Category Archives: Van Steenberge
#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
#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
#213 – Gulden Draak Vintage
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Although I had previously recounted a version of the legend of the Golden Dragon in my review of Gulden Draak (#145), there is an even more fanciful alternative in a book by Bertha Palmer … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer, Dragon, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Achouffe, Bertha Palmer Lane, Brugse Zot, Christmas, Emperor Maximilian, Ghent, Golden Dragon, Gulden Draak, Van Steenberge, vintage
#174 – du Boucanier Dark Ale
Size: 330 ml ABV : 9 % I had already tried the du Boucanier Red Ale (#27), which dealt with the origins of buccaneering. I won’t go into that again, however it would be good to explore the links between … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Atlantic, beer, Belgian, Boots, Boucanier, Brotherhood, Buccaneer, Caribbean, Dark Ale, Grimbergen, Pirate, plunder, Van Steenberge
#153 – Tripel de Garre
Size: on cask ABV: 11.5 % We started our Saturday evening on the tiles in a highly recommended bar, wedged into a tiny alley, just a stones throw from the main square in Bruges. The Staminee de Garre in fact … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Tripel, Van Steenberge
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Bruges, Brugse Zot, celery salt, cheese, de Garre, goblet, Staminee, Tripel, Van Steenberge
#145 – Gulden Draak
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.5 % If you visit Ghent you will almost certainly have to look up at some point at the majestic Belfry in the main square. You shouldn’t need a telescopic lens on your camera to spot … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belgian Strong Ale, Dragon, Van Steenberge
Tagged as beer, belfry, Belgian, Beverhoutsveld, Biervliet, Bruges, Brugse Zot, Constantinople, Crusades, Draak, dragon, Ghent, Gulden, Hagia Sofia, Kastaar, Sigrid Magnusson, St Donaas, Van Steenberge, vintage
#132 – Yersekes Mosselbier
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.2 % I first saw this beer right at the beginning of my pilgrimage sitting on a deserted dusty shelf in the great beer warehouse that is Beers of Europe. A beer made with mussels, now … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Mussel, Pale Lager, Seagull, Van Steenberge
Tagged as beer, Belgian, chips, Dinant, frites, mariniere, Mosselbier, Moules, mussels, Oosterschelde, Van Steenberge, Yeserkes
#88 – Zwijntje
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % Everything I need to discuss about Zwijntje is covered on the label. There is a piglet holding a coat of arms, while sitting on a mound of flowers in front of an old windmill. … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Strong Ale, Pig, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Augustijn, beer, Belgian, Ghent, Pig, Piraat, swine, Van Steenberge, windmill, Zwijnaarde, Zwijntje
#57 – Hopduvel Blondine
Size: 250 ml ABV: 9 % While we are on the subject of blondes, it seems almost the perfect time to introduce the ‘blond/e beer’. When you have a beer called Blondine and a label with a beautiful blonde on … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Abdij, beer, Belgian, bleach, blond, Blondine, brunette, craft, Duvel, Golden Ale, Hopduvel, hoppy, Piraat, red wine, St. Feuillien, Tripel, van Roosenberg, Van Steenberge, white wine
#27 – du Boucanier Red Ale
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % Only 27 beers into the journey and another sea-faring beer already. Buccaneers are often mistaken for pirates, but there is a subtle difference – in that buccaneers were generally located in the Caribbean during … Continue reading →
#15 – Piraat 9
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Feast your eyes on any shelf in a decent Belgian Beer store, and you will find a number of beers dedicated to life at sea. Van Steenberge brew Piraat which of course is Flemish … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as beer, blond, energy, gallon, morale, Piraat, Pirate, sea, Somalia, Van Steenberge
#11 – Abdij van Roosenberg Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.2 % The Abdij van Roosenberg, or as it is most commonly known – the Abbey of Waasmunster is a strikingly post-modern complex which sits in the East Flanders countryside just a stones throw from … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Abbey, Belgian beer, Monte, Roosenberg, Thuysaert, Van Steenberge, Waasmunster
