Belgium may be “beer paradise,” but the BBC reports that paradise is being found all around the world these days.
Over half of the beer produced in the country is now consumed in other countries. Twenty years ago, it was less than a third.
One reason Belgian brewers have to seek new markets is that consumption […]

Yeast matters.
That’s the lesson learned from Rogue Monk Madness (a beer I drank six weeks ago and forgot to write about then). Although Rogue used continental malts and some of the same noble hops that Belgian brewers put in their beers (plus Northwest hops that are a Rogue trademark) the brewery never promised a Belgian […]

Over at A Good Beer Blog, Alan begins tasting the beers from Brouwerij St. Bernardus. He includes a bit of the history of the brewery that might lead you to believe it was once a monastery where beer was brewed.
Not exactly, but as Alan writes, “Correct me if I have that mixed up. I […]