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L'Ermitage

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A stone’s throw from the institution that is Cantillon, you’ll find the Brasserie de L’Ermitage nanobrewery (which produces even less than a microbrewery, go figure!) and its corresponding bar. Enter the building and at the end of a corridor awaits a welcoming interior courtyard terrace, where food trucks make an appearance on the odd occasion. Inside? Pallets stacked high and rock music thrashing out, hard and fast. Lured by the siren on the large mural painted by the duo Index Pouce – which goes nicely with the mystical influences of L’Ermitage’s three founders, Nacim, Henri and François – we hop on over to the bar to discover the taps on display. We give the Luna a try, a golden ale with an Italian accent, full of flavor despite “only” being 4.8% ABV, and stave off hunger pangs with a surprising Lebanese pizza (€10), before taking on a double IPA that was as yellow as pastis and named Roy de Bâton. Hot on his hops, the bartender was right: juicy, excellent as a digestive, but at 8%, the latter damn caught us off guard! // Gueuze Van Sant

THE BULLET-PROOF BOTTLE: Lanterne pale ale (€3.30 for a half-pint), the very first beer brewed here.

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