Belgian Beer Specialist

Let’s face it: if you are a beer lover visiting the town of Rochefort in Belgium, you are probably there to taste the beers of the renowned Brasserie Trappistes Rochefort. These beers are brewed within the walls of the famous l’ Abbaye Notre-Dame de Saint–Remy, one of the five Trappist abbeys in Belgium with breweries. I have visited…

Halle, a historic market town 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Brussels, sits on the edge of Belgium’s Payottenland. Halle is in the Province of Flemish Brabant, and is part of Belgium’s lambic country. As such, it should be no surprise that the city has a number of great beer-focused cafes, and that lambic is…

Pepingen is a collection of villages in the heart of the Payottenland, in Belgium’s lambic country, to the south and west of Brussels. The municipality of Pepingen is comprised of the villages of Beert, Bellingen, Bogaarden, Elingen, Heikruis, and Pepingen. This area is full of beer cafes, breweries, and distilleries. These include Brouwerij Sako in…

While the pandemic forced quite a few beer cafes in Belgium to close their doors, it was a bit kinder to Belgium’s lambic country and culture, which has continued to thrive. Lambic breweries and blenderies did not take a break during Covid, producing lots of new brews, with some excellent ones among them. Following the…

One of the main reasons I visit Belgium is for its great variety of classic beers. Food is the next biggest factor: the Belgians know how to eat well, and pairing great brews with fantastic meals is something they do superbly well. While I have written about a number of great Belgian restaurants with world…