Tag Archives: Abbey
#224 – Affligem Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.8 % Affligem Dubbel is what I like to call a proper Abbey beer. There are some breweries which might use the name of a defunct Abbey to help sell their beers, such as the St. … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, de Smedt
Tagged as Abbey, Affligem, Belgian beer, Brabant, de Smedt, Floreffe, St Benedict
#212 – Grimbergen Goud / Doree
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Yep. Who would believe it? Another bloody Grimbergen. This time it’s the turn of the Grimbergen Goud or Doree, depending on your linguistic preference. If you still need a translation then you can call … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Alken-Maes, Phoenix
Tagged as AB/InBev, Abbey, Aldershot Town, Ardec Nec Consumitur, Belgian beer, Goud/Doree, Grimbergen, Phoenix
#205 – Grimbergen Cuvee de l’Ermitage
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Another beer from the surprisingly extensive Grimbergen range, and following the recent review of the Optimo Bruno (#194), here follows another with a bold claim of greatness. One would fully expect that with the … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Alken-Maes, Belgian Strong Ale, Phoenix
Tagged as Abbey, Alken-Maes, Armagnac, beer, Belgian, blonde, Brasserie, Brune, Bruno, Christmas, Cuvee, de l'Ermitage, Grimbergen, Hermitage, Optimo, Trappist, Union
#202 – La Trappe Blond
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % When I tried the La Trappe Dubbel (#159) I introduced the history of the Trappist Abbey of Koningshoeven across the border in the Netherlands. I promised then that I would continue the story, and … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Ale, de Koningshoeven
Tagged as Abbey, Abbot, blond, blonde, bock, copper, Dortmunder, Koningshoeven, La Trappe, Netherlands, Nivardus, Pilsener, Schweykart, Trappist, World War I, World War II
#200 – Achel Bruin 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % It has taken me 200 beers to finally try a beer from all seven official Trappist breweries. The final piece in this monastic jigsaw turned out to be also the smallest of the lot … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Achel, Belgian Strong Ale, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey, Achel, Auberge, beer, Belgian, Bruin, Chimay, copper, Limburg, Patersvaatje, Rochefort, St Benedict, Trappist, Westmalle, World War I
#198 – Westvleteren 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % This is currently the final beer on my Westvleteren journey (unless I’m fortunate enough to end up with a bottle of the long retired Westvleteren 6) and having already rambled about the phenomenon which … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Strong Ale, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren
Tagged as 8, Abbey, beer, Belgian, Catsberg, Cella Beborna, Chimay, Emperor, hermit, Jan-Baptist, Joseph II, monastery, nunnery, Poperinge, Scourmount, St Sixtus, Trappist, Victoor, Westvleteren, White, World War I
#167 – La Montagnarde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % You might expect a beer that is named after a mountaineer to be based somewhere alpine, but as we have already elicited from the Abbaye des Rocs Brune (#67), the area around the village … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbaye des Rocs, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale
Tagged as Abbaye des Rocs, Abbey, Audregnies, Battle of Mons, beer, Belgian, Boskeun, Brune, caramel, Countess, Edith Cavell, Germans, Great War, High Lands, Jeanne de Belleville, Montagnarde, Montignies-sur-Rocs, mountaineer, Natalie Eloir, National Park, Sieberg, toffee, treason, World War I
#165 – Chimay White
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % This is my fourth and final Chimay (Red #7, Doree #49, Blue #45). Unless the monks decide to suddenly launch a new brew then I need to sum up succinctly and clearly all there … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Tripel, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey, Baileux, beer, Belgian, Blue, champagne, Chimay, Cinq Cents, Cistercian, Pius IX, Pope, Red, Scourmont, Sixtus, Theodore, Trappist, Westvleteren, White
#160 – La Trappe Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % It has been mentioned before very early into the Odyssey that there are only seven Trappist breweries in the whole of the world (#7). Six of these are in Belgium, and the other one … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Dubbel, de Koningshoeven, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey, Abbot, beer, Belgian, Berkel, du Mont, Dubbel, Enschot, farm, Friar, Het Kapittel, King, Koningshoeven, La Trappe, Netherlands, Nivardus, Pater, Quadrupel, Romaldus, Royal, Saint Marie, Schweykart, Sebastianus, Tilburg, Willem II, Wyart
#139 – Moinette Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % There could be a handful of reasons why Dupont chose to name their popular beer Moinette Blonde. I’m happy to run through a number of hypotheses and let you play detective (#75). 1. Well … Continue reading →
#137 – Tongerlo Dubbel Bruin
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6 % This is the second dabbling I have had with the beers of Tongerlo, my first stop being the Tongerlo Tripel Blonde (#30) which gave me a chance to introduce the Abbey which so elegantly … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Haacht
Tagged as Abbey, Augustine, beer, Belgian, blond, Bruin, Canon Regular, Cistercian, Dubbel, Grimbergen, monk, Norbertine, Premontre, St Norbert, Tongerlo, Trappist, Tripel, Xanten
#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 →
#135 – Hapkin
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % Hapkin may now be brewed by giant Alken-Maes, but it hasn’t always been this way. The Brouwerij Louwaege was formed in 1877 and lasted five generations until its premature closure in 2002. The 7500 … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Alken-Maes, Belgian Strong Ale
Tagged as Abbey, Alken Maes, axe, Baldwin, beer, Belgian, Boudewijn, Count, Flanders, Hapkin, Kortemark, Lord, Louwaege, Robin Hood, Ter Duinen Cistercienzerplaters
#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
#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
#111 – Maredsous 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % A fair way back on my Odyssey I got to try the Maredsous Tripel 10 (#44), and touched a little upon the history of the wonderful Abbey hidden away in the Namur countryside. I … Continue reading →
#107 – Trappistes Rochefort 6
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Sadly the Trappistes Rochefort with the red cap is the last of the famous triumvirate to pass my eager lips. Just over a hundred beers in and I need to conclude my notes on … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Rochefort, Trappist Beer
Tagged as 10, 6, 8, Abbey, beer, Belgian, degrees Plato, density, gravity, hydrometer, original, Relais, Rochefort, scale, specific, St Remy, Trappistes
#106 – St. Bernardus Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % I was able to begin the account of the wonderful St. Bernardus brewery after drinking the awesome St. Bernardus Abt (#46), but there’s certainly a bit more to the story worth reading about. The … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, St. Bernardus
Tagged as Abbey, Abbot, beer, Belgian, monk, Saint, St Sixtus, St. Bernardus, Trappist, Tripel, Westvleteren
#103 – Steenbrugge Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % Having already told the story of St. Arnoldus and his waffle-stick (#26), its time to talk about another thing Steenbrugge beers are associated with – gruit, and the best way to do that is … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Brewers, Palm
Tagged as Abbey, beer, Belgian, Brugge, church, Gruit, Grut, herbs, hops, India Pale Ale, Reformation, Roman Catholic, spices, St Arnoldus, Steenbrugge, Tripel
#94 – Witkap Pater Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I am a big fan of the gentleman who adorns the Witkap beers – after all it’s clear proof that beer-drinking hoodies have been around since medieval times ! The chap is in actual … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Brewers, Slagmuylder
Tagged as Abbey, beer, Belgian, Benedict, Cistercian, Citeaux, contemplative order, hood, monk, Pater, silence, Tripel, Westmalle, Witkap
