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I'm staying about 200m downwind from the Stella Artois brewery--the biggest brewery in Belgium, the most beer-obsessed country in the world. It smells quite nice here. This is the beer that's marketed as "Reassuringly Expensive" in the US, although it's considered low-end and is relatively inexpensive here.

I heard from a little brewery around here that Stella is the only brewery in the country that makes its own malt.

The De Halve Mann (Half Moon) Brewery is a family run operation that produces Straffe Hendrik (Strong Henry) beer, and Brugse Zot, which won the gold medal at the World Beer Cup 2006 for Belgian and French Style Ale.

They have one room full of cans from around the world including of all things, Point from Stevens Point WI...