| In Belgium today there are 125 breweries which are | | | | monasteries in Belgium can be classified as being this |
| able to produce 500 different kinds of Belgian Beer. | | | | type of beer. The whole process of brewing the |
| Beer has been brewed in Belgium since the Middle | | | | beer should have either been overseen or carried out |
| Ages when originally it was produced in monasteries | | | | by the Trappist monks who reside at the monastery |
| only. However today this is a country where the | | | | where beer is produced. Each bottle of beer that is |
| most varieties of beer are brewed and can be drunk. | | | | brewed comes with a label on it clearly indicating that |
| The alcohol content of these particular beers is | | | | it is the genuine Trappist product and that monastery |
| considerably higher than some of the other varieties | | | | has complied with rules decreed by the International |
| available in Europe and in some cases it reaches a | | | | Trappist Association. |
| level of between 6 and 8 percent. Breweries were | | | | Lambic Beer - Is a very unique beer to Belgium and |
| forced into making higher alcohol content beers | | | | wild yeasts grown in abundance near Brussels are |
| because a law was passed stating that spirits (which | | | | used in its fermentation process. The actual time that |
| beer was classed as) could not be drunk in public | | | | it takes for this beer to ferment is considerably |
| houses. However, although this law stood for many | | | | longer than many others. Some forms of this beer |
| years it was finally rescinded back in 1983. | | | | the fermentation process lasts between 3 and 6 |
| As we have already mentioned there are 500 | | | | months and others it as long as 2 to 3 years. |
| different kinds of Belgian beer being brewed in | | | | It is this fermentation process which provides this |
| Belgium today and they fall into a number of | | | | particular variety of beer with its very distinctive |
| different categories. In this article we take a look at | | | | flavor, which some people may dislike. It is very dry, |
| what these different types of beer are. | | | | vinous and cidery which results in it having a |
| Trappist Beer - Only beer that is brewed in one of 6 | | | | somewhat sour aftertaste. |
