As you probably already know, Belgium is famous for wafels (waffles), frites (fries), and chocolade (chocolate), but it's most famous for its bier (beer). And you only have to be here a day or two to know that. I understand there are over 800 kinds of beer brewed right here in Belgium. Some of the restaurants will have several pages of their menu devoted just to the kinds of beer they serve.
Here's the really great part - every beer has its own glass. Every restaurant has special glasses with the insignia of that particular beer. These are just a few of the many we've enjoyed while here. Thanks again to Ross for some of the pics!
We decided to tour the closest brewery to us - Ter Dolen. It's in the town of Helchteren which is only about 15 minutes from Hasselt. We enjoyed the tour and the bier!
I have a new fav Irish Red called, Smithwicks (pronounced Smithicks)made in Ireland by Guiness. It is a very old recipe and seems to just be the perfect beer for me replacing my last fav, Killian's Irish Red. Not too stout, yet not to blah. They even have it from time to time in Walmart these days!
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