Posts Tagged: Belgium and the Belgian-Influenced
[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 - 3 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 …
Sour Beer Studies: Gueuze, Girardin, Sint-Ulkis-Kapelle, BE
Posted by on Thursday, February 21, 2008 in - 4 comments
The 2006 edition of Great Beers of Belgium showed up today and I thought that I had better pop a cork in its honour. A Girardin Gueuze seemed just the thing. The "1882" on the label is the date when the current family took over the brewery and they brew comprehensively, perhaps still with no other …
Belgium: Two From Brouwerij Het Anker, Mechelen
Posted by on Sunday, February 17, 2008 in - 3 comments
When I worked in Holland, I couldn't really figure out when "het" was to be applied as it seemed to be that it never was used as often as "the" would be - but going from the crest that's on the brewery's website, I bet this translates as "The Anchor Brewery". The translation difficulties may be …
Belgium: Moinette Brune 2004, Dupont, Tourpes-Leuze
Posted by on Saturday, February 2, 2008 in - leave a comment
I had no idea this 2004 was floating around in the stash. I wonder when I bought it. Moinette is the sibling of the saisons by Dupont and comes in brown and pale versions. The brown pours deep caramel under a rich tan mouse head that resolves to a opulent rim and foam. In the mouth there is brown …
Belgium: N'Ice Chouffe 2005, Brasserie D'Achouffe, Achouffe
Posted by on Saturday, January 19, 2008 in - leave a comment
Hibernating. Deep freeze coming and there better be something in the stash that suits the day. Woden be praised - there is. • We celebrated a week of Achoufee back in the fall of 2006 but I think this one was best left to winter. The brewer tells us a bit about its winter seasonal but no mention …
Belgium: Oerbier, De Dolle Brouwers, Esen
Posted by on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 in - 3 comments
For all the big talk, I really have only scratched the surface of beer...if you could, you know, scratch a fluid. This is my first De Dolle Brouwers, whose history and directions web page gives a sense of their attitude: they are a wee bit mad. But good mad. • Oerbier was apparently their … read more »
