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Beer in Belgium dates back to the age of the first crusades in the 1100s, long before Belgium became an independent country. Under Catholic church permission, local French and Flemish abbeys brewed and distributed beer as a fund raising method. The relatively low-alcohol beer of that time was preferred as a sanitary option to available drinking water. What are now traditional, artisanal brewing me

thods evolved, under abbey supervision, during the next seven centuries. The Trappist monasteries that now brew beer in Belgium were occupied in the late 18th century primarily by monks fleeing the French Revolution. However, the first Trappist brewery in Belgium (Westmalle) did not start operation until 10 December 1836, almost 50 years after the Revolution. The first recorded sale of beer (a brown beer) was on 1 June 1861.[6]
In the 16th and 17th century, a beer termed crabbelaer was the most popular beer in Ghent;[7] at the peak of its popularity, more than 50 different breweries produced more than 6 milion liters a year. Other kinds of beer brewed in Ghent were klein bier, dubbel bier, clauwaert, dubbele clauwaert and dusselaer.[8]

Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_Belgium

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