Pastry & beer pairing tastings — at your home or overlooking our hop plants
Sart-Dames-Avelines, Walloon Brabant
At Sungura, the pastry chef is also the brewer. The dessert and the beer come from the same hands, in the same workshop, with hops grown in front of the house. What your guests taste next, they won't forget.
Nanobrewery & patisserie · Since 2024The idea
Wine with dessert often overwhelms one or the other. Beer holds a conversation: bitterness lifts the sweetness, bubbles refresh the palate, roasted notes answer caramel. Gaëtan creates both at the same time, and that is exactly why the pairing works.
The bines climb up the wires, a few metres from the bakehouse. We prune them, harvest them and dry them. These hops give Kidjani, our IPA, a herbal bitterness that leaves plenty of room for the dessert.
A nanobrewery, small batches, fermentations checked day by day. Each brew is designed for a specific pairing: a touch of acidity here, a malty roundness there, depending on the dessert it will accompany.
Dark chocolate and roasted cacao nibs, apple tatin and salted butter caramel, apricot infused with rosemary, yuzu and red cherry. The textures are built to hold their own against the glass: neither too heavy nor too tame. Then, glass in hand, we explain why it works.
The experiences
At your home, around your own table, with everything brought along and a pairing talked through from the first glass to the last. Or with us, among the hop plants, with a tour of the nanobrewery and the smell of still-warm malt. Either way, all you have to do is open the door.
At your homeWe come to you with the pairing, the glasses and the story
A hosted tasting evening at your home: four pastry & beer pairings, talked through from the first glass to the last. You open the door, we take care of the rest.
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At the workshopTasting beside the hop plants, brewery included
At our place on rue du Try: a tour of the nanobrewery, an explanation of brewing, then a tasting of the pairings in front of the hop plants. Small groups, fixed time slots.
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Our beers and pastries can be ordered online, for collection on site or delivery within Walloon Brabant. Each pastry shows the beer that suits it best, so the pairing follows you all the way to your table.
01€55
per case of 24 × 33 cl
i.e. €2.29 per bottle
A herbaceous IPA, made with hops grown outside the workshop
Frank, green bitterness, with aromas of white flowers and cut grass. The house IPA, brewed with the hops we harvest on rue du Try.
Enjoy with — Superb with the Zeste Écarlate: the bitterness of the hops carries on the zing of the yuzu, which the cherry mousse then rounds off. As an aperitif, it stands up well to an aged Comté.
02€55
per case of 24 × 33 cl
i.e. €2.29 per bottle
Hoppy amber, golden caramel and a hop-driven finish
A clean, copper-coloured amber ale: the roundness of caramel malts, cut through by a frank hopping that keeps it from turning sweet.
Enjoy with — The signature pairing with the Automne Gourmand: the beer's caramel malts and the apple tatin echo each other, while the roasted buckwheat ties them together. Also excellent with smoked fish.
03€60
per case of 24 × 33 cl
i.e. €2.50 per bottle
Velvety stout, black coffee and dark chocolate
Roasted malts, a tight head, a long cocoa finish. Our winter stout, and dark chocolate's best friend.
Enjoy with — Made for the Ebène Sartoise, our all-chocolate entremets: the coffee in the beer and the cocoa nibs echo each other. Also sublime with a slice of walnut tart.
04€55
per case of 24 × 33 cl
i.e. €2.29 per bottle
Light blonde saison, white pepper and a dry finish
Blonde, dry and peppery from the yeast, light on the palate. The one you share slowly at the end of a meal.
Enjoy with — The signature pairing with L'Éclat de la Savane: the saison's dry, peppery finish lifts the apricot, and the rosemary bridges the gap with the yeast.
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Good to know
Can’t find your question here? Write to us — we usually reply the same day.
Ask a questionAllow €45 per person, all inclusive: the beers, the pastries, the serving equipment and Gaëtan hosting the evening. The price per person goes down above fifteen guests. No hidden costs, no last-minute extras: the amount on the quote is the amount you pay.
We come free of charge within 30 km of Sart-Dames-Avelines, which covers Nivelles, Genappe, Villers-la-Ville, Wavre, Waterloo and much of Walloon Brabant. Further afield, we add a modest mileage charge, stated before you book. Brussels and neighbouring Hainaut are entirely possible too.
Yes, for the home tasting: with fewer guests the pairing loses its spark and the trip no longer makes sense. If there are fewer of you, our on-site experience welcomes groups from six people, or we can put together a pairing box for you to take away.
Let us know when you book. We adapt the pastries for common allergies (nuts, gluten, lactose) and always provide an alcohol-free alternative, made with the same care from unfermented wort and hop infusions. Nobody is left out.
Postponing is free up to seven days before the date, no reason needed. After that, the tasting remains payable, because the pastries are already in production. Up to seven days before, you are refunded in full.
That's actually one of the reasons people call us. Book a tasting in the recipient's name, on a date that suits them, or give a box of matched beers and pastries, to collect from the workshop or delivered within Walloon Brabant.
Let's sit down
Tell us the date, the number of guests and the occasion. We'll get back to you within 24 hours with a tailor-made pairing proposal, and you'll have nothing left to organise.
