Explainers
Welcome to Explainers. Learn more about the traditions, terminology and curious details of Belgian beer and glass culture — helping make some sense of what you find elsewhere in the Museum.
- Belgian Beer Journeys: Westhoek — Coast and Madcap Brewers
- Whose Brewery Is It Anyway?
- Why Do So Many Belgian Abbey Breweries Also Make Cheese?
- Which Belgian beers have EU protection — and why?
- What Makes Belgian Beer Culture Different?
- What Happens to a Beer When Its Brewery Closes?
- Why Do Breweries Reuse Old Beer Names?
- Belgium Makes Lager Too
- What is Lambic?
- What Makes a Beer Trappist?
- Why is the bottom of your pilsner glass ribbed?
- Those Designs in the Bottom of Your Beer Glass
- The Trouble with Putting Belgian Beer in Crates
- Belgium's Three Regions
- Beer Styles
- Glass Styles
- How I became a glass collector