March 29, 2012
Rough street, but step inside and discover a wonderful selection of beer and glasses. Don’t know how old this place is, but it seemed fairly new, well laid out and very clean. To the rear is a tasting area, with a small bar, fridges (don’t think there was any draught beer, but didn’t ask) and a few tables and chairs. My friend and I wandered around a while and had a chat with the young chap fronting the joint, the young lady (wife, partner?) also joined in, as we chatted about the selections we wanted to try. There was one other couple in the tasting area (mid-afternoon on an October Thursday), after we sat down a young couple with a small child in a pushchair also came and sat for a beer or two. All very civilised indeed. We tried three bottles each (and had a little of each others also), all were in date and served in the correct glasses. If you are in this part of town (our hotel was), you should pop in and see for yourself what a great place this is! Visited 19th Oct 2006

November 27, 2011
Beer Mania is one of the better bottle shops in Brussels (along with Bier Tempel and Beer Planet). The beer selection and value are fairly in line with the others, but I’ve found the prices to sometimes run a little higher. The biggest advantage of Beer Mania is that a majority of their beers are available for consumption in the back area of the shop, along with free wifi. The store employee was willing to help, but did not make many useful recommendations while I was there. It is worth going to for a comparison to the other bottle shops, but I find myself more frequently visiting Bier Tempel or Beer Planet. Also, if you’re looking for Westvleteren beers, some of the rarer Fantome, and others then Beer Mania is worth a visit.

November 3, 2011
The shop has some variety but the service isn’t very good, the people there won’t give you any good advice.

August 29, 2011
Buena selección de cervezas y cristalería,aunque los precios son un poco elevados por ser belgica!!

June 18, 2011
nice selection of beers here but it seems priced to the tourist market. Worth a stop as there were a nice selection from all over Belgium.

May 16, 2011
Interesting selection, though very high prices. Too tourist oriented.

March 31, 2011
I was at Beer Mania in June as a group of us ventured there after a guide books recommendation that they shipped beer. Immediatley we were disappointed they charged 200 Euro to just ship the beer, in addition to the 30 we must purchase to qualify. Right away we decided we were’t buying $500 worth of beer. With the purchses we did get they were packed to put in our bags and we easlily got 6-10 beers each into the US. The selection is great, pretty much anything you could want to find. They even had plenty of Westvletern. Additionally, they had Westvletern crates which we purchases for 12 euro and took back to the US which was pretty cool as well. The biggest downside to price was the service. The only guy working spoke no English at all and was not very helpful in his recommendations, or lack there of. If you are looking to bring some stuff back to the US that you can’t find elsewhere go here, but otherwise skip it. We found Westy 12 a couple places cheaper anyway.

March 17, 2011
Great store for belgian beers. Just like being a kid in a candystore. The owner was very knowledgable and helpful. He would ship around the world, but complained he had trouble shipping to certain countries with irrational alcohol policies like Saudi Arabia and Norway.

February 19, 2011
Beer shop with a tasting room/bar in the back (I have never seen more than one guest at a time there). Located outside the city center, not so easy to reach by means of public transport. Selection is better than in the supermarkets, but not equally good as in some of the small shops in the city center (but with equal prices). Does not stock many micros. During our last times there, staff was not very helpful either. I still go there sometimes when I am looking for a specific beer and could not find it at Beer Planet or Bier Tempel (with very limited success, however)

February 15, 2011
Beer store. The reception was not pleasant. Prices are very high for a shop. The beer selection is interesting but not extraordinary.