Tag Archives: Pater
#196 – Buffalo Belgian Bitter
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8.5 % The Brouwerij van den Bossche is most well known for it’s range of Pater Lieven beers (#18, #73), however they have also been brewing another range called Buffalo for well over a hundred years … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Belgian Strong Ale, Van den Bossche
Tagged as Arthur, beer, Belgian, Bill, Bitter, Buffalo, circus, De Ranke, Lieven, Pater, Sint-Lievens-Esse, Stout, Van den Bossche, XX
#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
#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
#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
#73 – Pater Lieven Blonde
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6.5 % We have already met the Father of Lieven back in the late teens (#18), and this beer is the second toe dipped in the same range from the Van den Bossche stable. It is … Continue reading →
Filed under 6, Belgian Ale, Van den Bossche
Tagged as Ardennes, Arthur, beer, Belgian, blonde, Bruno, chocolates, Emmanuel, Ignace, Lieven, Mark, Pater, Sint-Lievens-Esse, Van den Bossche, Willy
#49 – Chimay Doree
Size: on cask ABV: 4.8 % There are some beers that you can’t just buy from your local off-licence, or if you are lucky to live in or near Belgium, go pick up from your nearest Drankencentrum. Some you can’t … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Belgian Ale, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey Beer, Auberge, beer, Belgian, breakfast, brewery tap, cheese, Chimay, Dendermonde, Doree, Drankencentrum, golden, monks, Pater, Poteaupre, Scourmont, Tripel
#35 – Corsendonk Pater
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % I have already been impressed with the Corsendonk Agnus Tripel (#4), and now it was time for the dark Pater. We already know from the earlier drink about the history of the Priory in … 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 →
#2 – Het Kapittel Pater
Size: 330 ml ABV: 6 % OK. I am only on my second beer, but I could have sworn Het Kapittel was a seminal piece of literature by Karl Marx. I stand corrected. Het Kapittel is actually a range … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Belgian Ale, Van Eecke
Tagged as Belgian beer, chapter, Gouden Leeuw, Het Kapittel, Mont des Cats, Pater, Van Eecke, Watou
