Tag Archives: Grimbergen
#217 – Grimbergen Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Only beer #217 and it was with some relief that I reached the end of the Grimbergen range with the Tripel. I’m not saying that these beers are awful in anyway, but if ever … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Alken-Maes, Phoenix
Tagged as Alken-Maes, Belgian beer, Brasserie Union, Carlsberg, Grimbergen, Kronenbourg, Leffe, Narnia, Phoenix, Tripel
#212 – Grimbergen Goud / Doree
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % Yep. Who would believe it? Another bloody Grimbergen. This time it’s the turn of the Grimbergen Goud or Doree, depending on your linguistic preference. If you still need a translation then you can call … Continue reading →
Filed under 5, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Alken-Maes, Phoenix
Tagged as AB/InBev, Abbey, Aldershot Town, Ardec Nec Consumitur, Belgian beer, Goud/Doree, Grimbergen, Phoenix
#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
#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
#174 – du Boucanier Dark Ale
Size: 330 ml ABV : 9 % I had already tried the du Boucanier Red Ale (#27), which dealt with the origins of buccaneering. I won’t go into that again, however it would be good to explore the links between … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Strong Ale, Van Steenberge
Tagged as Atlantic, beer, Belgian, Boots, Boucanier, Brotherhood, Buccaneer, Caribbean, Dark Ale, Grimbergen, Pirate, plunder, Van Steenberge
#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
#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
#8 – Grimbergen Blond
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.7 % In 1128 St Norbert of Xanten built a majestic abbey for the eponymously named Norbertine canons of the time in a quiet place called Grimbergen. It is very unusual for an Abbey to have … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Alken-Maes, Belgian Ale, Phoenix
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Alken-Maes, Belgian beer, Grimbergen, Heineken, Norbertine
