Drinking Guide
Legal BAC
0.05%
Drinking Age
16+
New Drivers
Same
Brewed by monks in Trappist monasteries. Chimay, Westmalle, Westvleteren are legendary.
Spontaneously fermented beer, sour and complex. Kriek (cherry) is a popular fruit variant.
Deceptively smooth high-ABV ales like Duvel, Delirium Tremens, and La Chouffe.
Belgium has the world's richest beer culture with over 1,500 unique beers. Each beer has its own branded glass — using the wrong glass is considered a faux pas. Beer cafés stock hundreds of varieties. UNESCO recognized Belgian beer culture as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2016.
BAC 0.05-0.08%: fine €170, 3-hour driving ban. BAC 0.08-0.15%: fine €400-3,000, license suspended 1-3 months. BAC 0.15%+: fine €1,200-12,000, license suspended 3-60 months, possible imprisonment.
Every Belgian beer has its own glass — don't ask for a different one.
Trappist beers (8-12%) are dangerously smooth. Respect the alcohol content.
Visit the Delirium Café in Brussels — over 2,000 beers in the Guinness Book of Records.
Beer and wine legal at 16, spirits at 18.
Brussels has excellent night buses on weekends.
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