Tag Archives: Dubbel
#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
#184 – ‘T Smisje Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % I continued my adventure in the Rake with another beer from ‘T Smisje. The Tripel (#183) had been so good that I opted for the darker double, and am therefore quickly able to continue … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Dubbel, Dog, Smisje
Tagged as Alvinne, BBBourgondier, beer, Belgian, Brandt, Calva, Calvados, dates, De Dolle, de Regenboog, Dubbel, Duvel, Facebook, Guido, hop, Johan, lemon balm, Mater, Moortgat, mustard, Oudenaarde, raisins, Rake, Reserva, Sleedornbier, sloes, Smisje, Smiske, Struise, Tripel, valerian root, Wostyntje
#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
#154 – La Trappe Quadrupel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10 % It was a fleeting visit to Bruges this weekend, and the drive back on the Sunday afternoon was made particularly difficult due to the debilitating hangover which surfaced as I did. As I grimacingly … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, de Koningshoeven, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abt, ABV, beer, Beer Advocate, Belgian, Bruges, Chimay, Dubbel, hangover, Koningshoeven, Quadrupel, ratebeer, Red, St. Bernardus, Staminee de Garre, Tilburg, Trappist, Tripel, Westvleteren
#149 – Westmalle Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9.5 % Just as Westmalle symbolises the ultimate Dubbel (#16), then look no further than Westmalle for the archetypal Tripel. I often get asked by new recruits who I drag to London’s best pubs for a … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Trappist Beer, Westmalle
Tagged as beer, Belgian, Drie Linden, Dubbel, gravity, Hendrik, Superbier, Three Lindens, Trappist, Tripel, Verlinden, Westmalle, Witkap Pater
#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
#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 →
#108 – Het Kapittel Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I started to outline the Het Kapittel beers right at the beginning of this journey when I tried the Het Kapittel Pater (#2). That seems like an age ago now, but I would like … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Van Eecke
Tagged as Au Lion d'Or, beer, Belgian, brewery, Dubbel, Golden Lion, Gouden Leeuw, Het Kapittel, inn, Pater, Scrabble, Watou
#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 →
#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 →
#26 – Steenbrugge Dubbel Bruin
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % The beers of Steenbrugge are steeped in a rich beer-fuelled history – 925 years to be exact! It was then in 1084 that a certain Arnold of Tiegem – the dude kissing the potato … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Palm
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Amandus, Arnold, Arnoldus, beer, Belgian, Bruin, Brussels, day of beer, Dubbel, mashing fork, Mertens, monastery, Oudenburg, St Peters, Steenbrugge, Tiegem
#16 – Westmalle Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7 % The third Trappist brewery of my adventure already, although the Trappist Abbey of Westmalle (or Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) was only founded in 1794, and not conferred Trappist status until 1836. In … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Trappist Beer, Westmalle
Tagged as Abbey Beer, dark, Dom, Dubbel, froth, Heart, Martinus, Sacred, strong, sweet, Trappist, Westmalle
#9 – Grimbergen Dubbel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % In 2007 as previously mentioned (#8), Alken-Maes was a bit-part of the major deal which saw Heineken team up with Carlsberg to usurp British giant Scottish Courage. Heineken effectively then became the worlds second … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Alken-Maes, Phoenix
Tagged as AB/InBev, Alken-Maes, Carlsberg, Dubbel, Grimbergen, Heineken, Stella Artois
