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Westvleteren visitor's center. Westvleteren (Dutch: Brouwerij Westvleteren) is a brewery founded in 1838 at the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus in Vleteren, Belgium.. The brewery's three beers have acquired an international reputation for taste and quality; Westvleteren 12 is considered by some to be the best beer in the world. [1]
Jupiler (French:, Flemish: [ˈʑypilɛr] or [ʑypiˈleː]) is a Belgian beer introduced in 1966, now brewed by Anheuser–Busch InBev at Piedboeuf Brewery in the Jupille-sur-Meuse neighbourhood of Liège. Jupiler is the highest selling beer in Belgium, with around 40 percent share by volume. [1]
In Belgium, beer was already produced in the Roman era, as evidenced by the excavation of a brewery and malthouse from the 3rd and 4th centuries AD at Ronchinne. [9] During the Early and High Middle Ages, beer was produced with gruit, a mix of herbs and spices that was first mentioned in 974 when the bishop of Liège was granted the right to sell it at Fosses-la-Ville.
The Federation of Belgian Brewers accepted Herkenrode being named as an Erkend Belgisch Abdijbier, with the accompanying logo, in June 2009. Herkenrode was the 23rd beer to be so named, and the second in Limburg.
In 2006, Duvel Moortgat bought fellow Belgian brewery Brasserie d'Achouffe. [6] In June 2008 they bought Liefmans Brewery [7] of Oudenaarde in Belgium, who are best known for their fruit beers. In 2010, Duvel Moortgat acquired 100 percent of the shares of the De Koninck Brewery of Antwerp.
The final product is a blend of a younger 8-month-old beer with an 18-month-old beer, it has an alcohol percentage of 6.2%. The name of the beer is meant to honour Duchess Mary of Burgundy , the only daughter of Charles the Bold , who was born in Brussels in 1457 and died in a horse riding accident in 1482.