There is no doubt that Belgium is the country for beer. With its 150 breweries, ranging from small family breweries through medium-sized companies to big internationals, it offers a range of beers with highly contrasting tastes and flavours.

Anheuser-Busch InBev is the world’s leading brewer and is also one of the world’s top five consumer goods companies. 

Why do not all women drink beer? That may sound like a naive question, but it isn’t. It is a popular misconception that women don’t like beer. “Brewing is something you do with passion,“ says Belgian beer sommelier Sofie Vanrafelghem –yes, a woman- taking another sip from her beer glass.

Did you know that Brewery De Halve Maan builded a pipeline between its brewery and its bottling plant to avoid daily transports by heavy trucks in the medieval center? So next time you are admiring the beautiful buildings at Bruges, don’t forget to look down once in a while!

UNESCO has added the Belgian beer culture to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity: a well-deserved recognition of the diversity, quality and innovation of the Belgian beer sector.

Which types of Belgian beer should you be able to recognise?