Category Archives: Christmas Beer
#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
#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
#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
#207 – Silly Enghien Noel Tripel Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % The Silly brewery acquired the Enghien range of beers in 1975, when they took over the Tennstedt Decroes family brewery in the town of Enghien. The staple beer at the time was the Speciale … Continue reading →
#193 – Saint-Martin Cuvee de Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % It had been a while since my last grapple with a St. Martin beer (#69), and I tried the Cuvee de Noel with next to no anticipation whatsoever. It was better but really only … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Brunehaut, Christmas Beer, Horse
Tagged as Amiens, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, Bishop, blonde, Brunehaut, Christianity, Cuvee, Gallinaria, heretics, Isola d'Albenga, Liguge, Lombardy, monks, Noel, Poitiers, St Martin, Tournai, Tours
#191 – Bon Secours Blonde de Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % While guzzling on the Bon Secours Brune (#28), I introduced the Bernadine nunnery that was formed in Peruwelz in 1904, and then much later while drinking the Bon Secours Blonde (#159) we got to … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Caulier, Christmas Beer, Dog
Tagged as Baudelot, beer, Belgian, blonde, Bon Secours, Brune, Christmas, dog, Father, good help, monastery, Noel, nunnery, Peruwelz, St Bernard
#188 – Gaspar
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Gaspar is one of the three Christmas beers produced by Alvinne to celebrate the Epiphany. See my review on Balthazar (#163) for the background. Whereas the previous report concentrated on the swarthy King of … Continue reading →
#163 – Balthazar
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Balthazar is one of three Christmas beers produced by the Picobrouwerij Alvinne. They are labelled as the Epiphany beers, which toast the pre-Christmas holiday of Epiphany which is popular in Belgium. Epiphany is also … Continue reading →
#155 – Abbaye des Rocs Speciale Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % The last time I attacked a beer from the Brasserie des Rocs – the Brune (#67), I was bombarded with sediment. The Christmas beer from the same stable was again no exception – it … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbaye des Rocs, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer
Tagged as Abbaye, Annes 1900, beer, Belgian, Brasserie, Brune, Christmas, des Rocs, hair of the dog, Methode Traditionelle, Noel, protein, Quadrupel, sediment, Speciale, yeast
#142 – Pere Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % The political situation in Belgium is often centred around the cultural and regional differences between French and Flemish speaking areas. No more abstract an example of the dichotomy exists perhaps than in the celebration … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Ale, Christmas Beer, De Ranke
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Christmas, De Ranke, Father Christmas, Gui, Mistletoe, Noel, Pere Noel, St Nicholas, sticks
#127 – Val Dieu Biere du Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % There was a time when I seemed to drink an endless swathe of Abbey beers, but its been a while since I was able to talk purely about an Abbey. In fact the Abbaye … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer, Val Dieu
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey, Aubel, Aulne, beer, Belgian, Bornem, Christmas, Cistercian, Duchy, Eighty Years War, French Revolution, Jean Dubois, Limburg, Louis XIV, Maastricht, monks, Val Dieu, Valley of God
#124 – Winterkoninck
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % As we have already ascertained, the Antwerp beer scene is synonymous with De Koninck (#122), although it would be most useful to find out quite how this happened with another history lesson. The De … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Ale, Christmas Beer, De Koninck
Tagged as Antwerp, beer, Belgian, Berchem, border, Brasserie, Brouwerij, Carolus, De Koninck, de Plaisante Hof, Elisabeth Cop, hand, Henricus, Johannes Verliet, Joseph, Noel, post, St. Feuillien, Winterkoninck
#123 – St. Feuillien Cuvee de Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % We already know who St. Feuillien was (#29), and that beer was brewed in the Abbaye St-Feuillien du Roeulx in his honour. Production did stop here in 1796 though when the French Revolution did … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer, St. Feuillien
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey, beer, Belgian, Brasserie, Christmas, Cuvee, Dominique, Du Bocq, French Revolution, Friart, Noel, Rochefort, Roeulx, St. Feuillien, Stephanie, Trappistes, Xmas
#83 – Bush de Noel
Size: 250 ml ABV: 12 % Bush de Noel represents the first Christmas beer on my journey. If you are going to stock up on rare winter beers for your cellar, then the winter months are the ideal time to … Continue reading →
