Chimay

Do you know, there are about 500 brands of beer in Belgium....? if you try one brand per day, you need more than one year to complete it.

During our GSE program, we had a chance to visit one of the famous brand beer factory in Belgium, CHIMAY.

Chimay is one of the top beer in Belgium, people in Belgium called it trappist beer, because it was made by the monks. There are only 7 trappist beer in the world, and 6 of them are in Belgium and 1 in Netherland.

We visited the factory to know how they procced the beer. The beer was made still in the monestry like the first time the monks made it after the first world war was over. And they did the botling and the packeging in the new modern factory not far from the monestry. They make 3 type of beers, the light one (8 percent of alcohol), fruit beer (7 percent of alcohol) and the strong beer (9 percent of alcohol).

They made the process so modern and hygienis. Some of them are exported to Amerika, Europe and Japan. After finished with the factory, they allowed us to taste their beer. And also with Chimay cheese. They also make a cheese. The best one.

In Belgium, people drink a beer a lot. I think they only know a beer for drinking.

But it is good also for the global warming campaign. SAVE WATER, DRINK BEER...!