Tag Archives: blonde
#211 – La Binchoise Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.2 % La Binchoise Blonde is another beer which is dominated by the Gilles on the label. For more information on these strange characters then please feel free to divert your attention to the La Binchoise … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, La Binchoise
Tagged as Andre Graux, Belgian National Guard, blonde, Fakir, Francoise Jauson, Gilles, La Binchoise, La Molognarde, label beers, Reserve Marie de Hongrie
#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 →
#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
#194 – Grimbergen Optimo Bruno
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10% This was the first beer I had tried from the Grimbergen range, outside of the supermarket popular Blonde (#8) and Dubbel (#9), and from all the hype around this I expected to be impressed – … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Alken-Maes, Brewers, Phoenix
Tagged as Alken-Maes, beer, Belgian, Best Brown, blonde, Bruno, Chimay, Dubbel, Easter, Grimbergen, Maredsous, Optimo, Rochefort, St. Bernardus, T'Smisje, Trappistes, Westvleteren
#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
#164 – Bush Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 10.5 % The Bush Blonde is a relatively new creation, being only first brewed in 1998 on the 65th anniversary of the launch of the Bush Ambree (#3). It was the first blonde beer produced by … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, Dubuisson
Tagged as Ambree, beer, Belgian, blonde, Bush, Dubuisson, Empress, Ghissegnies, Hughues, Joseph Leroy, Maria-Theresa, Noel, tax
#159 – Bon Secours Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Bon Secours translates into English as “good help”, and this message is reinforced on the new and improved Bon Secours labels, by the image of a St. Bernard dog – possibly the most symbolic … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Caulier, Dog
Tagged as Alps, barrel, beer, Belgian, blonde, Bon Secours, Duvel, good help, Mastiff, Montjou, pass, rescue, St Bernard, Swiss, Tibetan
#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 →
#125 – Campus
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % Campus is an orphan beer. This is a term I tend to use for those beers who have survived on in the new world despite losing their parental home. The foster parents in this … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, Huyghe
Tagged as Amber, beer, beer tower, Belgian, Biertoren, blonde, Campus, Duke of Arenburg, family, Huyghe, Kampenhout, Leuven, Premium, Rotselaar, Smedts, University
#114 – Sara Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % I have only just drunk the Sara Brune (#110), and so quickly onto the Sara Blonde, and a rare foray into the world of farming. It would be extremely churlish to drink another buckwheat … Continue reading →
#110 – Sara Brune
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % Silenrieux is a rare breed among breweries in Belgium, promoting a range of traditional beers that are made from the most natural of ingredients. Eric Bedoret started the brewery in 1995 while living on … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Fish, Silenrieux, Speciality Grain
Tagged as Ardennes, beer, Belgian, blonde, Brune, buckwheat, Couvin, Eric Bedoret, Joseph, Louvain, organic, Sara, Sarasin, Silenrieux, spelt
#92 – Abbaye de Malonne Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.3 % There isn’t much more to be said about the Abbaye de Malonne which I feel I amply covered when introducing the blonde (#14). There is going to come a time when I run out … Continue reading →
#90 – Westvleteren Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 5.8 % Back on the last day of my summer jaunt around Belgium I stopped at the Westvleteren brewery in the heart of hop country for a last beer (#66). As I reported I was able … Continue reading →
#73 – Pater Lieven Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % We have already met the Father of Lieven back in the late teens (#18), and this beer is the second toe dipped in the same range from the Van den Bossche stable. It is … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, Van den Bossche
Tagged as Ardennes, Arthur, beer, Belgian, blonde, Bruno, chocolates, Emmanuel, Ignace, Lieven, Mark, Pater, Sint-Lievens-Esse, Van den Bossche, Willy
#66 – Westvleteren 12
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.2 % My last beer in Belgium on this trip was always going to be a bit special. In 2005 there was something of a media frenzy whipped up when the Westvleteren 12 was again voted … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren
Tagged as 10, 8, Abbey, beer, blonde, cafeteria, Chimay, In de Vrede, Poperinge, Rate Beer, Rochefort, St Sixtus, Trappist, Westvleteren
#56 – Super des Fagnes Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 7.5 % Beer #52 in Belgium, beers #53 and #54 in Luxembourg, beer #55 in Germany, and now beer #56 in Italy. We were clearly covering a fair bit of ground (or maybe I was drinking … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, Brewers, Deer, Duck, Fagnes
Tagged as beer, Beers of Europe, Belgian, Belgium, blonde, cabin, Comptoir, Couvin, deposit, depositaire, Drankencentrale, Drankenhandel, Fagnes, Germany, Guide, Italy, Lake d'Iseo, Luxembourg, negociants, Super, supermarket, warehouse
#41 – Leffe Blonde
Size: 750 ml ABV: 6.6 % I already started the story of Leffe (#25), and predictably it didn’t take too long to be able to continue the tale of how she ended up as part of the world’s largest brewery, … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, InBev (Belgium)
Tagged as Anheuser Busch, Artois, Bass, Becks, beer, Belgian, Belle-Vue, blonde, brewery, Den Horen, global, Hoegaarden, Interbrew, Jupiler, Labatts, Leffe, Miller, Oranjeboom, Peroni, Piedboeuf, Spoelberch, Stella, takeover, Van Damme, Whitbread
#39 – Keizer Karel Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % If you studied 16th century history you may know Keizer Karel or Charles Quint by a different name – Emperor Charles V. His realm was so large at one point that it was popularly … Continue reading →
