Curtius is a

Belgian beer Beer in Belgium includes pale ales, lambics, Flanders red ale, Flemish red ales, sour Oud bruin, brown ales, strong ales and Stout (beer), stouts. In 2018, there were 304 active breweries in Belgium, including international companies, such as A ...

brewed at the C Brewery, Microbrewery of the Principality, in

Liège Liège ( , , ; wa, Lîdje ; nl, Luik ; german: Lüttich ) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from b ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

. Its logo is the letter C between two braces.

Characteristics

It is a

lager Lager () is beer which has been brewed and conditioned at low temperature. Lagers can be pale, amber, or dark. Pale lager is the most widely consumed and commercially available style of beer. The term "lager" comes from the German for "storage" ...

with an alcohol content of 7% brewed from high-quality ingredients, with a light and refreshing taste. The brew contains the malt of both barley and wheat. Its body is refreshingly light while the aromatic hop blend gives it a subtle bitter taste with flowery and fruity notes. Best served between 6 °C and 8 °C, while avoiding to pour the beer at the bottom of the bottle. It is available in bottles (37.5 cl) and kegs.

History

Renaud Pirotte and François Dethier decided to create a Liège beer during their agri-food studies. Winners of the first edition of the TV programme "Starter", produced by the Belgian channel

RTBF The ''Radio-télévision belge de la Communauté française'' (RTBF, ''Belgian Radio-television of the French Community'', branded as rtbf.be) is a public service broadcaster delivering radio and television services to the French-speaking Commu ...

, both businessmen were able to realise their project and bought an industrial space, right in the historic heart of

, in the ''impasse des Ursulines'', below the

montagne de Bueren Montagne de Bueren is a 374-step staircase in Liège, Belgium. The staircase is named after Vincent de Bueren, who defended Liège against an attack by the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Bold in the 15th century. It was built in 1881 to honour t ...

. In January 2013, they were selected as "Liège businessmen of the year 2012" (''Managers liègeois de l'année 2012'').La Curtius
''La Meuse'', 4 January 2013.

References

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