By Diplomacy Journal Lee Kap-soo

The Belgian Tourist Office and InterparkTriple will jointly host the 'Winter Belgian Beer Festa 2024', where you can taste a variety of beers, including Christmas beers produced exclusively for the 2024 Christmas season.

At the festival, visitors will be able to taste a total of 10 beers, including monastery beers and craft beers such as “Eau de Goût Boon,” “Sejong Dupont,” “Rochefort Triple Extra,” and “Valdu Grand Cru,” as well as Christmas beers that are not easily available in the market, and hear fun and professional talks about Belgian beer from beer experts.

In particular, as part of the triple service, you will receive information on recommended tourist attractions and tasting breweries in Belgium through the sharing of travelogues, so you can enjoy the class as if you were actually traveling in Belgium.

Belgian Christmas beers are hoppy and dark, as befits a winter beer, with a variety of ingredients added to match the Christmas theme, including spices, cinnamon, orange peel, cherries, caramel, cloves, vanilla, baked apples, ginger, and honey.

Best of all, Belgian Christmas beers are brewed differently every year, making this year's batch all the more special because it's only available this season.

“We hope that you will have a unique overseas cultural experience at the 'Winter Belgian Beer Festa,' which is a concept that combines traveling with a beer tasting tour,” said Shin Jeong-ho, head of InterparkTriple's Travel Business Group. ”We will continue to plan more diverse contents to increase domestic interest in various overseas cultures such as Belgium through overseas culture classes.”

 “The Belgium Beer Festa was organized by the Belgian Tourist Office and InterparkTriple in November last year and again in March this year, and each time it was a complete sell-out, contributing to a better understanding of Belgian beer culture among the public. This time, we have increased the number of beers from Wallonia, the southern region of Belgium, and included Christmas beers, which will provide participants with a very special taste and experience,” said a representative of the Belgian Tourist Office Korea.

The Winter Belgian Beer Festa 2024 will take place every Friday and Saturday from November 29 to December 14 at Baekyieui in Seongdong-gu, Seoul. Tickets are available through Triple or Interpark Tours.