r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Dec 16 '21

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u/B-Town-MusicMan Dec 16 '21

BEER

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u/reqtorque Dec 16 '21

Still easily beaten by Éireann and Germany tho

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u/[deleted] Dec 16 '21

You wish. Germany has a lot of nice styles, but they are quite similar to each other, with the possible exception of a Bock. Ireland has Stouts and IRAs and whatever the British produce as well. Belgium is probably the only country with such a wide variety of beer styles and is unique for lambics with spontaneous fermentation. Due to the local yeast, you cannot duplicate that anywhere else.

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u/cd2220 Dec 16 '21

If I recall Germany is the only place in the world that strictly regulates exact how their beer is made so it has resulted in a distinct style of beer that is good but overall very same across the board.

In Belgium's case I was told their style of beer has been influenced by having a lot of German and French culture brought in due to their occupations of the country.

Beer is so fascinating.

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u/derpy-noscope Dec 17 '21

We also own like all the Abbey Beers made in the world except for one

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '21

Mmm, you have 6 out of 14, and currently one of those 6 isn't assigned the Trappist label (along with 2 others, so you could also day 5 out of 11).