Belgium: Brewers to develop a new generation of beers

Many beer producers are developing a new generation of brews aimed at winning over wine connoisseurs. Dues, the most expensive of the brews, looks like champagne and costs just as much, Sunday Times reported on September 18.

The beer, brewed in the Belgian village of Buggenhout and matured in the Champagne region of France, comes in a champagne-shaped bottle. Restaurants charge $37 a pint, eight times the price of a beer pulled in a pub, the newspaper said.

"We treat it like champagne," said Antoine Bosteels, director of the Bosteels brewer that makes Deus. "It's an exclusive product for people who want to experience a new taste".