Oct,19:00 until about 22:30

    Pub quiz

    Our pub quiz at the brewery taproom in Bishop's Stortford, hosted by Quizmaster Pete. £2 a head. Book a place for eve...

    Bishop's Stortford£2.00

    Book: Pub quiz

  • Sat 24 Oct,15:00–16:30

    Brewery tour & tasting

    A tour of our brewery in Bishop's Stortford with the owner or head brewer, followed by a tasting of our beers. 8 plac...

    Bishop's Stortford£20.00

    Book: Brewery tour & tasting
All events

Private hire

Three spaces across two venues, from a christening lunch to a Christmas party for a hundred and twenty. Tell us the date and headcount and we'll send prices and open dates.

The Stortford event hall set for a party: beer-hall benches, festoon lights, black and gold balloons and disco lights on the floor

90seatedor 120standing

Bishop's Stortford

Birthdays, Christmas parties, team socials, kids' parties.

Price guideKids' parties £175, Evening Hire £175

  • Private licensed bar
  • Four beers on draught
  • Wine, spirits, cider and soft drinks
  • Music System
  • Space to dance
  • Pizza, chips, nuggets and nachos
Enquire about the Event Hall
The mezzanine at the Stortford taproom: beer-hall benches and café tables under Belgian flag bunting, with plants, cushions and a Belgian Brewer sign along the far wall

up to 50seated

Bishop's Stortford taproom · private, above the main bar

Team socials, tasting nights, smaller birthdays.

Price guideFrom £50, minimum spend applies. Contact us for hire details.

  • Your own bar tab
  • Pizza, Chips, Nuggets, Nachos
  • Tasting Packages
  • Karaoke
  • Stair access only
Enquire about the Mezzanine
Looking down the Epping café bar towards the glazed front, with poster-lined walls, flowers on the bar and a few guests by the window

up to 60seated

Epping High Street · the whole café

Wakes, christenings, celebrations, company days.

Price guideMinimum spend applies. Contact us for hire details.

  • Tuesdays and Wednesdays kept for private events
  • Prosecco toasts
  • Teas and coffee
  • Grazing platters by arrangement
Enquire about the Café

Kids' party

£175

Up to 20 children, 12:00–15:00 in the event hall. Nuggets, chips and squash included. £5 per extra child, £35 per extra hour.

Book a party

Christmas menu

£22.50 a head

Thursday to Sunday, 10–20 December, Stortford. Groups of 10, 20 or 25, or the £45 menu for two.

Book Christmas

Tour & tasting

£20 per person

90 minutes with the owner or head brewer, followed by a tasting of our beers. 8 places per tour. Private tours for groups of 10 or more on request: use the enquiry form below.

Book a tour

Tell us the date and the headcount

We'll come back with prices, open dates and what's included. A booking is confirmed with a 50% deposit.

Phone 01279 507 515

Email hello@thebelgianbrewer.co.uk

Our beers, and where their styles began

Our house beers, bottle-conditioned and brewed with natural ingredients and whole fruit.

Pick a beer to follow the route from Bishop's Stortford to the part of Belgium its style comes from. Every beer on the map is brewed in Bishop's Stortford.

A Belgian Brewer glass of golden beer standing in our Bishop's Stortford brewery, with tanks behind
Style roots map: from Bishop's Stortford across the North Sea to Belgium Chart of south-east England, the North Sea and Belgium. Each house beer is marked where its style began, and a dotted route runs from Bishop's Stortford to the selected beer. Positions are approximate. 50°N 51°N 52°N 0° 1°E 2°E 3°E 4°E 5°E 6°E North Sea Strait of Dover English Channel ENGLAND FRANCE NETHERLANDS BELGIUM Colchester Dover Calais Lille Bruges Ghent Liège Namur Rotterdam Hop gardens Poperinge Bishop's Stortford N Scale of English Miles01020304050 Style Roots of the House Beers routes from Bishop's Stortford · positions approximate Petit Saison · SaisonHainaut Blond Garçon Fort · Summer BlondDinant Belgian Black StoutAntwerp Pilsnerto Plzeň, Bohemia IPA WheatHoegaarden RaspberryPajottenland Strong BlondFlanders Dubbel · TripelWestmalle Champagne BlondBuggenhout

Tripel

9.5% · Signature beer

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Baked orange tart, stone fruit and a touch of clean pastry. Our signature beer.

  • World Beer Awards 2021 · UK Silver
  • European Beer Challenge 2022 · Double Gold
Style roots
The abbey tradition around Westmalle, Antwerp province.
Coordinates
51.29°N 4.69°E, approximate

Our homage to the monastic tripels first brewed at Westmalle, with our own signature in the glass. Rich, brilliantly golden and deceptively smooth, with the 9.5% hidden beautifully.

Index of beers

Also brewed: seasonal specials.

  • Petit Saison 3.4%
  • Blond Garçon Fort 4.2%
  • Belgian Black Stout 4.5%
  • Pilsner 4.8%
  • Summer Blond 5.8%
  • IPA 6.3%
  • Wheat 6.5%
  • Raspberry 6.5%
  • Saison 6.7%
  • Strong Blond 7.5%
  • Dubbel 7.5%
  • Champagne Blond 8.4%
  • Tripel 9.5%

Take the beer home

Mixed cases of sixteen bottles, gift cards and tour vouchers. Collect from our Bishop's Stortford brewery or have them delivered.

Blond mixed case

16 bottles: 4 Petit Saison, 4 Summer Blond, 4 Saison, 4 Champagne Blond.

£53

Free click & collect at our Bishop's Stortford brewery UK courier, free on two cases or more. Not available to Northern Ireland, the Highlands & Islands or other remote postcodes

Nik Lemmens, The Belgian Brewer, in the brewery with kegs and the bottling line behind him

Belgian by birth, brewed in Bishop's Stortford

The Belgian brewer is Nik Lemmens. He brews the beers he grew up with the way they are made in Belgium: bottle-conditioned, with whole fruit and natural ingredients.

Head brewer Darren Lawrence runs the brewhouse on Raynham Road. Most of what we brew is poured, bottled and sold by us, at the brewery, at the café in Epping and online.

  • No chemicals
  • No flavour enhancers
  • Nothing animal-derived
  • Bottle-conditioned

Our story

A table tonight, or the whole room

Come in for a glass at the brewery or the café, or tell us the date and headcount and we'll send prices and open dates for a private room.

Plan your visit Hire a space
Bishop's StortfordThe Brewery & Taproom Checking today's hours

Bishop's Stortford phone: 01279 507 515 Bishop's Stortford email: hello@thebelgianbrewer.co.uk

EppingThe Belgian Café Checking today's hours

Epping phone: 07777 669166 Epping email: epping@thebelgianbrewer.co.uk