Tag Archives: Ghent
#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
#201 – Artevelde Grand Cru
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.3 % Jacob van Artevelde. He was so good the brewers at Huyghe named him twice. The original Artevelde (#144) was first marketed on the 5th July 1985, and then in 1987 the brewery decided to … Continue reading →
#145 – Gulden Draak
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.5 % If you visit Ghent you will almost certainly have to look up at some point at the majestic Belfry in the main square. You shouldn’t need a telescopic lens on your camera to spot … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Belgian Strong Ale, Dragon, Van Steenberge
Tagged as beer, belfry, Belgian, Beverhoutsveld, Biervliet, Bruges, Brugse Zot, Constantinople, Crusades, Draak, dragon, Ghent, Gulden, Hagia Sofia, Kastaar, Sigrid Magnusson, St Donaas, Van Steenberge, vintage
#144 – Artevelde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.7 % As I opened this impressive looking beer on a quiet night indoors I didn’t give a great deal of thought to who it was named after. Once though I had unfortunately drunk … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Belgian Ale, Huyghe
Tagged as Artevelde, beer, Belgian, Bruges, Captain General, Count of Flanders, Ghent, Hundred Years War, Huyghe, Jacob van Artevelde, Louis, Sexy Rubbel Lager, Three Member Alliance, Ypres
#96 – Kastaar
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6 % The label of Kastaar is adorned by what looks like a king, but I was struggling to find out just who this fellow was. In the end after some poking around on the internet … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Ale, Brewers, De Block
Tagged as 80 Years War, beer, Belgian, Biervliet, Count, Dulle Griet, Egmont, festival, Ghent, Gravensteen, Gueuzen, Kastaar, Lamoral, Netherlands, Orange, Schelde, Tripel, Westerschelde, William
#88 – Zwijntje
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % Everything I need to discuss about Zwijntje is covered on the label. There is a piglet holding a coat of arms, while sitting on a mound of flowers in front of an old windmill. … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Strong Ale, Pig, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Augustijn, beer, Belgian, Ghent, Pig, Piraat, swine, Van Steenberge, windmill, Zwijnaarde, Zwijntje
#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 →
#18 – Pater Lieven Bruin
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % Pater Lieven translates from Flemish as the ‘Father of Lieven’ – the father being a certain patron saint of the local parish – St Livinus. Now, any art lovers may have heard this name … Continue reading →
