Category Archives: Brewers
#248 – Achel Blond 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % It wasn’t that long ago that I had first tried the Achel Bruin (#200), and up next was the highly rated Blond. The previous tale I spun was around the history of the brewery, … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Achel, Belgian Strong Ale, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Belgian beer, Jan Diederik van Tuyll, Rochefort, Westmalle
#247 – Tongerlo Christmas
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % I have slowly been working my way through the Tongerlo collection; a fact made more noticeable by the recent re-marketing of the beers and adaptation of styles. I first tried the very average Tripel … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Christmas Beer, Haacht
Tagged as Belgian beer, Giselbert Castelre, Leffe, Norbertine
#246 – Mystic Limoen
Size: 250 ml ABV: 3.8 % I often feel small pangs of guilt when having to write the odd bad thing about a beer; I mean at the end of the day it’s just my opinion right? There is however, … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Fruit Beer, Haacht
Tagged as Acesulfame, aspartame, Belgian beer, FDA, Sunett, Sweet-One
#245 – Chapeau Gueuze
Size: 375 ml ABV: 5.5 % The Chapeau is the fifth gueuze of my journey thus far. I had started with the fairly unimpressive Timmermans (#12), and Belle-Vue (#62), and had then moved onto the much more respected Boon (#89) … Continue reading →
#244 – Dulle Griet
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % I first came across the Dulle Griet when drinking the Kastaar (#96), a review retelling the story of the Biervliet festivities which have regularly culminated in acts of mass kleptomania. One of the items … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Dubbel, Schelde
Tagged as Belgian beer, Brueghel, Elder, Kastaar, Mad Meg
#243 – Den Drupneuze
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % The Den Drupneuze beer is the first offering on my journey from the brewery Tseut. It is their Christmas brew and the label festively depicts the friendly pig who typically adorns each of their … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer, Pig, Tseut
Tagged as Belgian beer
#242 – St Idesbald Blond
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % One of the highlights of drinking a thousand Belgian beers is the opportunity to tell a good story. I’ve already come across a number of Saints on my venerable journey thus far and I’m … Continue reading →
#241 – Zatte Bie
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Another offering from the de Bie brewery. I hadn’t had the greatest of experiences up to now from this small brewery (notably #112, #113, and #156) but I had heard good things about the … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Bee, Belgian Strong Ale, De Bie
#240 – Crack Pils
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5 % If there was ever a more appropriately named Belgian beer to take to an illegal rave than Crack Pils, then it hasn’t been brewed yet. I saw this tacky little lager sitting all alone … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Leroy, Pilsener
Tagged as belgian beers, cocaine, crack, drugs, SAS Export, Suma Pils, West Pils
#239 – Old Buccaneer Reserve
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % The fact that here again is another pirate-themed beer seems to back up the fact that these sea-faring plunderers are synonymous with beer and booze. From the annals of buccaneers in the Caribbean to … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Tripel, Brewers, Parrot, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Bornem Tripel, Edward Vernon, Grog
#238 – Bosprotter
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % Some time ago I asked Jef Goetelen, the brewmaster and owner of t’Hofbrouwerijke if he could explain the story behind the names of some of his beers. It is often a quandary to monolinguistic … Continue reading →
#237 – du Boucanier Christmas
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9.5% When you drink 9.5% beers it tends to have an effect on your mental faculties. Of course the range of dysfunction will tend to depend on the number of 9.5% beers consumed however it certainly … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer, Van Steenberge
Tagged as belgian beers, Boucanier, Christmas, Icobes, Piraat
#236 – Witkap Pater Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % It’s difficult to drink beer in Belgium and not be touched by the hand of God somewhere along the way. I have lost track over the past couple of hundred brews how many times … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Dubbel, Slagmuylder
Tagged as belgian beers, Benedictine, Carmelite, Carthusian, Cistercian, Contemplative, Dominican, Franciscan, Trappist
#235 – Avec les Bons Voeux
Size: 750 ml ABV: 9.5% There are numerous reasons why brewers make Christmas beers which I touched upon when I celebrated the Bush de Noel (#83), and one of those key reasons was by way of a thank you present … Continue reading →
Tagged as Avec les Bons Voeux, Belgian beer, Dupont, Sylva Rosier
#234 – Ondineke Oilsjtersen Tripel
Size: 750 ml ABV: 8.5 % The Ondineke Oilsjtersen Tripel, is the official beer of the town of Aalst. De Glazen Toren are the brewery who make this interesting beer, and are based in the hamlet of Erpe Mere which … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Tripel, Glazen Toren
Tagged as Aalst, Belgian beer, De Kapellekensbaan, Glazen Toren, Louis Paul Boon, Ondineke
#233 – Malheur 6
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % The de Landtsheer brewery is yet another family business that has transcended the ages of Belgian history. The current President, Manu de Landtsheer is the latest in a long line of ancestors who have … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, de Landtsheer
Tagged as Bassrode, Buggenhout, de Halve Maan, de Landtsheer, Malheur
#232 – Hougaerdse Das
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.1 % I would imagine there aren’t many beer fans out there who haven’t at least once tasted the beer Hoegaarden (#81). As previously explained this beer hails from the small Belgian village of the same … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Belgian Ale, Hoegaarden (InBev), Lion
Tagged as de Kluis, Hoegaarden, Hougaerdse Das, Loriers, Pierre Celis, Tomsin
#231 – Authentique Blonde de Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Part of the fun of trying at least a thousand different beers is that it forces you to deviate from the popular and the mainstream. Sometimes you really wonder why you bother but then … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Authentique, Belgian Strong Ale
Tagged as Authentique, Blonde de Noel, Frederick Baert
#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
#229 – Tripel Karmeliet
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.4 % I am surprised as anyone that it has taken this long to try this beer. After the Dulle Teve (#228) and some wonderful aged Chimay Blue (#45) from the depths of the Kulminator cellar … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Tripel, Bosteels
Tagged as Belgian beer, Carmelite, Dendermonde, Kulminator, Mount Carmel, Tripel Karmeliet
