Tag Archives: Rochefort
#248 – Achel Blond 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % It wasn’t that long ago that I had first tried the Achel Bruin (#200), and up next was the highly rated Blond. The previous tale I spun was around the history of the brewery, … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Achel, Belgian Strong Ale, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Belgian beer, Jan Diederik van Tuyll, Rochefort, Westmalle
#200 – Achel Bruin 8
Size: 330 ml ABV: 8 % It has taken me 200 beers to finally try a beer from all seven official Trappist breweries. The final piece in this monastic jigsaw turned out to be also the smallest of the lot … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Achel, Belgian Strong Ale, Trappist Beer
Tagged as Abbey, Achel, Auberge, beer, Belgian, Bruin, Chimay, copper, Limburg, Patersvaatje, Rochefort, St Benedict, Trappist, Westmalle, World War I
#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
#192 – Jupiler
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.2 % Jupiler is probably the most popular beer in Belgium, in terms of hectolitres consumed. If you thought that every Belgian sat in their local cafe sipping Trappistes Rochefort 8s (#31), or Orvals (#37) then … Continue reading →
Filed under 4, Bull, Pale Lager, Piedboeuf
Tagged as beer, Belgian, bull, football, Jupiler, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, masculinity, Orval, Piedboeuf, Rochefort, Trappistes
#123 – St. Feuillien Cuvee de Noel
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % We already know who St. Feuillien was (#29), and that beer was brewed in the Abbaye St-Feuillien du Roeulx in his honour. Production did stop here in 1796 though when the French Revolution did … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Christmas Beer, St. Feuillien
Tagged as Abbaye, Abbey, beer, Belgian, Brasserie, Christmas, Cuvee, Dominique, Du Bocq, French Revolution, Friart, Noel, Rochefort, Roeulx, St. Feuillien, Stephanie, Trappistes, Xmas
#107 – Trappistes Rochefort 6
Size: 330 ml ABV: 7.5 % Sadly the Trappistes Rochefort with the red cap is the last of the famous triumvirate to pass my eager lips. Just over a hundred beers in and I need to conclude my notes on … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Abbey Beer, Abbey Dubbel, Rochefort, Trappist Beer
Tagged as 10, 6, 8, Abbey, beer, Belgian, degrees Plato, density, gravity, hydrometer, original, Relais, Rochefort, scale, specific, St Remy, Trappistes
#66 – Westvleteren 12
Size: 330 ml ABV: 10.2 % My last beer in Belgium on this trip was always going to be a bit special. In 2005 there was something of a media frenzy whipped up when the Westvleteren 12 was again voted … Continue reading →
Filed under 8, Abbey Beer, Abt/Quadrupel, Trappist Beer, Westvleteren
Tagged as 10, 8, Abbey, beer, blonde, cafeteria, Chimay, In de Vrede, Poperinge, Rate Beer, Rochefort, St Sixtus, Trappist, Westvleteren
#45 – Chimay Blue
Size: 330 ml ABV: 9 % Chimay print the year of bottling on their ‘Blue’ labels. Many other beers do, but not prominently on the front of the bottle. One of the unique selling points of good Belgian beer is … Continue reading →
Filed under 9, Abbey Beer, Belgian Strong Ale, Chimay, Trappist Beer
Tagged as aging, beer, Belgian, Bleue, Blue, bottle, cellar, cellaring, chill haze, Chimay, conditioned, floordrobe, Grand, Reserve, Rochefort, Trappistes, vintage
#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
