Saturday, November 19, 2011

There's a good chance that beer was brewed up in Belgium


Have we already mentioned that studying abroad is a GREAT experience?! Well, thanks to NDSU's Center for Global Initiatives we were able to travel and experience some pretty great things, and you too could take a life changing trip! Not only did we have some pretty amazing city tours, but we were able to tour some breweries as well.  

Dublin, Ireland
  


Anybody ever heard of Guinness? How bout Anheuser Busch InBev? (Come on people I know you have!) As a part of our cultural touring we were given the opportunity to visit these factories and learn a thing or two about brewing beer, AND even learned how to draught the perfect Stella Artois from a Stella brewer himself. 





Leuven, Belgium
Anheuser Busch InBev (AB Inbev for short) is the largest global brewer brewing many brands we see everywhere here in the US:
  • Budweiser
  • Stella Artois
  • Leffe
  • Bud Light
  • Michelob
  • Jupiler

       Do some of these sound familiar?! 



We visited both the largest (AB InBev) and one of the most well known (Guinness) breweries in the world while on our trip. It's pretty cool now to see the products each of these factories export to us here in the US and say hey, I saw the place where this was created! A long long ways away!  

& thanks to CGI, we were able to see the process through from start to finish- let me tell you there's a lot of thinkin' that goes into that brew you're drinkin! 
[Guinness Factory]
 
[Bottles, Cans, & Kegs in Leuven AB InBev]


Don't forget to check out the Center for Global Initiatives blog here!

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-Katie

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