Styles of Belgian beer What defines the taste and texture of a Belgian beer? Myers says that’s a bit hard to pin down, since there are more than 1,500 styles of beer brewed in Belgium. “There ...

However, it’s difficult to imagine whether any of these beers could have been comparable to modern styles of Belgian dark strong ale until roughly 1830, the year of Belgian independence and ...

There are few Belgian beers as well-known as Delirium Tremens. Brewed with three types of yeast as well as pale malt, it gets its hop presence from the use of Styrian Golding and Saaz hops.

The Beer: Whether or not you’ve ever tried La Chouffe, you’ve likely seen this bottle, adorned with a gnome riding on a unicycle. This 8% ABV Belgian blonde is known for its spicy, citrus ...

But what makes Belgian beers so special is that they often fall well outside categories, as the history of Belgian brewing is more about creativity than conforming to styles. When you pick up a ...

Today is Belgian National Day, the celebration of Belgium's independence from the Netherlands in 1831 and also the close of America's National Belgian Beer Week. In my last column I covered the ...

Belgian-styles beers, by the way, can be a little hard to define, but in general they use yeasts that provide distinctive flavor profiles, and often include adjunct ingredients like coriander, ...

VAIL VALLEY, Colorado -Belgian beers are God’s gift to mankind. Patient, flavorful, blessed beer styles have been floating out of Belgium since the Middle Ages, thanks almost entirely to the obviously ...