Hi pconfig --

To be honest, I have only had one bottle of Belgian beer. I had a single bottle of Duvel a couple of weeks ago. While I thought it tasted pretty good, it was higher in alcohol than I would prefer. The state of North Carolina within the past couple of months changed the laws on alcohol content allowed in beers. The maximum allowed was only 5% alcohol by volume (I could never figure that one out -- there was no such limit on wines, and of course distilled whiskeys, vodkas and all had no limit as well). Because of this and the fact that most of your beers are higher than 5%, we are only now beginning to see Belgian beers and then only in a very few specialty shops. The bottle I tried came from a shop that specializes in wines. I hope to try others, but I expect that it will be difficult to find them. We do not have anything like standard liquor stores where you can buy beers, wines, and distilled products. All distilled products are sold only in state run shops called "ABC Stores" (from Alcohol Beverage Commission). Beers and wines are available in our grocery stores, but there usually isn't that great a selection of beers available -- perhaps a few German brands and some from what we call micro-breweries. I have not seen any from Belgium where I shop yet. Perhaps you can understand hearing that why I have taken to brewing my own beers.

Having spent quite a while in Brussels and Leuven, I would agree that it is amongst the best in the world - I am not sure that it is the best as it really depends on what you clasify as a beer!

I would like to extend my welcome to Nigel Christian as well. I hope that you have a great time here at WCG and with MOT.

Celis Brewery made Belgian beer for a few years in Austin, but closed in 2000. It has been revived in Michigan and is winning awards:

http://celis.com/celis.asp

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