Posts Tagged: Belgium
Belgium: Blond, Abbey Of St. Sixtus, Westvleteren
Posted by on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 in - 6 comments
Something green perhaps. Michael Jackson wrote in his Great Beers of Belgium that this beer has "a powerfully earthy, herbal aroma; a light, firm body; and an intensely appetising hop bitterness". Any beer that can generate that word to semi-colon ratio is fine by me, I suppose. • But first, it …
Belgium: Chapeau Lemon and Kriek, Brouwerij De Troch
Posted by on Thursday, June 5, 2008 in - 2 comments
Girlie Drink Drunk. There was a Kids in the Hall skit fifteen years or so back called "Girlie Drink Drunk." It seems to be on YouTube. That's all I can think of when I see these super sweet lambic offerings but I buy them hoping they will be more fruited than sweetened. And I didn't mind the …
Sour Beer Studies: Oude Kriek Vieille, Oud Beersel, Belgium
Posted by on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in - leave a comment
What better for apres mow than a sour beer? I mowed and now I am owed. I don't see it mentioned in Great Beers of Belgium so maybe this actually is a lawnmower dry kriek. • Oud Beersel's kriek pours as deep a blood red as any I've had. It sits under a vibrant pink cream head. On the nose there …
Belgium: Canaster, De Glazen Toren, Erpe-Mere
Posted by on Sunday, May 25, 2008 in - 2 comments
Here is a hint when you are traveling. If, after a tiring 600 km drive (to be followed the next day by another 600 km drive) you notice contract street sweeping equipment in the parking lot, get a new hotel. Street sweepers come and go in the night, you see. After idling their massive engines for …
Belgium: Podge Belgian Imperial Stout, Alvinne, Inglemunster
Posted by on Thursday, May 22, 2008 in - 1 comment
Is this the worst label ever? It looks like it came off a black and white photocopier. Plus, how am I expected to fit the full name and brewery info in up there? That would be "Podge Belgian Imperial Stout, Picobrouwerij Alvinne, Ingelmunster." But these things are really unimportant and more than …
[Insert Beer] Wins [Insert Beer] Style Award
Posted by on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in - 5 comments
I have no real complaint over the 12,474,832 awards that are handed out for beers every year. I have never paid any attention to these things when making beer selection decisions - though, to be fair, when a label mentions a claim to one of them I think of it as red flag worthy of further …
Sour Beer Studies: Oude Kriek, Drie Fonteinen, Beersel, BE
Posted by on Thursday, March 27, 2008 in - leave a comment
Great hopes for this one after Michael Jackson calls this one "very fruity" and "great" in Gee-Bee-Oh-Bee. No need for punishing austerity tonight. No need for the beery equivalent of the strap as an educational tool. Not when one can hope for something of a repeat of that De Ranke Kriek. • This …
Belgium: Gouden Carolus Easter Beer, Het Anker, Mechelen
Posted by on Sunday, March 23, 2008 in - 2 comments
I had been planning on having this beer today as one small nod to the once busy task of brewing beer for holidays. Time was there were beers made for every saint's day, every profession and every celebration of a stage in life. Now we are restricted to Yule and a few stragglers like this one for …
Sour Beer Studies: Kriek 100% Lambic, Cantillon, Brussels
Posted by on Friday, March 21, 2008 in - 2 comments
I shared with one to the shock and dismay of my guests two years ago but I've grown up so much since then I thought I would revisit it to see what I thought. Back then I use the word poo which seemed to tick off a crank. Apparently some who write "barnyard" have never been in a barnyard. Let's see …
Belgium: Blonde Tradition, Brasserie La Binchoise, Binche
Posted by on Tuesday, February 26, 2008 in - 3 comments
This is the third brew by La Binchoise that I have tried, the other two being an amber and a special. The blonde is, as you can imagine, lighter but it is quite a bit so, a pale-ish orange straw. • The most prominent thing you notice about the beer is the round pale malt. Round is such a poor …
