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About beer and prices
What does a beer cost where, and what's in your glass? Articles based on the beer menus BierChecker reads.
- 29 September 2026Where is beer cheapest? 16 Dutch cities comparedWhat does a lager cost in Amsterdam, Groningen or Maastricht? We compared the beer menus of hundreds of cafés and pubs, fairly converted to 25 cl.
- 29 September 2026Small glass, regular or half litre: why we convert everything to 25 clA small glass looks cheap, a half litre expensive. But what do you really get for your money? Here's how to compare beer prices fairly.
- 29 September 2026Trappist or abbey beer: what's the difference?Westmalle and La Trappe are Trappists, Leffe and Affligem abbey beers. What does that actually mean? A short explainer.
- 29 September 2026Dubbel, tripel, quadrupel: what do the names mean?A tripel isn't three times as strong as a dubbel. Where do the names come from, and what do they taste like?
- 29 September 2026Specialty beer: where it costs the leastDuvel, La Chouffe, Tripel Karmeliet: the same beers cost very different amounts from pub to pub. The biggest price gaps in a row.
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