Once in a lifetme experience!! #mommygoestobelgiumtown

Marcela Bumpus Start Date: Jan 11, 2018 - End Date: Jan 16, 2018
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
  • Mille, Belgium

My Travel Story

by: Marcela Bumpus Start Date: Jan 11, 2018 - End Date: Jan 16, 2018
  • Cultural Exchange
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
Hello! My name is Marcela, aka beerlovinbuckwildunicorn (IG),  Mom or Mommy. If you know me, you know I am passionate about many things...dance, yoga, bacon.. and beer. Belgian Strong Ales with a beautiful golden hue, strong but subtle malt taste and a good finish, to be precise. It's not just drinking beer that I enjoy, I also really love brewing beer. I know. Its not a common hobby for a girll from Queens.

I began brewing beer in a beautiful lakehouse (yolo) in 2014 with a couple of friends, we called ourselves Beast Brews. We brewed some delighful, amazingly strong beer. Stayed up late, made labels.. the whole nine. The Raptor Rye, Return of the Krampus, Siren's Saison.. we had quite the lineup. Man, I even brewed a beer to toast the birth of my first born, the Smizing Sun.

Home brewing, or even brewing in general is a bearded male dominated industry, and there are several breweries working on expanding that demographic. Did you know that the first brewers were females? Yup. Anyway, I entered my name to win a spot on an all female brewing team at the Delirium Brewery in Mille, Belgium. I didnt think I had a chance. I never win anything. But then I DID! At first I thought it was a hoax, but turns out.. its real. I've won a spot on an all female brewing team in Beligum NEXT SATURDAY!!

To say that this is a dream come true would be a lie, this is far beyond my beer geek dreams.  





  • Mille, Belgium