Brian Nelson, the head brewer at a craft brewery in the US wine-growing state of Virginia, said he ages his beer in old wine barrels to give it extra flavor. Beer has been aged in wooden barrels for hundreds of years in one Belgian region famous for sour beer, whose main city is Bruges. Which region is that?

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West Flanders. In Virginia's wine country, Hardywood Park Craft Brewery makes barrel-aged beers, aging them in wine barrels to draw out extra flavors and aromas. Barrel-aged beer, meaning beer aged in wooden barrels, is a tradition long associated with West Flanders in Belgium.