Eight of us are going to Belgium from about March 1-March 8 to drink beer, eat, and tour around:

toomanybooks
makersmark
KMA26
the_happiness_store
lili
u2fan
violist
SceneStealer7

Also interested, but not confirmed:

Nobbi (+ 1?)
arollins + 1
FriendlySkies

We are traveling to/from BRU on various days, from 3 different cities, on 3 airlines, and staying at various hotels, so it's going to be only a loose semi-weeklong DO. If it works logistically and financially, we may band together to rent a van/driver to avoid DUI, make dinner and brewery tour reservations, etc.

We will hit a couple of beer festivals, sightsee, have some excellent food, whatever. These events are very likely:

1. Alvinne beer festival: http://users.telenet.be/biertoeren/d...df/ACBFeng.pdf ; March 4-5
2. ZBF festival: http://www.zbf.be/UK/index.htm March 5-6 (We have 4 double rooms reserved at the IBIS in the small town of St.-Niklaas Sat/Sun nights)
2a. Pictures from 2010 ZBF:http://picasaweb.google.com/10008658...42330/ZBF2010# The Biggest Beer Festival in Belgium
3. Cantillon brewing public session March 5 : http://www.cantillon.be/br/3_14
4. Visit Westvleteren, a monastery where you can buy their beers, considered some of the best in the world, for $2-3 a bottle (bootleg availability elsewhere in Belgium, but you pay about $15). One of them (Westvleteren 12, Google it) is available in the US (only by mail order) for $40 a bottle. $1000 a case!

Also perhaps the Hops Museum in Poperinge (http://www.hopmuseum.be/home.php?lang=EN), WWI sites, Bruges, and some legendary bars like these:

http://www.belgiumking.com/top10bars.html

PM me or post here if you want to come for all or part, or have suggestions.