Tag Archives: Brasserie
#216 – Val-Dieu Triple
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % The Brasserie de L’Abbaye du Val-Dieu is in actual fact the only non-Trappist brewing Abbey in Belgium. I won’t go into the history of the Abbey as I covered that when christening the Val-Dieu … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Val Dieu
Tagged as Aubel, Belgian beer, Brasserie, Cistercian, Trappist, Tripel, Val Dieu, Witkap Pater
#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
#172 – Timmermans Kriek
Size: 330 ml ABV: 4 % It has been a while since I last supped on a Timmermans beer (#12), which gave me the opportunity to talk about their gueuze. It seems only right now to introduce a little bit … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Lambic - Fruit, Timmermans
Tagged as Anthony Martin, beer, Belgian, Brasserie, Brussels, Frans, Gueuze, Henry Vanheyleweghen, Itterbeek, Jacobus, Kriek, Lambic, Mole, Paul, Taupe, Timmermans, Tradition, van Cutsem, Walraevens
#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
#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
#51 – Abbaye de Forest
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % The light had begun to fade at the campsite after our late start, and it had started to get a little chilly. I dug around for my army jumper, pulled myself up to the … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Silly
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, Brasserie, Brussels, Couvin, Duvel, fire, Forest, French Revolution, Silly, Stella
#50 – Super des Fagnes Brune
Size: 250 ml ABV: 7.5 % I have reached a milestone. Just like the first beer (#1) when I started this pilgrimage, there is no great celebration to commemorate my 50th Belgian beer. Lets face it, Super des Fagnes Brune … Continue reading →
