maandag 2 januari 2012

La cerveza belga: la mejor del mundo según The Economist

Un reportaje en la revista prestigiosa The Economist explica porqué Bélgica, a pesar de ser uno de los países más pequeños de Europa, tiene la fama de hacer la mejor cerveza del mundo.

 
 Belgian beer


How a small, unremarkable country came to dominate the world of beermaking

 
 THE Trappist Abbey of St Sixtus of Westvleteren has little to offer those wishing to gawp at ecclesiastical architecture. The 19th-century buildings—squat, brick and functional—sit on a quiet country lane amid flat farmland, close to Belgium’s border with France. Yet the vast visitors’ car park is a clue that some people nevertheless consider the abbey worth a trip. For beer lovers, St Sixtus is a place of pilgrimage.
The abbey and its most famous brew, Westvleteren 12—a dark, strong ale—have taken first or second place in an annual poll of beer enthusiasts’ favourite tipples by RateBeer.com, a widely trusted reviewing website, for the whole decade that the survey has been running. Yet exactly how the American drinkers who predominate on the site get to knock back a Westvleteren 12 is something of a mystery.

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