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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.
This results in beers of different colours and textures. While Belgium beer production is less than one per cent of world beer production, and there are fewer breweries in Belgium than in some states of the US, Belgium has more diversity in beer styles than any beer-producing region. [1] [2] Many local Belgian beers are brewed in micro-breweries.
Westvleteren visitor's center. Westvleteren (Dutch: Brouwerij Westvleteren) is a brewery founded in 1838 at the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus in Vleteren, Belgium.. The brewery's three beers have acquired an international reputation for taste and quality; Westvleteren 12 is considered by some to be the best beer in the world. [1]
Belgian beer brands (26 P) Breweries of Belgium (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Beer in Belgium" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Scourmont Abbey in Chimay, Belgium. The brewery was founded inside Scourmont Abbey, in the Belgian municipality of Chimay in 1862. [1]The brewery produces four ales as well as a patersbier for the monks themselves which is occasionally sold as Chimay Gold; they are known as Trappist beers because they are made in a Trappist monastery.
Gueuze beer. In the traditional lambic style, beers, with a mash bill of 2/3 malted barley and 1/3 unmalted wheat, [1] are spontaneously fermented in open topped attic mounted vats called coolships, aged in oak or chestnut, blended (from different batches and ages), bottled, and then bottle conditioned for a year.
Duvel Tripel Hop. To commemorate the end of World War I, the Moortgats named their main beer Victory Ale.In the 1920s, an avid drinker described the beer as "nen echten duvel" (a real devil in Brabantian Dutch) - perhaps in reference to its formidable alcohol content (8.5% ABV) - and the name of the beer was changed to Duvel.
Pages in category "Belgian beer brands" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 3 Schténg; A.