You can’t think of Belgium without thinking of chocolate, waffles and of course beer. What’s the reason that Belgian beers are between the best of the world?
Let me begin by saying that no other country has such an amazing gamma of beers: more than 400 different types of beer take care of the thirst of Belgians and tourists alike. That’s more than a different kind of beer a day! So getting bored tasting beers is almost impossible, if you don’t write it down you’ll soon forget what the first beers you drank tasted like.
Aside from that in Belgium a real beer culture evolved. No other country takes so much care into drinking this liquid gold. Each beer has it’s own unique glass and it will be difficult to find a bar or restaurant who serves your beer in the wrong glass. They’ll serve it on the right temperature and with the right amount of foam.
Belgium breathes beer: in the smallest super market, nightshop or bar, you find a collection of the most known ales, lagers and abbey beers. There’s no minimum age for drinking beer, only to buy it you have to be 16. Indeed… it may seem unbelievable but this system works: because there’s no prohibition it’s nothing special to be drinking beer so there aren’t many young beer abusers.
Beer is far more complex than wine. It outnumbers wine in number of ingredients and undergoes various types of fermentation. This gives the beers an exquisite taste that is the result of centuries of tradition. On top of that we have bitter beers, fruit beers, dark and blond beers, white beers … a true heaven for your taste buds!
Up to three fermentations give the Belgian beer a high alcohol percentage. These beers are called “triple”, the ones with two fermentations “dubbel”. The most common beers have only one, but we like to let the beer ferment and extra time in the bottle or even in an oak barrel. Does it still come to a surprise when I say that the beer with the highest volume of alcohol in the world is Belgian? It’s called Bush Amber and has 12% of alcohol in it!
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