Category Archives: Du Bocq
#210 – Triple Moine
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.3 % When is a new beer not a new beer? The answer to this question became obvious on my brewery tour of Du Bocq. Following a mystifying non-English speaking jaunt around the premises I was … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Tripel, Du Bocq
Tagged as Belgian beer, brewery tour, Deugniet, Du Bocq, label beers, monk, Triple Moine
#136 – Cuvee li Crochon Brune
Size: 250 ml ABV: 8.7 % This beer took me back in time, to reclining by the sumptuous Lake D’Iseo in northern Italy and polishing off the rather uninspiring Cuvee li Crochon Blonde (#58). It was time to offer one … Continue reading →
#74 – Agrumbocq
Size: 250 ml ABV: 3.1 % DuBocq announced their newest beer with the following – “After the Applebocq and the Redbocq, the Brasserie du Bocq is pleased to announce the birth of the Agrumbocq”. I wonder if the Director of … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Du Bocq, Fruit Beer
Tagged as Agrumbocq, Air Bud, Applebocq, Blanche de Namur, Du Bocq, fields, grapefruit, lime, mandarin, Per Agrum Ad Sacrum, Redbocq, Schweppes, soccer, soil, sport, Tim Webb
#64 – Deugniet
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Deugniet tends to have three English translations. Originally this would mean a good-for-nothing, usually it would mean a rascal or a scamp, and occasionally it might mean a knave or a jester. If … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Tripel, Du Bocq
Tagged as Belgian beer, brewery tour, Deugniet, Du Bocq, jester, knave, St. Feuillien
#63 – La Gauloise Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.1 % My second beer in the Purnode campsite was another local brew from just across the way – La Gauloise Brune. This is a beer that celebrates the many Gallo-Roman sites in the locality, and … Continue reading →
#58 – Cuvee li Crochon Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6.8 % My final blonde of the night was Cuvee li Crochon Blonde – a little beer with a funky label, and another one from Couvin. The website which gives some information on the … Continue reading →
#35 – Corsendonk Pater
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I have already been impressed with the Corsendonk Agnus Tripel (#4), and now it was time for the dark Pater. We already know from the earlier drink about the history of the Priory in … Continue reading →
#4 – Corsendonk Agnus Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Corsendonk is the name of a priory in Oud-Turnhout which was established way back in 1398, and which had a rich history of brewing beer. It was eventually shut in 1784 as was the … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Du Bocq
Tagged as Abbey, Belgian beer, Corsendonk, Du Bocq, Keersmaeker, Oud-Turnhout, Priory, Tripel
