Daily Archives: July 3, 2010
#116 – Stella Artois
Size: 330 ml ABV: 5.2 % Despite Belgium’s reputation for craft beer, bottom-fermented lagers like Stella Artois still make up about 75% of Belgian beer production, although Stella Artois is only the second most popular beer – Jupiler still tops … Continue reading →
#115 – Joseph
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.4 % Straight after Sara (#114) came Joseph – a kind of younger brother beer from Silenrieux. Where Sara is unusual in that it is made from buckwheat, the Joseph is made from spelt. Spelt is … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Fish, Silenrieux, Speciality Grain
Tagged as beer, Belgian, buckwheat, Epeautre, gluten, Joseph, Sara, Silenrieux, spelt, wheat
#114 – Sara Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % I have only just drunk the Sara Brune (#110), and so quickly onto the Sara Blonde, and a rare foray into the world of farming. It would be extremely churlish to drink another buckwheat … Continue reading →
#113 – Helleketelbier
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % I had just tried my first beer from De Bie, and as another one of their beers looked remarkably past its best before date, I thought it might be wise to try another. Where … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Belgian Ale, Cat, De Bie
Tagged as bee, beer, Belgian, cauldron, De Bie, Hellekapelle, Helleketelbier, Hells Kettle, Orbie, St. Bernardus, Stef, Van Eecke, Waregem, Watou, witch
#112 – Hellekapelle
Size: 330 ml ABV: 5 % Hellekapelle translates into English as Hells Chapel, and the theme is well illustrated on the label – the design showing a witch on a broomstrick with her cat, flying over a graveyard and the … Continue reading →
#111 – Maredsous 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % A fair way back on my Odyssey I got to try the Maredsous Tripel 10 (#44), and touched a little upon the history of the wonderful Abbey hidden away in the Namur countryside. I … Continue reading →
#110 – Sara Brune
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % Silenrieux is a rare breed among breweries in Belgium, promoting a range of traditional beers that are made from the most natural of ingredients. Eric Bedoret started the brewery in 1995 while living on … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Fish, Silenrieux, Speciality Grain
Tagged as Ardennes, beer, Belgian, blonde, Brune, buckwheat, Couvin, Eric Bedoret, Joseph, Louvain, organic, Sara, Sarasin, Silenrieux, spelt
#109 – Pecheresse
Size: 250 ml ABV: 2.5 % Some people after a severe night on the tiles (of the Scrabble variety of course) take a glass of water to bed with them to cure the inevitable hangover. Belgian beer connoisseurs of course, … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Fruit, Lindemans
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Clark Gable, Fruit, Joan Crawford, Lambic, Lindemans, peach, Peche, Pecheresse, sinner
#108 – Het Kapittel Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I started to outline the Het Kapittel beers right at the beginning of this journey when I tried the Het Kapittel Pater (#2). That seems like an age ago now, but I would like … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Van Eecke
Tagged as Au Lion d'Or, beer, Belgian, brewery, Dubbel, Golden Lion, Gouden Leeuw, Het Kapittel, inn, Pater, Scrabble, Watou
