Delirium Café is a bar in Brussels, Belgium, known for its long beer list, standing at 2,004 brands in January 2004 as recorded in the Guinness Book of Records.[1][2] On offer are beers from over 60 countries, including many Belgian beers.[3] The bar's name comes from the beer Delirium Tremens (produced by the Huyghe family brewery), the pink elephant symbol of which also decorates the bar's entrance.
| Delirium Café | |
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 Delirium Café | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Pub |
| Address | Impasse de la Fidélité / Getrouwheidsgang |
| Town or city | 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region |
| Country | Belgium |
| Coordinates | 50°50′54.27″N 4°21′14.16″E / 50.8484083°N 4.3539333°E |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The bar is located in a small alley called the Impasse de la Fidélité/Getrouwheidsgang ("Fidelity Alley"), only a couple of hundred metres from the Grand-Place/Grote Markt (Brussels' main square). The Jeanneke Pis statue is across the street from the entrance.
History
editThe establishment was founded in December 2003 by Joël Pêcheur, Fabienne Charles and Jean De Laet.[4][5] A month later, it was listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the establishment offering the most different brands of beer in the world (in this case 2004, imported from over 60 different countries).[1][6] By the mid-2000s, the bar was selling 1,500 hl of beer a year.[2]
Delirium Café has been expanded internationally, opening 26 franchises as of 2024, including in Rio de Janeiro (2010), Tokyo (2011), São Paulo (2014), Lisbon (2017), Toulouse and Reims (dates unknown), Leesburg (2017), Strasbourg (2017), and Kuala Lumpur (2018).[7]
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Location (on the left) in the Impasse de la Fidélité/Getrouwheidsgang -
Interior of the café on a busy weekday night -
Beer taps serving some of the most popular brands
References
edit- ^ a b "Most varieties of beer commercially available". Guinness World Records. 9 January 2004. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Joël Pêcheur verkoopt meer dan 2000 soorten bier". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Available beers". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2013.
- ^ Rensonnet, Julien (20 April 2024). "Café mythique, le Delirium fête ses 10 ans avec 11 microbrasseurs québécois: «On ne ferme pas la porte aux brasseurs industriels»". lavenir.net (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ R, J. (20 April 2024). "Joël Pêcheur, fondateur du Delirium Café, quitte le célèbre bar aux 2000 bières". lavenir.net (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Joël Pêcheur verkoopt meer dan 2000 soorten bier". www.bruzz.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 April 2024.
- ^ "Worldwide". Delirium Village Brussels. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
External links
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Media related to Délirium Café, Brussels at Wikimedia Commons- Delirium Café's official homepage
- Delirium international site
