Tag Archives: monk
#210 – Triple Moine
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.3 % When is a new beer not a new beer? The answer to this question became obvious on my brewery tour of Du Bocq. Following a mystifying non-English speaking jaunt around the premises I was … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Tripel, Du Bocq
Tagged as Belgian beer, brewery tour, Deugniet, Du Bocq, label beers, monk, Triple Moine
#139 – Moinette Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % There could be a handful of reasons why Dupont chose to name their popular beer Moinette Blonde. I’m happy to run through a number of hypotheses and let you play detective (#75). 1. Well … Continue reading →
#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
#106 – St. Bernardus Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % I was able to begin the account of the wonderful St. Bernardus brewery after drinking the awesome St. Bernardus Abt (#46), but there’s certainly a bit more to the story worth reading about. The … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, St. Bernardus
Tagged as Abbey, Abbot, beer, Belgian, monk, Saint, St Sixtus, St. Bernardus, Trappist, Tripel, Westvleteren
#94 – Witkap Pater Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I am a big fan of the gentleman who adorns the Witkap beers – after all it’s clear proof that beer-drinking hoodies have been around since medieval times ! The chap is in actual … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Brewers, Slagmuylder
Tagged as Abbey, beer, Belgian, Benedict, Cistercian, Citeaux, contemplative order, hood, monk, Pater, silence, Tripel, Westmalle, Witkap
#90 – Westvleteren Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 5.8 % Back on the last day of my summer jaunt around Belgium I stopped at the Westvleteren brewery in the heart of hop country for a last beer (#66). As I reported I was able … Continue reading →
#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
#47 – Dendermonde Tripel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % If you take a good look at the label of the Dendermonde Tripel, you can see the stunningly gothic cathedral, but if you look closer you will make out the silhouette of a monk, … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, De Block
Tagged as abbess, Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Dendermonde, Eibingen, Hildegard, migraine, monk, music, mystic, Rupertsberg, Tripel, visions, von Bingen
#31 – Trappistes Rochefort 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9.2 % I have already outlined the history of the Trappistes Rochefort Abbey in my coverage of the Rochefort 10 (#13). Perhaps what I didn’t mention was that the success of the Trappistes Rochefort beers of … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Rochefort, Trappist Beer
Tagged as 8, Abbey Beer, Achel, agreement, beer, Belgian, Chimay, distribution, green, monk, Rochefort, St Remy, Trappiste
#30 – Tongerlo Tripel Blond
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % The date on the label of the Tongerlo beer says 1133. If I’m not mistaken that’s – er – 876 years of brewing beers? Apparently true. The monastic community of the Norbertine Abbey of … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Abbey Tripel, Haacht
Tagged as 1133, Abbey Beer, Abbot, beer, Belgian, blond, Burchard, Germans, Haacht, Kamerijk, monk, Norbertine, Tongerlo, Tripel, Triple, Waltman, World War I
#29 – St Feuillien Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Another famous Saint? Yep. Another martyr? Yep. Another range of beers in honour of? But of course. Did he come from Ireland originally? How on earth did you know that? .. yawn It’s a … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, St. Feuillien
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey Beer, beer, Belgian, Britain, Feuillien, Foillan, Fosses, French Revolution, Gaul, Ireland, lemons, Martyr, monk, Nivelles, Roeulx, Saint, Ville
