The Bottle Shop, Brugge,
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The Bottle Shop
Exceptional based on 18 ratings
Type: Beer Store

Wollestraat 13
Brugge, Belgium 8000 [ print map ]
+32 (0)50 349 9
http://www.visit-bruges.com/html/bottleshop.html

Hours: 0900-1900(winter); 0900-2300(summer); closed Tues


Bottles: 400+



WiFi
Children
Patio
Seasonals
Real Ales
Proper Glassware
Beer To Go/Growlers
BYO 6-Pack/Singles
Available At This Location (arranged by most recent)
Hoegaarden Grand Cru 91, Hoegaarden Verboden Vrucht 89, Brunehaut Abbaye de Saint-Martin Cuvée de Noël 55
More Beers Available Here



18 reviews for The Bottle Shop
 Ambiance 71%
 Service 70%
 Selection 74%
 Food N/A 
 Value N/A
 Overall 69%
 Rating 76%
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shrubber85 (59), Wallhalben, Germany
  88   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/59/1014/15N/AN/A18/20

July 11, 2008
Found the selection here to be slightly better than 2be and Bier Tempel - spent considerably more cash here. Staff is knowledgeable and beyond friendly. Hell, all three are within 5 minutes of each other so why wouldn’t you go to all three.

beastiefan2k (108), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas
  74   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1013/15N/AN/A14/20

June 4, 2008
Did not feel as warm and welcoming as other shops. Also got too much of a tourist feel from it. But its large and open with lots of sour stuff, 1 of only 2 places where I saw De Cam Oude Lambik. Lots of stuff here but by this point I found almost everything I needed elsewhere. Closed on Tuesdays.

¾ (599), Colorado
  78   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1012/15N/AN/A15/20

June 4, 2008
Fantastic beer shop in the heart of Brugge. Wide open, deep beer selection, a number of fantastic lambic and gueuze bottles, nearly the full trappist line, and some more local bottles from some Flanders brewers. A lot of glassware, a ton of gueuze glasses especially... and nice enough woman staffing the desk. Classy store, should be on your itinerary along with Bier Tempel and Bacchus Cornelius.

bhensonb (287), Woodland, California
  74   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/1012/15N/AN/A14/20

May 28, 2008
Works for me. Agree 2be and Bier Temple might have more selections, but you can’t afford to not step in here. We are all looking for something. I was not disappointed.

JoeinUccle (138), Brussels, Belgium
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
3/57/1012/15N/AN/A12/20

January 8, 2008
It’s a nice shop to look around, very near Erasmus and the newer, larger 2be. If you’re going from shop to shop and picking up one or two bottles here and there, this one won’t disappoint. There’s also a selection of chocolates, genever, and other souvenir goodies. The selection doesn’t appear as wide as 2be or Bier Tempel, but they did have Pannepot on my last couple of visits. Also some good lambics (but nothing really rare). But if you’ve only got time for one bottle shop, I’d go for one of the others.

Jerre (50), Waregem, Belgium
  74   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/58/1011/15N/AN/A14/20

January 5, 2008
High prices, but also a rare choice some beers difficult to find. Good.

JoeMcPhee (262), Jackson Heights, New York
  68   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/1010/15N/AN/A13/20

November 4, 2007
Walked by this place without even knowing it was there. Good selection of glassware and a reasonably nice selection of beer. Large space, well laid out. I didn’t buy too much stuff in here, but if I’d had a car, I probably would have picked up more.

JK (118), Richfield, Minnesota
  54   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
2/54/109/15N/AN/A12/20

May 15, 2007 [ Updated July 1, 2007 ]
It is centrally located and you are very likely to find this shop without even looking for it. After being in Brussels and Ghent, there was nothing new in this store and I purchased nothing. There was lots of glassware, and prices were fair. Service was indifferent to my presence.

Glouglouburp (214), Montreal, Quebec
  62   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/56/109/15N/AN/A12/20

November 16, 2006
Cute gift/beer shop selling cute packages in the cute Brugge tourist area. It is very good at theme packages (i.e.: pre-packaged gift box with all beers from a brewery + official glass). It’s probably the best store I’ve seen in Belgium as far as these cute gift-boxes are concerned. However this is not a place for the beer geek. No obscure/rare beers and very few micros. Mainly mainstream beers (trappists, etc.). Nice display and pleasant to shop at. Staff knows enough to serve their not-so-demanding customers.

sayravai (93), Helsinki, Finland
  64   Ambiance  Service  Selection  Food  Value  Overall 
4/57/109/15N/AN/A12/20

March 24, 2006 [ Updated July 23, 2007 ]
A clean and neat, spacious shop in a very central location (right next to the central square / Belfort). The prices unfortunately reflect that, and there are very few rarities. Did find (7/2007) a few beers not available in other Bruges shops.

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Beer store in downtown Bruges

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