How to Pair Belgian Beer With Cheese
Beer and cheese is an easier pairing than wine and cheese, and most people have it the wrong way round. Wine and cheese is the famous combination; beer…
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Why Belgian Beer Comes in Its Own Glass
Order a beer in Belgium and it arrives in a glass made for that beer and no other — the right shape, the right size, the brewery’s name…
Brasserie vs Bistro: What’s the Difference?
Brasserie and bistro get used as though they are interchangeable words for “casual French restaurant”. They are not. They describe two different institutions with different origins, different hours…
What Is a Belgian Brasserie?
Search for a Belgian brasserie and you get two completely different kinds of result: restaurants, and breweries. Both are correct, and the confusion is built into the word.…
Belgian Beer Styles Explained: Single, Dubbel, Tripel and Quadrupel
Belgian beer names look like a numbering system, and people reasonably assume dubbel means twice the alcohol of a single and tripel means three times. It does not…
Trappist vs Abbey Beer: What Actually Separates Them
Two beers sit side by side on the same list. Both are dark, strong and Belgian. Both have a monastery on the label. One is a Trappist beer…