I recently finished reading Brew Like a Monk by Stan Heironymus, which is a book I strongly recommend if you want to brew a great Belgian-style beer. The author spoke with many experts in Belgium about their brewing practices, recipes, equipment, ingredients, and history. As a fan of Belgian beers styles, I learned a lot from the book. I'll share some of that here. The most important thing to learn is that Belgian brewers try things that brewers in other parts of the world would not. They'll experiment with grains, adjuncts, yeast, fermentation chamber geometry, and more, in a quest to make a beer they enjoy. Many breweries, in fact, create a number of beers that are popular and "pay the bills" while creating a few that are intended only to satisfy the curiosity or taste of the brewmaster. One interesting point in the book is that the Belgian brewmasters recommend that Americans not try to create a carbon copy of an existing Belgian beer, but instead...