# The best Belgian beers

Belgium's most celebrated beers, from the Trappist monasteries to lambic blenders, chosen by how they rank on RateBeer/Untappd and in beer guides. Belgian beer culture is on UNESCO's heritage list since 2016.

- 78 votes · 17 items
- Jun 30, 2025 · kevinphoenix
- https://even.best/en/l/23/the-best-belgian-beers

## Top 15

1. **Westvleteren 12** (13 · ▲13 ▼0) — Dark quadrupel brewed by the monks of Sint-Sixtus Abbey, long rated the best beer in the world on RateBeer; sold almost only at the abbey.
2. **Orval** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Dry-hopped Trappist pale ale with Brettanomyces, from the Abbey of Notre-Dame d'Orval; changes as it ages.
3. **Westmalle Tripel** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The Trappist tripel that defined the style in 1934: golden, fruity, bittersweet and dry.
4. **St. Bernardus Abt 12** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Abbey quadrupel from Watou, originally brewed under licence from Westvleteren.
5. **Rochefort 10** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Strong dark Trappist (11.3%) from the Abbey of Saint-Rémy, with notes of dried fruit and chocolate.
6. **Duvel** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — Strong golden ale (8.5%) from Duvel Moortgat; its name means 'devil'.
7. **Tripel Karmeliet** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Tripel brewed with wheat, oats and barley by Bosteels, based on a 1679 Carmelite recipe.
8. **Rodenbach Grand Cru** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Flemish red-brown ale aged in oak foeders in Roeselare, sour and fruity.
9. **Westvleteren 8** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — The 8% dubbel sister of Westvleteren 12, rich and malty.
10. **Saison Dupont** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — The benchmark farmhouse saison from Tourpes, dry and peppery.
11. **Cantillon Gueuze** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Traditional spontaneously fermented gueuze from Brussels' last working lambic brewery (1900).
12. **Hoegaarden** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — The Belgian witbier revived by Pierre Celis in 1966, with orange peel and coriander.
13. **Chimay Blue (Grande Réserve)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Dark Trappist from Scourmont Abbey, the best known Chimay, ages well in the bottle.
14. **La Chouffe** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Blond ale with coriander from the Ardennes, famous for its gnome.
15. **Kwak** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Amber ale served in its famous stirrup glass with a wooden stand.
16. **3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Blended lambic from Beersel, one of the reference oude geuzes.
17. **Gouden Carolus Classic** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Dark ale from Het Anker in Mechelen, named after the gold coins of Charles V.

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