I love that the Flemish and Walloons hardly ever agree on things, but they do share their beer culture together. Belgium, you're a fascinating country!

Hello Charlie! No. There is no difference in the beer culture in the north (Flemish) and south (Walloon) part of the country, but typically any Belgian will try the local beer when travelling around the country. As you are making some considerable efforts in learning Dutch, you should have noticed that most of the people in the video speak Flemish. You might not recognize it, because Flemish sounds softer, less guttural than Dutch, but it's basically the same language. The region around Brussels has a unique brewing process that goes back to very specific bacteria and yeasts in the water and in the century old walls and air of these breweries. This creates a natural fermentation (wild fermentation) that is impossible to reproduce and creates a sour beer called Lambic, that is then processed into Gueuze beer. Some of these Gueuze beers are so sour that it is actually ok to add a lump of sugar to it. Apparantly a lot of American tourists are buying these now. My personal favourite is Orval, a real monk's trappist beer, made in an authentic abbey in the south of Belgium: very fresh and hoppy, not too strong (5.2%). If you let it rest for a year or so, it will get stronger, but I never manage to buy any and just let them sit there 🙂You won't find them in the US, as these monks stick to their vows and don't want to commercialize it. These abbey breweries can be centuries old, at a time that water was not hygienic to drink and the fermentation process made beer the every day healthy beverage especially for the poor and the working classes, just like in the UK, the north of France, (the south of) the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, ... where they also have a good beer culture. The recipes are not necessarily that old, as the lady explains in the video, because of changing technology, health standards and taste. The red beer you saw is Gueuze Kriek, a sour Lambic with cherries added, to give it an nice flavour. More commercial Kriek (cherry) beers have more sugar in it, so it becomes sweet. One for the ladies who don't really like beer. See you soon with more about Belgium!

As far as I'm aware as a Belgian the Flemish and Walloons have no difference in beer culture. As a Flemish person I can tell you that we really enjoy the beer our Walloon brothers make. In fact! There is an alien from the planet Jamaica who likes Orval very much!

I live in Ghent in Belgium and I loove seeing people from around the world appreciating and being interested in our culture! Every night my father sits down in the sofa with a good chimay or duvel in his hand haha Groetjes en nog veel succes met het leren van Nederlands!

As a Belgian from Wallonia, I don’t thing there is big difference between the two parts of the country. Trappist beers are the most traditional beers of Belgium and often the better, but there is also a lot of little breweries that make excellent beer. You definitely need to try the Chouffe and the Lupulus from my region of Belgium… and with the good glass.

Best Beers are from Belgium Period. And I say that as a Dutch guy. ;) Great reaction vid. Thanks. ;)

Hello Charlie, thank you for the video. As a German living in Brussels I find this variety of beers absolutely fascinating. They are stronger (more alcohol) but they are delicious. And beer is not the only reason to visit Belgium or to live here. I love life in Belgium and you should absolutely try to visit.

I really learned a lot about Belgium beers at Belgium beer tasting events. Somehow I always had forgotten most the next day.

Leffe brune or Blonde (pronounced Leff like Jeff, drop de last "e") is not a "good" beer. It's at best average, I use if for cooking only, not for drinking. Try the Trappists beers like Triple Westmael, WestVleteren XII, Chimay Blue or White, Rochefort Blue cap, Orval .... The plates he speaks about in the restaurant are: -Carbonades Flamandes (Flemish stew) consists of beef braised and low cooked in beer with onions, gingerbread-mustard seasoning. -Anguille is eel with veggie sauce and shrimp sauce (he talks about Orval base dressing) -Foie Gras (Goose of duck liver) made with a Rochefort sauce.

As a Flemish person myself i always enjoy trying out new beers when i'm enjoying one on a terrace in the sun or in a restaurant. Most of the time i go somewhere there are beers on the menus i've never tried before, but a go-to beer for me is Westmalle Tripel, it's not a dark brown beer but i love the taste, somewhat soothing. Some regional beers can be surprisingly good also but therefor you should come to Belgium to try some out since sometimes they are not even exported out the city/village. Just try new beers, explore, find what you like and most of all enjoy!

Orval is by far the best beer in the world. Hard to get abroad, sadly. I hope you ever get the chance to taste one.

The red beer is how we call it "kriek" its a cherry beer ,famous beer here like that is belle vue and lindemans ,the ones u really must try is gust , karmeliet ,kasteel brown ,kasteel framboise ,enjoy

The beer culture is the same across the country. No matter where you go in Belgium, it's a crime to drink beer in the wrong glass. In fact, it goes so far that any beer that is produced at scale will have a glass designed specifically for it. Most towns will have at least one bar that serves 300+ beers which means they also need to manage a huge glass collection which I've always found quite impressive. Also, when you are served a beer, the waiter will always make sure the logo points towards you. This way you always know what you're drinking.

7:59 Orval! That's my favourite beer. Not everyone likes it because it tastes like liquid copper, but it's definitely one of the most legendary Belgium beers. Definitely worth trying if you can get your hands on one.

The monks of Val Dieu abbey (from 10:57) started brewing beer in 1216 AD. Today's recipe will have changed over time, but the base of these abbey breweries hasn't changed much. Leffe is good, but it has been commercialized and is brewed in a huge factory: the Stella Artois factory. Official "trappist" beers, like Chimay and Rochefort are really delicate and delicious. And strong: Rochefort 8 has an ABV of 9.2%. And then there are barley wines: a very strong and dark beer having 10-13% alcohol. Examples: Grolsch Kanon (11.6%), Hertog Jan Grand Prestige (10%) and Rochefort 10 (11.3%)

Belgium beers are so good. I’m having one tonight; it’s carnival. Trappist beers army favorite. Chimay , blue one 9% Rochefort, blue one 10% Westmalle tripel 9% Other beers: Karmeliet 8.5% Duvel 9% Deugniet Brugse tripel Brugse zot Etc Leffe is industrial beer. Not bad but beers from Trappist, brewed by monks in a monastery are the best. Beers from former abbeys are also good 3.5% or less beer is rubbish except for use at lunch or diner. 5% is minimum; most pils-beers are 5%. I really don’t like the taste of 0% beers. No difference in beer culture as far as I know about; it’s called Belgium beer culture. Foie gras is animal cruelty. It’s made of the liver of force feeder geese.

Our country has so many different kinds of beer and each of them are unique. going from very low percentage of alcohol to the big boys ( chimay, rochefort etc ) and fun fact is that for every style of dinner (meat, fish, pasta etc ) there is a different kind of trapist/beer. Also since you mentioned american beers, every American i personaly know that has visited Belgium says the same: We Belgians have an extreme high alcohol tolerance level. Im not sure if that's because we are used to higher percentages or if that's because you Americans arent used to "real" beers xD but anyways, i see people suggesting all kinds of " mainstream " trappist beers and that's good, they are realy good beers tho, but if you want to try less know ones, i would suggest to just try region related trappists, the ones brewed in small local breweries. Reason here for is less commercial, more authentic flavor due to regional products. Im not sure if you can import these so you'll have to visit our small country one day and go on a brewery roadtrip to taste all the different beers yourself.

We also have very original beers with very funny names u should check those ones too like( paljas , blond mokke, dulle griet , zeezuiper, lamme goedzak ,dief , houten kop ,klootzakske )

Hello, I am from Belgium, and maybe you like to know that every beer has is own special glass. That is not just for the looks but also for the taste.

I love Kriek Lambiek. Don’t know how much I have been drinking of this beer 🍺🤪 during my visits to Belgium.

My FIL swears by Orval, a trappist. I like to drink Liefmans on the Rocks in the Summer (fruit beer) or Hoegaarden Rosé. The most rare one is Westvleteren 12, not easy to get your hands on, not even in Belgium itself. It's been chosen to be the best beer (or one of the best) in the world. It's quite expensive aswel.

Here is a list of incomplete Belgian Beers: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_Belgische_bieren. I think we have had easily over 2000 unique beers here in Belgium.

Foie gras = duck liver Orval = a very unique amber-colored beer that's on the expensive side, more elite beer. It has a quite distinguished taste that is not for everyone, but is used in a lot of traditional dishes 15:31 that beer is called 'kriek', its a beer made from sour cherry's, it's quite sweet and is concidered a more 'feminine' beer in Belgium if you like dark brown beers, then you should be on the lookout for these: Chimay Bleue, Brussels beer project: dark sister, Westmalle (the double is dark, the triple is light coloured but is concidered a favourite amongst belgians), gulden draak, gouden carolus, and the list carries on!

7:35 foie gras is liver from goose and ducks. Personally I don't like organ meat but that's just me. Also there have been a lot of cases of animal cruelty though you can prob get some from ducks/goose that lived semi-decent.. Vinaigrette is a dressing based on oil and vinigar, would really recommend drinking Orval, you have many kinds of Orval, its a beer that needs to age. The last one isn't mashed potatoes it is ice-cream:)

One of the most important things is thé yeast. In trappist beers, the yeast is sometimes 100 to 200 years old. (Not liturally. It multiplies itself.) It's a specific yeast per beer. If their specific yeast dies, they can't produce that specific beer anymore.

Love that you're watching this! As a Belgian, my favs are Chimay, Bolleke (De Coninck, it's the local Antwerp beer, so gotta represent my city :p), and Triple d'Anvers. But oh my god we have so many amazing beers!

I like Kwak coach beer, but start a little softer. Better do a romantic vacation of a weekend in Brugge (PS that's the real Venice off Northern Europe) and pick a cafe on the town square and start with the beginners beer menu. Most bars will have over 200 varieties of beer. And the red beer is normally more for the ladies its called Kriek and is flavoured with raspberries.

As a Flemish guy (so the northern part of Belgium) I can only concur with what was said by other posters. We all love our beers, we travel around and try to discover something new by tasting the local beers and nope, there is no real difference in beer culture between the north and the south. There are some big differences in what different regions are brewing (water and traditional recipes play a big part in that) but beer is and remains the n°1 drink in Belgium while over the years I have seen a slow decline in popularity in commercially brewed 'common' beers, but an increased interest in traditional, local and more special beers. A weekend trip on a sunny day to another part of Belgium very often includes a (few) stop(s) at local cafés, preferably on the terras outside, and some local beer tasting. Also it is quite common today to have an evening diner at a fancy restaurant with an elaborate menu of dishes all accompanied with some exquisite and special beers (back in the days, It used to be French wine exclusively, now things are different). Good luck and much fun on your further discoveries of European and Belgian culture. Salut à mes amis en Wallonie. Vriendelijke groeten aan de Vlaamse vrienden.

5:30 Sofie Vanrafelghem! She's great! Fun fact: she made a beer for her wedding.

The cook talks about which beer he combines with a dish.

I gotta go on a beer holiday.

As a Belgian, I can recommend "DUVEL" beer(which is translated "DEVIL") its a high alcohol-grade beer, with a golden color, But if you want a sweet beer, try "KRIEK"(cherry)-beer which has a red color, women like to drink it (and oddly enough, it's good on your stool) There are several TRAPPIST-beers(brewed by monks and brothers of abbeys) which are very good; many bare the name of the region they came from, like CHIMAY, WEST-MALLE, OOST-MALLE. If you like the more grainy tastes, I recommend "PALM" or "KWAK" beer(which is rumored to be a beer drank by coach-men); If you can, drink it out of the glass that goes with the beer(that is also a sort of tradition, a special glass for each beer... Unfortunatly, this tradition is about to become lost, due to the cost in making those for each seperate beer...)

Hi Charlie, If you like Leffe, you must try Chimay, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren or any other Trappist beer. It's like the difference between wine and champagne. Leffe is plain wine, but a Trappist beer is our champagne. The red beer you saw is "Kriek" these are beers based on a sour cherry. And the Barrels you saw in the video are the barrels that are used for making "Geuze" a special beer, that is naturally fermeted in the Brussels region. Belgium has over 1600 different beers. My advice to you go, explore and enjoy.

Foie gras is goose liver

They will have their own glasses as well, they can be fined if they don't use the right glass

Foie gras is goose liver and Roquefort is blue cheese. Extravagant tastes with honey and reduced beer sauce

07.35 and on. The dishes he talks about and showing are not the same. The disches that are shown are: - Either a giant piece of Foie Grois (stuffed liver of a goose), or a piece of pâté (a mix of meat, liver, herbs and vegetables) - Gentse Waterzooi i think (stew of chicken or fish with vegetables and cream) - It's not an eel, but a sausage indeed, with puree (mashed potatoes) and a sauce of onions, the baking fat of the sausage and i presume a dark beer. - Thats nog lasagne (far from it), but tong (common sole) with an butter sauce or hollandaise sauce and noordzee garnalen (shrimps from the norh sea) and indeed mashed potatoes again. - It looks like Stoofvlees (carbonnade flamande). Which are the tougher meat from a cow slowly coocked with union, a brown beer (i use Sint Berndus 12 for it), Luikse stroop (syrup from pear), meatbouillon, and bread smeared with mustard, peper, salt, thyme, laurel and a piece of dark chocolate for the coloring. But it can also be a rabbitstew or something else. - The last one i have no idea. But it is mashed popatoes again. Where are the fries? The thing the Belgians are most proud of?

Hey Charlie i’m David and i live in Belgium. I speak french and Dutch. I can send you Chimay if you want.

I thought this was just some random YT video. But suddenly I saw a restaurant from my town and some people I know personally. I guess the algorithmes know everything.

Trappists are monks from an old order: Ordo Cisterciensis Strictioris Observantiae (catholic). Trappist beers are made in the abbey of those monks.

I think I saw a picture of “St. Bernardus” beer on your poster. There are 9 different versions. You should try them. And forget about Leffe. That’s an industrial beer.

My favourite trappist has always been the Westmalle trappist, I once had the chance to get a look at the brewery they have in the abbey when we went there with school, it is truly an amazing thing to see Though not to smell I must admit lol

I would suggest trying Duvel. When i visited the states i saw that they have it in liquor stores.

Belgian here! My favourite is Lindemans Kriek, a cherry fruit beer. It's amazing! A really fun one is Kwak, which is in a special glass (the one at the start in a wooden stand) that you have to drink from in a certain way or it might splash you in the face. It has that funny shape because it was designed for people riding carriages so it could be brought along on the carriage without spilling.

The red beer at the end was either Lindemans kriek or Bellevue kriek. Both are beers with a sour cherry flavour. It is nice on a hot summer.

Foie gras is goose liver pâté. The production of foie gras is prohibited in the Netherlands and many other European countries. The reason for this is that the production of foie gras is accompanied by force-feeding that is considered unethical... in my opinion they torture those poor geese.. they force-feed them with a funnel!

Me, a Belgian... overstimulated by the amount of languages they speak and continuously having to switch😅😅

Hi Charlie, I live in Flandres, and my family originates from Poperinge. About 80% of all hoppes come from Poperinge. There is a nice museum where you can learn about growing and processing hoppes. They have most beers on display...(around 3500 in total)

Chimay is brilliant.. the triple, blue and now the (new) green one are some of my all-time favorites

If you like dark (soft beer 8%) you will Love Orval its realy the best one😇

Definitely try to get your hands on the blue Chimay! My favorite one. You can also get some starter kits to start brewing yourself. I have some friends who are into this and they seem to love it. Cool vids! Grtz from Belgium.

heineken is a bad beer or so as we call it here in belgium "heineken is een pisbier"

REALy interesting ! I am Belgian and I learned a lot. Well done !

The beers that I like the most are, Maredsous, Westmalle, Kasteel, Gulden Draak, Duvel, LaChouffe, Kwak, Corned, Karmeliet and indeed Leffe. Leffe is awesome, but all the others that I just mentioned are just as good. And there are maaaaany many more wonderful beers. You'll be amazed

the red beer is whit cherris. in belgiulm we call that a kriek. Kriek is mainly drunk by women because it is sweet.

Stelle Artois actually is pronounced as Stella Ar-twah. Artois is a French name.

hey charlie. Foie gras is basically the liver of a goose but then cooked

Talking about a strong beer culture, Geuzes, which are stuck/stabbed ('Geuze steken' in Dutch) from Lambiks, the spontaneous fermentation beer from the Zinne valley, are often sweetened artifically because they are sour and those have become very commercial. So to protect the tradtional Geuzes they got the name "Oude Geuze" to put on the bottle to distinct them from the commercial Geuzes with sweeteners added. But one 'Geuzestekerij' refuses to bare that name because company says there's no Old Geuze, there is only Geuze en there is fake, so they refuse to use the term that protects and distincts them and could make them more money becaus they believe it just isn't right.

the red once are "kriek" wich is a cherry type beer usually drink it in really hot summers when it's verry chilled verry sweet stuff though i find it more like a dessert to drink XD (kinda like you in america have frappichino's with all types of sweet flavors). for regular trappist if nobody said it before La chouffe is also one of my fav. they also have a kriek type wich isn't as sweet as a regular kriek beer. other then that i prefer chimay and orval. leffe is ok for belgium standards it's far from the best out there though. i'm guessing since leffe was a thing you could get easy that grimbergen will also be an easy thing to get i sometimes use the dark version of that one in beef stews (if i have nothing else in the house).

haven't watched the video yet but I like that you're trying to get to know different cultures around the world.

Foie Gras is gooseliver! I'm a Belgian from Antwerp, and you don't know where to look first when it comes to beers, we have so many different kinds and flavours......believe me, you can't finish them in one day 😂.

Wooohooo! I grew up next to Begium. This shit is real!! Thank you ! :)

In Bruges we have a very small old cafe, look on Google maps for pics, it is called De Garre with its own brewery, the beer is also called Garre. And I can tell you, 3 is enough. Your tongue is going to double

That red beer was a Kriek btw:it means cherry and it's made by different brands/brewery's...

For a simple recipe involving (Belgian) beer: Get some pork sausages. And grab the smallest pot you can fit them in. Melt some butter over a medium fire, gently fry the sausages for a minute or so on each side, then turn the fire all the way down, add chopped onions, some uncut garlic cloves, and let that simmer for another minute or two. Add a bay leave, some cloves, a couple of juniper berries, salt and pepper. Pour in a bottle of brown beer (Leffe for instance). The sausages should be almost submerged, you can add some water if necessary. Bring to a boil. Put the lid on and let it simmer on the smallest fire available for an hour. Serve with boiled or mashed potatoes (with the gravy from the sausages of course, pick out the bay leave and the juniper berries) and veggies of your choice or a salad. Have the same beer you used earlier to accompany it. Bon appetit!

*Sees a lot of beer barrels* 'Looks like the bottom of a damn boat' haha got me good

In Flanders, they speak Flemish. In Holland (Netherlands) they speak Dutch.

So Flemish (what the people are speaking in this video when its not French), is a Dutch accent, though the Flemish also have some of their own words, expressions and slight variations in grammar ofcourse.

keep those Belgian videos coming!

Charlie, i am a home brewer. It's simple. You don''t need fancy gear but a big pot on your stove to start. My favorite beer "" La Chouffe "" can be brewed easelly at home. I never buy beer again since i brew my own. You need some patience but once the flow is open you have always your own beer.

You should totally come to Europe! Bring your girlfriend! You can sleep in Antwerpen in my house :-) I am a beer connaisseur with a love of the different beer-styles. I am also a hobby cook :-) And Antwerpen is close to The Netherlands so you can hit 2 flies in one hit :-) It would be an honour to host you! :-)

Best Beer country in the world. We dutch are catching up but don't have the rich tradition and aren't in shouting distance. Altough with the IPA's and more english style brews wich i love they have surpassed the Brittsh in Quality. Altough i have to say the US have some nice brewers in that regard.

hey! I'm a belgian and I have a few answers to the questions you were asking during the video: 1. the first food item shown is duck liver (foie gras translates literally as "fatty liver") and the sauce is onion confit, it's a sweet and savoury dish 2. rochefort and orval are both beers (they get their names from the villages where they are produced) 3. eel is served in a couple of different ways here, the most common being "paling in't groen", or literally "eel in the green", which is eel served in a parsley and mint sauce, it's remarkably fresh and a nice summer dish 4. The abbey recipe is probably around 300 years old and i don't mind but it's pronounced "Leffuh" (or "Leff" if you're french speaking) and "Stella Artwah"

I did spot a label with the Grimbergen on it, that is also a Belgian beer. Chances are i missed others.

Some beers to try: Chimay blue, Orval, Tripel karmeliet, westmale and the red beer in the video is Kriek it's with cherry and it's very sweet.

Foie gras = goose liver paté. It's a bit controversial because often in the production process the geese are force fed a lot. btw about your question at 11:15 some of the original recipees may date back all the way to the 14th or so century. The brewery of Artois started in 1366.

I lived some time in Westmalle, so Westmalle Brune is my favorite beer. Westmalle Brewery is a Trappist brewery in the Westmalle Abbey.

A little help on the correct pronunciation of our beer names: * Leffe : say "Leffuh" * Stella Artois: say "Stella Artwa", with the emphasis on the "-twa" * Trappist : pronounce it with a short "i", like in fish or piss :D * Westvleteren : pronounce "westvleyteren" , like in "hey" - Foie Gras is fattened goose liver - A vinaigrette is au vinegar and mustard-based sauce that is mainly prepared and served cold on salads, but some are served lukewarm - Orval is a trappist abbey beer, which has a quite hard, bitter drink when it is young, but you can have it ripened in your basement (any cool and dark place except a fridge) for many years. In some regions, Orval is so popular that customers sometimes fight over it when employees are putting the beer on the shelves. Even more mystical and popular is the Westvleeteren beer, another trappist abbey beer.Chimay Blue, Red and Tripel are the most common ones. - No, there's no difference in beer culture between Wallonia and Flanders. Once you drink beer, one doesn't give a sh*t anymore about the differences in politics and languages :) - The red colored beer is the "Kriek" (means "sour cherry) gueuze beer made by the Boon (pronounce like "bone") brewery. Gueuze is a beer that is created through wild fermentation. It cools down in open air, where it captures a special, harmless bacteria that creates the fermentation and the very specific, vintage flavors. That first brew creates a "lambic" beer. Geuze beer is created by blending several different Lambic beers of different years. They are put in wooden barrels (often former spanish sherry barrels) to which fresh sour cherries are added to macerate in the beer. It is not sweet, it is a very bold bitter, refreshing taste. Ideal for drinking on hot summer days. They also macerate raspberries and peaches in gueuze beer. - When you want to start brewing, check out for plug & play sets of "Belgian Ale style" beers. You don't need that much extra tools, except for a big pot to cook your mash

At 08:30 the chef said 'andive" not anguille (not the fish). Andive is chicon, a vegetable loved by Belgian

imagine you're some random belgian dude, watching some random video about an american watching a video of belgian beer when suddenly at 3:42 a dude that worked at the school u went to as a kid pops up.

many of the breweries produce a special beer for Christmas (sometimes called Winter Beer) they are usually stronger and have additional herbs. I like to visit Belgium around January and February when you can pick up these beers at reduced prices. €20 for a crate of 24 bottles is not unusual and, for me, they taste better as they age. The Val Dieu monastery was founded in 1216 but not sure how old the beer recipe is?

Nice video Charlie :) I am from the region and yes we really like our beers, Try also the follwing nice belgian beers, Westmalle, Duvel. Cheers

4:36 Stella Artois and Grimbergen are the only Belgian beers on the poster

A few years ago when my stepdad was still alive we did a coach holiday to Belgium which is only just a cross the channel from England we enjoyed some of the beers in the evenings on our return trip we stopped off at the warehouse where they sell alcohol Belgian chocolate cigarettes cigars the tax on it is less than the UK

As a Belgian, I'd recommend my personal favorites : Chimay Triple, Tripel d'Anvers and Westmalle Tripel :) Great video! And no, there's no difference in beer culture between the north and south. Both produce fantastic beers.

foie gras is goose liver and Rochefort is a beer that they use in de saus, Orval is a strong beer and Geuze too

If you like dark/brown beer you should try Westmalle Dubbel, my favorite dark/brown beer 😁 if you want the real experience you have to visit Belgium. We have alot of pubs that serve over a 100 types of beer!

Foie gras is duck or goose liver pâté. It literally means "fat liver" in French. It's pretty controversial because the animals are force fed way more than they would eat voluntarily in order to fatten their liver. They literally stick a tube down the animal's throat and pump in a corn-based porridge multipple times per day, causing their liver to swell up to 8-10 times the normal size. If you get a chance, you should definitely try a blue Chimay. It's widely considered to be one of the best beers in the world, if not *the* best. The red one looked like a Liefmans Kriek. It's a sour cherry beer, but somewhat sweet.

Bravo et merci pour l'intérêt que vous portez aux bières Belge!

I would watch your home brewery vid Charlie..Greetings from Belgium!

Maybe it is interesting to know that a typical youngster in Belgium round the age of 15/16 can casually drink 7/8 beers at a party.

foie gras is a pastry made from goose liver. And Orval is a beer (trademark).

fun fact: every single beer in Belgium has its OWN glass you are supposed to drink from.

The very nice red coloured beer is likley a Kriek or Framboise beer, Cherry or Raspberry beer. They have this nice red colour, almost like ATF. These beers are very special and absolutely delicious, with a mild soft sweet taste and are usually served in a narrow tall glass, somewhat similar to a champagne glass as these "fruit" beers usually are the preferred flavours for the ladies and then a slender, sexier glass is preferred... But hey, I do like these fruit beers as well and there are a huge number of other variaties of fruit-based beers, all with a lovely flavour!! Jake

As a Flemish person, I agree, there is no difference in beer culture between north and south. A good Belgian (who loves beer) always drinks the local beers while traveling in Belgium. I think both regions have a wonderful variety of different types of beer. PS: when you import or buy Belgian beers, try to get the correct glass as well :-)

Foie gras (same word in english, obviously) is indeed goose liver. It s cooked and looks more like a paté with a very specific taste.

Talking about minor differences here, Trappist is a beer based on the monk recipes, still being brewed inside of the monastery/abbey walls. Not necesserily brewed by the monks themselves anymore. Abbey beer on the other hand is beer made off of those same old abbey recipes, but they are mostly brewed by big coorporations these days. Leffe is a good example of an abbey beer. Westvleeteren is a trappist, brewed by the monks still, but they let their recipe become known at some point. the Abbey beer "Sint-Bernardus- abt 12" is actually the westvleeteren recipe with minor tweaks ;)

Hi Charlie, if you like beer, Belgium is for sure the place to be and live if you could do so, but we also have may other good things to offer too like chocolate, cheese, good food and good living standards as well.

Fois Gras is actually Goose liver made with herbs in a paste

there are restrictions regarding ingredients. In Belgium, you must have a certain % of barley malt or it can't be called beer.... No cheap corn malt in our beers non non non. Kriek is an example of wild fermentation which is why it's exclusively brewed near Brussel's canal. No "gueuze" brewed elsewhere are allowed to use the name. 07:31 it''s foie gras ^^" duck liver here as pate...Though I think the dishes he's showing aren't those he describes ^^" 15:35 from what I can see that must be a Kriek or at least a cherry or raspberry gueuze. Gueuzes are sweet fruit beers (the Pecheresse is peach flavored, the Rosée d'Hoegarden is raspberry, the Kriek is cherry, etc.)