The world’s best beers

No other country has more breweries per capita than Belgium. Belgian beers are famous all over the world, and rightly so. The beers are fantastic, and the variety is almost unbelievable. Belgian beers are best known for their dark abbey beers (doubles and triples), cherry beers, and white wheat beers. Furthermore, Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewery, is headquartered in Leuven; this is the brewery that first brewed Stella Artois and later took over major beer brands such as Budweiser and Corona.

Unlike German beer, Belgium's has no restrictions on the ingredients that can be used. German beer, for example, can only contain water, hops, and malt; nothing else can be added. There are no such restrictions in Belgium; you can include whatever you want! With such lax beer regulations in Belgium, you get a wide range of options and flavors. You'll find your standard I.P.A., stouts, and lagers in Belgium, but you'll also find everything from sour beers to cherry beers — you name it, they have it! Another distinguishing feature of Belgian beer is its higher alcohol content. For the most part, the lowest you'll find is around 6%, with no upper limit.