Belgian Beers: Joe Stange recommends…

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My favorite beer is probably Saison Dupont. Dry and refreshing, it just works for me with any mood, any weather, or with any meal. Saisons are a style of beer that Belgian farmers in the Hainaut region gave to their workers in the old days to quench their thirsts. The best modern examples still do [...]

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Belgian beer: Cave cervisia!

The dark side

Even old Plato had his say about beer: “It was a wise man who invented beer.” But we all get a bit philosophical after a few draughts. Clearly the monks in Belgium—with Plato’s mother tongue at their fingertips—were encouraged from at least the Middle Ages to produce the stuff in great quantity. Over the coming [...]

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