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Hoegaarden Wit Bier

Belgium

Often known as the country of beer, Belgium offers to beer lovers an impressive variety of products. At least 700 beers can be found.
In spite of the variety of local beers, belgian people are quite sober. Indeed they drink "only" 93l per inhabitant and per year (that is 5 to 6 33cl bottles per week).
Belgium is famous because of its top fermented beers and also its spontaneous fermented beers brewed only in the area around Brussels.

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Antwerp province

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Trademark:: Hoegaarden
Kind:: White
Alcohol content:: 4.9%

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White beer

These are top fermented and non filtered beers that contain non malted wheat. These specificities give them their slightly turbid and milky aspect .
Nowadays, they usually contain spices such as orange barks, coriander or pepper.
Very refreshing and thirst-quenching, they will be very appreciated during a warm afternoon.

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Top fermentation

Fermented at a temperature between 59°F and 79°F, top fermented beers are famous because of their more complex flavours. Moreover, they often have a higher alcohol content (depending on the malt quantity) than bottom fermented ones.
This fermentation type was originally the most spread one, but since this time bottom fermented beers have flooded the market. Mainly brewed by artisanal breweries, top fermented beers are the ones prefered by beer lovers.

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Not refermented in the bottle

After main fermentation, these beers are bottled and ready to be drunk. This way, absence of refermentation allows a shorter brewing process.

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Single malting

Beer brewed with an usual quantity of malt. As malt provides sugar for the fermentation, single malted beers usually have a medium or low alcohol content.

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