Tag Archives: Brune
#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
#204 – Ecaussinnes Ultra Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % I had planned on taking this opportunity to explore a little about the tiny Ecaussinnes brewery from Hainaut, but while pondering the relative qualities (or lack of qualities) of the Ultra Brune, I almost … Continue reading →
#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
#189 – Super des Fagnes Griottes
Size: 250 ml ABV: 4.8 % Griotte is a French term which defines the genus of sour cherries known scientifically as Prunus cerasus. The crop is largely cultivated in Europe and southwestAsia, and is similar to the regular wild cherry, … Continue reading →
#186 – Bourgogne des Flandres Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6 % There are two beers which make up the Bourgogne des Flandres range. Most punters would likely have first tasted the brune, which is a famous sour ale from this area of West Flanders. I … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Ale, Timmermans
Tagged as Anthony, beer, Belfort, belfry, Belgian, blond, Bourgogne, Bruges, Brugge, Bruin, Brune, Burgundy, Duchesse, Finest Beer, Flanders, Flandres, Martin, Van Houtryve, Verhaeghe, Vichtenaar
#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
#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
#119 – St. Feuillien Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I was having a rough day and I needed to get out of the office. I don’t tend to take lunchbreaks that often but if I ever do, then it has to be somewhere … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, St. Feuillien
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Brune, Clerkenwell, cocoa, Crown, Dovetail, Gunmakers, kitsch, London, Lowlander, menu, St. Feuillien, Timeout
#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
#93 – Kasteel Donker
Size: 330 ml ABV: 11 % Kasteel means ‘castle’ in Flemish, and is a direct reference to the U-shaped building that sits proudly on the label. The present castle dates back to 1736, however there has been a castle on … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Honsebrouck
Tagged as Baroness, beer, Belgian, Brune, castle, Count, de Meaux, Donker, Flanders, Ingelmunster, Kasteel, Luc, Marc, Mathilde, Montblanc, Robert de Fries, van Plotho
#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 →
#79 – Gribousine Brune de Malonne
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % The Gribousine Malonne beers are common to the Abbaye de Malonne (#14, #92) range in that they are distributed by the Brasserie de L’Abbaye de Malonne, although they are brewed by the La Binchoise … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, La Binchoise
Tagged as Abbaye de Malonne, Awards, beer, Belgian, Binche, Binchoise, Brune, curse, Dr Pepper, exorcism, Father Marchand, Gribousine, Joseph Bacq, Malonne, Vimto, witch
#70 – Adelardus Trudoabdijbier Bruin
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % The Adelardus Trudoabdijbier Bruin is a bit of a mouthful, and is yet another example of a beer linked to an abbey – this time the remainder of what is left of the Abbey … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Kerkom
Tagged as Abbey, Adelardus, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, Bishop, Bruin, Brune, church, French Revolution, Gale, Kerkom, Limburg, Metz, replica, St Trudo, sweet, tower, Trudoabdijbier
#63 – La Gauloise Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.1 % My second beer in the Purnode campsite was another local brew from just across the way – La Gauloise Brune. This is a beer that celebrates the many Gallo-Roman sites in the locality, and … Continue reading →
#60 – Abbaye d’Aulne Tripel Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Another different Abbey beer brand – number 18 of the journey so far, but within the story of this one there is a nice ending which almost leaves this beer unique amongst Abbey beers. … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Val de Sambre
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey Beer, Augustinian, Aulne, beer, Belgian, Benedictine, brewery, Brune, Cistercian, de Smedt, Franco, French Revolution, Morveaux, ruin, St Landelinus, stable, Sur Lie, Tripel, Val de Sambre
#55 – Saint-Monon Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Our travels took us further today, deep into the heart of rural Germany. I still had a car full of Belgian beers so I was happy, although the only worry I had was keeping … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Dubbel, Horse, Pig, Saint-Monon
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Brune, Livestock, monk, Monon, Nassogne, pagan, Patron Saint, peas, Saint, Scottish, spear, tintinnabulum
#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 →
#28 – Bon Secours Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % This website is beginning to feel like a trainspotters’ guide to monasteries. For that I must apologise, but I must admit my previous views of the behabited ones was that life can’t really … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Caulier
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Bernadine, Biere, Bon Secours, Brune, Burkina Faso, Caulier, Cistercian, Congo, Esquermes, French Revolution, Grolsch, monastery, nuns, Peruwelz, Vivante
#25 – Leffe Brune
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % Almost every UK supermarket now seems to stock Leffe, in both 330ml and 750ml varieties. Since being taken over, most recently by In-Bev, the saturated marketing ploy is clearly evident. It hasn’t always been … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, InBev (Belgium)
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Albert, Artois, Belgium, Bruin, Brune, Dinant, French Revolution, InBev, Leffe, Lootvoet, Meuse, monks, Namur, Norbertine, St Norbert
