Christmas Beer Festival in Essen, Belgium

Beer lovers! What do you say about a beer festival that is held in late December, just around the Christmas holidays? There’s one in Essen!

Just note that we’re talking here about Essen in Belgium – a small, beautiful village, 35 kilometers from Antwerp, close to the Dutch border.

The Christmas Beer Festival

Every year, Objective Beer tasters Essen Region – shortly OBER – organizes the Christmas Beer Festival.

During the two days Christmas beer festival you have the chance to try more than 150 Belgian Winter and Christmas beers (the official name of the festival is OBER Kerstbierfest).

Last year, there were more than 3000 people who came to the festival, from all over Europe, and even from rest of the world, to try some of the finest beers.

For actual price and tickets, here is a link to their page with prices; http://www.kerstbierfestival.be/ENG/prijzen.htm

The food

The beer festival wouldn’t be much without food, so in Essen, you can combine your beer with dishes that come at fair prices.

Choose between sausages, cheeses, beef steaks or soups that the festival will offer.