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Belgium’s beer culture is renowned worldwide. There are household brands from the world’s largest brewing company, Anheuser-Busch InBev, such as Stella Artois, Hoegaarden, and Leffe.
In Belgium, beer was already produced in the Roman era, as evidenced by the excavation of a brewery and malthouse from the 3rd and 4th centuries AD at Ronchinne. [9] During the Early and High Middle Ages, beer was produced with gruit, a mix of herbs and spices that was first mentioned in 974 when the bishop of Liège was granted the right to sell it at Fosses-la-Ville.
Brasserie de Brunehaut is a member of Belgian Brewers, [26] one of the world's oldest professional associations, and participates in many annual Belgian beer festivals including Zythos Bierfestival, [27] Brussels Beer Weekend, [28] Brugs Bierfestival, [29] and Essen's Christmas Beer Festival.
Boon Brewery (Brouwerij Boon) is a Belgian brewery in Lembeek, near Brussels, that mainly produces geuze and kriek beer of a fairly traditional lambic variety, but using modern brewing techniques and equipment. Other products of the brewery including Faro beer and Duivelsbier, the traditional beer of Halle. The brewery was founded in 1978.
Jupiler (French:, Flemish: [ˈʑypilɛr] or [ʑypiˈleː]) is a Belgian beer introduced in 1966, now brewed by Anheuser–Busch InBev at Piedboeuf Brewery in the Jupille-sur-Meuse neighbourhood of Liège. Jupiler is the highest selling beer in Belgium, with around 40 percent share by volume. [1]
The Bertinchamps brewery, also known as brasserie de la Ferme de Bertinchamps, is a Belgian family-run microbrewery located in Gembloux, in the Belgian province of Namur. It brews three types of beer named Bertinchamps, which are a recognized part of Belgian beer culture. [1] Its primary export markets are Russia, China, Japan, Ireland and ...
The beers are neither filtered nor pasteurised, and no additives are added. The philosophy of the brewers is to brew beers that are characterful, but not necessarily strong. Two 20-hectolitre brews take place each week, giving an annual production of 1,800 hectolitres. The demand for the beers currently exceeds production capacity. [5]
Smisje is known for beers in both traditional Belgian styles and others, but particularly for brewing with distinctive ingredients and flavorings, [3] often fruits or herbs. This experimental brewery exports roughly half of its annual product outside Belgium to countries such as the United States , the Netherlands , Italy , Spain and Denmark .