Category Archives: Abt/Quadrupel
#230 – Het Kapittel Tripel Abt
Size: 750 ml ABV: 10 % It would be extremely rude to spend a night in the Kulminator bar and not pay more than just fleeting attention to this most impressive of booze joints. As fate would have it I’ve … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abt/Quadrupel, Van Eecke
Tagged as Abt, Antwerp, Bodega, Chimay, Dirk van Dyck, Het Kapittel, Kulminator, Leen Boudewijn
#194 – Grimbergen Optimo Bruno
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10% This was the first beer I had tried from the Grimbergen range, outside of the supermarket popular Blonde (#8) and Dubbel (#9), and from all the hype around this I expected to be impressed – … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Alken-Maes, Brewers, Phoenix
Tagged as Alken-Maes, beer, Belgian, Best Brown, blonde, Bruno, Chimay, Dubbel, Easter, Grimbergen, Maredsous, Optimo, Rochefort, St. Bernardus, T'Smisje, Trappistes, Westvleteren
#154 – La Trappe Quadrupel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % It was a fleeting visit to Bruges this weekend, and the drive back on the Sunday afternoon was made particularly difficult due to the debilitating hangover which surfaced as I did. As I grimacingly … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, de Koningshoeven, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abt, ABV, beer, Beer Advocate, Belgian, Bruges, Chimay, Dubbel, hangover, Koningshoeven, Quadrupel, ratebeer, Red, St. Bernardus, Staminee de Garre, Tilburg, Trappist, Tripel, Westvleteren
#101 – Urthel Samaranth
Size: 330 ml ABV: 11.5 % Two very special people are behind the range of Urthel beers – Hildegard and Bas van Ostaden. Hildegard is the brewmaster and Bas manages the affairs and illustrates the beers, including the impressive website. … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abt/Quadrupel, Brewers, de Koningshoeven
Tagged as Bas, beer, Belgian, brandy, brewery, Bush Ambree, de Koningshoeven, de Leyerth, Erthel, gnomes, Hildegard, Leuven, Ley, Netherlands, Quadrium, Rooverth, Ruiselede, Samaranth, St. Bernardus, Urthel, Van Ostaden, Van Steenberge, wedding
#66 – Westvleteren 12
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.2 % My last beer in Belgium on this trip was always going to be a bit special. In 2005 there was something of a media frenzy whipped up when the Westvleteren 12 was again voted … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren
Tagged as 10, 8, Abbey, beer, blonde, cafeteria, Chimay, In de Vrede, Poperinge, Rate Beer, Rochefort, St Sixtus, Trappist, Westvleteren
#46 – St. Bernardus Abt 12
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.5 % St. Bernardus has a slightly different history to many others of the Trappist/Abbey ilk. For all intents and purposes you may pick up a bottle and consider this a Trappist beer, and if you … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, St. Bernardus
Tagged as Abbey Beer, ale, beer, Belgian, Catsberg, Deconinck, Evarist, monastery, Refuge, St Bernard, St Sixtus, Trappist, Watou, Westvleteren
#13 – Trappistes Rochefort 10
Size: 330 ml ABV: 11.3 % The story of the Trappistes Rochefort Beers starts on very much the same vein as that of the Grimbergen beers (#8, #9). Abbey makes beer – Abbey gets destroyed by plunderers – Abbey reforms … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Rochefort, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Belgian beer, Observance, Saint-Remy, Trappist, Trappistes Rochefort
