Yes, I cringe when I hear the guy at the beer store explain to a customer that Tripel Karmeliet is “triple fermented.” Like a tripel re-fermented in the bottles is different than a dubbel . . . sigh.
Or that some drinkers are under the impression that a tripel is “triple strength.”
Thus I point you to […]

Duvel Moortgat has begun selling a version of its classic Duvel with additional hops, calling it Duvel Tripel Hop.
The limited edition beer (approximately 20,000 bottles) is available mostly in Belgium, with some sold in the nearby region. Current plans do not call for a second edition of the beer, nor for any of it to […]

They’re running low on Hoegaarden White in Brussels.
Everybody agrees this is because production moved from the town of Hoegaarden to the InBev brewery in Jupille.
“The beer they produce there often has to be thrown out because it is not at all fit for consumption. So a lot of the white beer coming from Jupille is […]

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 […]

In going through notes collected while researching Brew Like a Monk I came across a couple of thought-provoking quotes from the Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook.
I dug these out because I’m working on a presentation for the National Homebrewers Conference. There won’t be much time to talk about tradition and passion (of the Belgian […]