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And why is it Belgium?

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[โ€“] zloubida@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Indeed, but cultures help artisans to grow in competence or not. Belgian culture does, and quite a lot.

[โ€“] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

That is true, but then there are situations where it's constraints that enable artisans to push the limits, experiment. Belgium has a respectable tradition and I like Trappist beers a lot, thus I reverse-engineer them a lot, too.

Our culture limits artisans hard, selling quality beer to anyone here is economically unsound. Yet I consider it as an opportunity to fight the challenge.