Beer in Belgium

It is often said that beer is to Belgium what wine is to France. Today the number of Belgian breweries stands at around 100 and, according to The Economist, Belgium produces more than a 1,100 different beers, many still using recipes that date back many generations. Belgium’s history has played its part in this diverse and heal
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History of Beer

Beer is one of mankind’s oldest beverages. When cereals were first grown for food, thousands of years ago, a fortunate by-product was discovered. When these tasty grains got wet, they would ferment. This process of fermentation had the ability to transform water into a very palatable d
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Brewing Process

Even without dumbing things down the basics of brewing are fairly easy. You take a quantity of some kind of starch, usually grain, mix it with water and if conditions are right it will ferment and Copper Brewing Tank© BeerTourism.com form a primitive sort of beer, and that is all th
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Patron Saints of Beer

On the principle that it’s better to be safe than sorry, mankind has always looked to higher powers to safeguard his precious beers. In the West. Simply praying wasn't Saint Nicholas© BeerTourism.com enough so that means there’s a whole bar full of Christian saints somewhere all of
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Beer Dictionary

A Abbey Beer Fruity, strong Belgian ale that is modelled on the beers made by monks from Trappist abbeys, but brewed by secular brewers. ABV Alcohol By Volume. This is a standard measure of the amount of alcohol in a drink. The average is around 4% to 5% but you can will easily find beers with an ABV as high as 12%
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