The 2026 Version of the BelgiumKing Beer Tour has been established.

8 Days 7 Nights – 9 Brewery Tours

Visit several great towns including Bruges, Antwerp, Durbuy, Dinant and others.

Next year’s tour will be incredible and includes visits to many breweries that are well-known throughout the world and many will be led by the owners or brew masters themselves.

Jim Ritchhart, Belgium lover, Beer Writer, BJCP Judge and craft brewer will be the guide on an incredible journey to the Land of Beer – Belgium. Jim had been visiting Belgium every year (sometimes twice a year) for over 30 years (until Covid derailed this) and has developed friendships all over the country that has enabled him to create tours that others are just not able to duplicate.

This IS a once-in-a-lifetime experience!

The tour will feature many breweries that have been part of past tours and was developed based on past travelers input as to what their favorite breweries were.

The 2026 Tour will have us visiting 8 breweries. One of the brewery tours is not able to be publicized at the request of the brewery.

The 8 breweries are all ‘World Class’ breweries that individually have multiple award winning beers. The list includes Orval, Caracole, Fantome, Van Honsebrouck (Kasteel), De Dolle, Van Steenberge,  Huyghe (Delirium) and Rodenbach. During our stay in Bruges, it is also possible to visit Brewery De Halve Maan and Bourgogne des Flandres to sample their creations. We will have fantastic lunches at Orval, Van Steenberge and Rodenbach and we will also enjoy some great dishes AND excellent beer at In De Vrede, the cafe for St. Sixtus Abbey, home of Westvleteren.

We will attend the 32nd Annual Weekend of Bieres in the small village of Sohier. This is a beer festival like no other that you have been to. 150 beers available, and this is no 4-5 ounce sample festival…all beers are sold in their regular bottles…11.2 ounce, 375ml, 750ml and are all served in the glasses from the respective breweries. The beers include many well known Trappist beers, and also unique beers from the region.

We will visit the towns of Dinant, one of the most picturesque cities on the planet; Durbuy, known as the ‘smallest city in the world’, West Vleteren (and we will visit In De Vrede, the cafe that serves the #1 beer on the planet – Westvleteren), Poperinge, Roeselare, Bruges, Diksmuide & Antwerp.

We will visit three corners of the country and experience various geographic landscapes and some of the greatest architecture anywhere.

We will also be visiting Dodengang – The Trench of Death, where Belgian troops dug extensive trenches during World War 1 on one side of a river, and the Germans dug trenches directly across the river where they fought for over 3 years.

The tour price is $2395 PP/DO and is a Land Only Tour. This price doesn’t include airfare. It includes transportation throughout the trip, entry into all the breweries, which will include a tasting of each breweries beers, four fantastic lunches at Orval, Van Steenberge. Van Honsebrouck and Rodenbach; all lodging for 8 nights and breakfast each morning. The price is based on 20 travelers. If the reservations fall below 20, there will be an up charge as all aspects of this tour is based on a minimum of 20 travelers.

Please contact baidist@aol.com for more information and a contract.

If we are not able to get at least 14 travelers, the tour will not take place and a full refund will be provided.

The deadline for registration is November 15th, 2025. Once 20 people have registered, there will be no more registrations.

For beer lovers, Belgium is undeniably the world’s beer paradise. No other place has such a diversity of beer styles, aromas, flavors and colors. In a country with such an impressive beer culture as Belgium, you can always find a beer for any taste: to enjoy with or without a meal, as an ingredient in preparing delicious dishes, to enjoy as a dessert drink, or simply to drink and enjoy with friends. For those that don’t particularly love beer, you will be missing out on a great treat; but Belgium as a country provides something for almost any taste.