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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.
Lambic (English: / ˈ l æ m b ɪ k / LAM-bik, French: ⓘ; Dutch: lambiek ⓘ) is a type of beer brewed in the Pajottenland region of Belgium southwest of Brussels since the 13th century. [1]
The categories are varied and include processes or ingredients not usually regarded as defining beer styles in themselves, such as cask ale or gluten-free beer. [2] [3] [4] Beer terms such as ale or lager cover a wide variety of beer styles, and are better thought of as broad categories of beer styles.
Norwegian sour beer aged for eighteen months in oak barrels with Lambic microbes. Sour beer is beer which has an intentionally acidic, tart, or sour taste. Sour beer styles include Belgian lambics and Flanders red ale and German Gose and Berliner Weisse.
Grisettes are a Belgian-style beer very similar to a saison. But grisettes generally fall between 3% and 4% ABV, rather than a saison’s typical range of 5% to 7%. Side Project ages its Grisette ...
In the era of craft beer, some breweries produce exclusively barrel-aged beers, notably Belgian lambic producer Cantillon, and sour beer company The Rare Barrel. [15] Others also specialise in barrel-ageing particular beer styles, such as Põhjala which has a focus on Baltic porters [16] and Jester King with its Méthode Traditionnelle. [17]
Many beer styles are classified as one of two main types, ales and lagers, though certain styles may not be easily sorted into either category.Beers classified as ales are typically made with yeasts that ferment at warmer temperatures, usually between 15.5 and 24 °C (60 and 75 °F), and form a layer of foam on the surface of the fermenting beer, thus they are called top-fermenting yeasts.