Tried a new drop which I can recommend

dhc4ever

Nubile red headed virgins and beer, this thread is improving ........

Vince

Aloysius wrote:

Bushmaster wrote:

And the BEER wars begin...If it's piss yellow and has a bit of froth on the top......Drink it!!

Are you talking about "Heineken"? Smile

Never met a "trappist" (and I don't mean the monk, only their beer. I think there are 6 of them in Belgium and 1 in Holland)

Heineken used to be a very nice imported beer, but like a lot of beers it went the way of being produced locally...spoiled the taste.

Now...Trappist...that is a nice beer. I can buy Dubbel, ('Dubbels' are understood to be a fairly strong (6%-8% ABV) brown ale), Tripel (Tripels as a style are generally beers with an alcohol content ranging from 8% to 10% ABV) and Quadrupel, the name Koningshoeven gave to a La Trappe ale they brew which is stronger than their tripel.

Aloysius

Vince, now you're getting somewhere. My favorit is the dark Grimbergen. But that's still an every-day beer. When you go somewhat more expensive, try Deus, that's a beer that should be completely treated as champagne, they even send this beer up to the Champagne region to have it properly bottled.

Now there is a nice book called "All Belgian Beers"... it's a kind of bible telling 1214 pages with a description of more than 500 beers... its written in English, French and Flemish... I should try to get a copy of this in Stefanie's suitcase...

Vince

That Grimbergen sounds like it is a most desirable beer mate...will have to do a search of the importers for a bottle or two.

Chimay also makes what appears to be some good beers.

I found a range of Trappist beers available:

The official Trappist breweries produce the following beers for consumption:-

Achel sells Blonde (8% ABV), Bruin (8% ABV), Extra Blonde (10% ABV), Extra Bruin (10% ABV).

Chimay sells Red Label (dark, 7% ABV), White Label (Blonde/Tripel, ABV 8%) and Blue Label (dark, 9% ABV).

Engelszell sells Gregorius (dark, 9.7%) and Benno (amber, 7%)

Koningshoeven sells:
La Trappe Blond (6.5% ABV)
La Trappe Dubbel (7% ABV)
La Trappe Isid'or (7.5% ABV)
La Trappe Tripel (8% ABV)
La Trappe Quadrupel (10% ABV)
La Trappe Quadrupel Oak Aged (10% ABV)
La Trappe Witte Trappist (5.5% ABV)
La Trappe Bockbier (7% ABV) (Seasonal)
La Trappe PUUR (4.7% ABV) (organic)

Orval sells a "unique"[11] dry hopped 6.2% amber ale.

Rochefort sells three dark ales, "6" (7.5% ABV). "8" (9.2% ABV) and "10" (11.3% ABV).

Westmalle sells Dubbel (7% ABV) and Tripel (9.5% ABV),

Westvleteren sells Green Cap or Blonde, (5.8% ABV), Blue Cap (dark, 8% ABV) and Yellow Cap (dark, 10.2% ABV).

Note the alcohol content of some of these beers...most exciting methinks.

Aloysius

Vince, you better stop before you get a strange desire to visit Belgium.

BTW, Westvleteren brews occasionally a far stronger beer. But these monks are not allowed to make profit, so they only do this when their chapel needs a new roof or so... one would ruin a roof for lesser reasons Smile

Vince

I always have the urge to visit Belgium and nearby regions Aloys...would love to visit the battlefields of both wars...and partake of the locals brews. Very Happy

Aloysius

Compared to your country Belgium is only a small city, so all the breweries are local...
you had to start earlier because now it would kill you Smile

when you want to start: next Theusday my oldest daughter is organising the anual local beer tasting, this time there will be a beer-alphabet, starting with "Arend" and ending with "Zwet.be" (arend = eagle // zwet = dialect for black)
So this are only 26 beers and only a few will be tough enough to reach the end Smile

Vince

Aloysius wrote:

Compared to your country Belgium is only a small city, so all the breweries are local...
you had to start earlier because now it would kill you Smile

when you want to start: next Theusday my oldest daughter is organising the anual local beer tasting, this time there will be a beer-alphabet, starting with "Arend" and ending with "Zwet.be" (arend = eagle // zwet = dialect for black)
So this are only 26 beers and only a few will be tough enough to reach the end Smile

Sounds like it would be one helluva challenge mate...but an honourable one to finish. Wish I could be there.

TRBLSHTR

Vince wrote:

Aloysius wrote:

Compared to your country Belgium is only a small city, so all the breweries are local...
you had to start earlier because now it would kill you Smile

when you want to start: next Theusday my oldest daughter is organising the anual local beer tasting, this time there will be a beer-alphabet, starting with "Arend" and ending with "Zwet.be" (arend = eagle // zwet = dialect for black)
So this are only 26 beers and only a few will be tough enough to reach the end Smile

Sounds like it would be one helluva challenge mate...but an honourable one to finish. Wish I could be there.

And I would like to be there to film the whole thing! Laughing