Latest reviews from Winksele
| 70 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Went here on the recommendation of The Good Beer Guide Belgium but was slightly disappointed. Beer selection is decent but nowhere near Dranken Geers, Willems en Zoom, Dranken Pauwels, or even the Prik & Tik in Leuven. Did I miss some rooms? Nothing rare, a fair amount of bottles, decent if you’re local but not worth travelling to.“ |
| 98 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Few times visited So many bottles... Such great beers... I wish I had huge truck and bottomless wallet.“ |
| 76 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “(Visited on summer 2015) Amazing selection of Belgian beers for very good prices. Hunderts of bottles in few rooms. If you are here by car (GPS navigation is recommended), small parkside is front of building. Shopkeeper was very helpful, he located for us some rare styles (in a such huge collection is first-visitor completely lost...), also advised good gas station :) Next trip to Belgium I will definitely stop here again.“ |
| 62 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Typical drinks warehouse with loads of small breweries yet loads of mediocre beers too. Uninterested service, surprisingly. Prices are very good, but the beers you get for it aren’t usually worth much. Some nicer brewers though, I have to admit. About no atmosphere and dusty bottles all over... I might drop in again to compete some ticks butbut that’s about it. Much better in the area. Only ththe sourselevrioselection is worworth it, if that’s your thing. ev“ |
| 66 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Space for parking out front. Medium sized beer shop/warehouse. Nothing wrong with it although if you are in this neighbourhood you might as well go to ABC drinks a few km away which has a bigger selection and is a bit cheaper.“ |
| 78 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Nice warehouse-in-the-Belgian-countryside type beer store with everything you can expect - Great selection, low prices, lots of beers you’ve never seen before and the likes. Picked up a couple nice beers here, lots of interesting stuff. The staff let me browse freely but were helpful when I wanted to check out.“ |
| 96 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “The heaven. One of the best beer stores in Europe, especially in lambics and gueuzes. Great prices, great selection. Only Belgian beers, altough we saw some collaborations. But... you know, Belgium is a great beer country, so the shop is brutal.“ |
| 72 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “big store. Very cheap but only belgian beers.“ |
| 78 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Crazy place outside of Leuven. Hundreds and hundreds of beers, only saw one from outside Belgium. Several somewhat rare ones, though not so many. This is an everyday drinkers’ shop, but a damn good one. Prices are good, though cheaper at ABC in Leuven, I think. So-so selection of lambics, but not many "whales". Forget the tourist traps in Brussels. A must if you can get here. Bush de Nuits 14 Eur. Tjseeses Port 2.75. Rochefort 8 75 cl less than 5. Not too hard to get to by train or bus from Leuven.“ |
| 94 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Great store with an amazing selection of all kinds of brews. They have a big range of lambiek for really low prices. Lots of beers from the smaller breweries as well. I love this place.“ |
| 84 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “You need transport preferably with GPS to find this place, but it is so worth it. Great selection, great knowledge, some of the best prices I’ve seen.“ |
| 82 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Visited on a Saturday. Large shed/warehouse with an extensive selection of Belgian beers and some liqueur-specialties. Lots of local brews, quite a lot harder-to-find Belgians (in NL, that is..), small breweries, all trappistes except the Austrian one. Had a great time looking for some nice treats. For the sourheads: they have almost everything here. And it’s dirt cheap compared with Dutch prices, Belgian beers 33cl between €0.80 - €2.75 (Struise Reserva PBA), 75cl bottles for around €4,50, lambics were quite cheap too. Worth a visit when in the neighbourhood.“ |
| 82 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Very good beer warehouse in the environment of Leuven. A lot of Belgian beers, also some craft beers from Struise, Alvinne,... No beers from abroad. Friendly and helpfull staff. Worth a visit!“ |
| 84 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Warehouse style shop with a huge selection of Belgian beers available, and what they don’t have, they can usually order.“ |
| 98 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “The place to be near Leuven if you want to buy beer. Vast selection at very good prices. Staff is very helpful. Heaven is a place on earth, and it’s called ABS Drinks ...“ |
| 98 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “ABS Drinks is the kind of place you only find in Belgium. Where else would you find a beverage store where beer entusiasts from London hunt for specialty beers from their spreadsheets while the locals get their crates of Stella and CocaCola for the weekend? High-end beer specialist and neighbourhood drink shop under one roof. Huge selection of the finest Belgian beers, very good prices, friendly atmosphere and competent staff. Definitely worth the drive from Brussels, or if you don’t have a car, there is a train station nearby.“ |
| 78 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Pretty good Belgian beer shop. Pretty decent selection. Didn’t see any Alvinne stuff during this visit but pretty happy to get some St. Bernardus Christmas. Will definitetly stop back when in the Leuven area. Nice little place!!! Customer Service was ok,, but the cashier was pretty helpful wrapping stuff up!!!!“ |
| 86 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Excellent Belgian beer shop, nicely displayed selection with friendly staff (with excellent English which was a help). All the usual trappist suspects and some select brews too. The value for money is also excellent.“ |
| 88 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Lots of great beer (lots of variety of Struise, Alvinne, De Dolle, De Ranke, Dupont, De la Senne etc). Truly a glorious shop. Print out the travel map though, it’s a little tricky to find the first time. Definitely worth the trip if you’re in the neighbourhood.“ |
| 80 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Nice little shop off the beaten path. Decent selection. Some of the prices are a bit higher on a few things, but most of the prices are well below what you will find elsewhere. They do tend to run low on a lot of the good stuff. But if you want to tick a bunch of stuff you won’t see around, this is a good place to go to.“ |
| 82 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “One of the best beerstores in Belgium, and perhaps the cosiest. worth a trip!“ |
| 80 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “BigMomma took me to this place, and it was definitely worth the trip. Large variety of well-selected beers at good prices - most Cantillon was around 5 euro for a 750 ml bottle. Had some rarities, and a decent geuze selection. Worth a stop if you’e anywhere near Leuven.“ |
| 84 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “The outside of the store tells you that you are at a heaven of beer. The inside is really cosy and is well ordered. The service is good and very helpfull. The selection is very great with a lot of trappist beers, regional brews, lambics, famous microbrewery’s like Struise, Dolle and Alvinne. There are also some small treasures like Cantillon Geuze Lou Pepe and Alvinne Podge Bourgogne barrel oak aged. The prices are really good.
This is the best beershop near Leuven!“ |
| 86 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “One of the best beer warehouses in Belgium. Getting used to English-speaking foreigners finding them against the odds.“ |
| 86 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Yesterday with DavidBles.
Good selection. Beers from Struise, Alvinne, and more hard to find brewers.
Nice place, good prices.
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| 88 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “Very helpful owners (as well with the empty bottles). Somewhat chaotically stocked cases, bottles and gift ideas.“ |
| 90 /100 ABS Drinks (Beer Store) VILVOORDSEBAAN 29 BUS 1 “My regular stop for Belgian beer. About 30 mins to the east of Brussels. Prices here rock, Prestige is 11 euro, Bush de Nuits 14. Great selection of over 500 different beers. Always stocks seasonals, and I have even seen growlers. Friendly service, english speaking. The warehouse is set back from the road, but there are large signs, so it’s hard to miss.“ |
