Why Belgian beers are taking the world by storm

When it comes to beer, there are few countries in the world that does it as well as Belgium. It produces some of the most highly-rated beers in the world, and the country’s beer culture was even listed as an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’ by Unesco in 2016.

So, it was a bit of a surprise to me when Fons Martens, managing director and eighth generation co-owner of Belgian brewery Brouwerij Martens Bocholt together with his brother Jan, said that about 80% of all beers currently brewed in Belgium are actually exported out of the country.