Tag Archives: Christmas
#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
#227 – Kerst Pater Special
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Christmas beers largely exist for a number of perfectly good reasons, which if you want to revisit please feel free to check out the Bush de Noel (#83) – the first Christmas beer of … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Strong Ale, Van den Bossche
Tagged as Belgian beer, Christmas, Kerst Pater Special, lambswool, Pater Lieven, Van den Bossche, wassailing
#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 →
#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
#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
#185 – N’Ice Chouffe
Size: cask ABV: 10 % If you still believe in Father Christmas, as well as little elves, goblins and gnomes then please look away now. In fact I would suggest immersing yourself in the fairy tale of La Chouffe (#168) … 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
#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 →
