Posts Tagged: Belgium and the Belgian-Influenced
Belgium: Brune, St. Feuillien, Le Roeulx
Posted by on Thursday, June 21, 2007 in - leave a comment
This is a very interesting brew and from a new brewer for me. Like a dubbel mixed with Orval. There is all the malty burlap, brown sugary, date and fig of a beer like Ommegang (plus some vanilla and black cherry of its own) but then there is also the limey lavender that I associate with some of … read more »
Sour Beer Studies: Oudbeitje Lambic, Hanssens, Belgium
Posted by on Friday, June 15, 2007 in - leave a comment
Oddly, a 750 ml label on a 375 ml bottle. The brewer tells us that this is a strawberry lambic, with the fruit sitting in the beer from one summer to the next spring. The importer gives a proportion of 1 kg of strawberries to every 4 litres. BAers warn that this is extremely sour but upon opening …
Belgium: Grotten Brown, St. Bernardus, Watou
Posted by on Saturday, June 9, 2007 in - leave a comment
I have had this in the stash for a while, a 6.7% Belgian brown with the sub-title on the label "Pierre Celis Signature Selection." Nope, I don't know either...but Rick Lyke over at Lyke2Drink had a word last year with Pierre Celis and explains the whole selection thing. And it's made by those …
Belgium: Brise-BonBons, Brasserie Fantome, Soy
Posted by on Wednesday, May 9, 2007 in - 2 comments
I have to say I am in a conflict with this beer. I have liked all the Fantome I have tried...and I am supposed to approach these reviews with some sense of objectivity...supposedly. I love this beer. There I have said it. And, yes, I would marry it, seeing as you asked. Fresh pear juicy bright …
Belgium: Bruin Bier, Brouwerij der Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis
Posted by on Thursday, April 12, 2007 in - 3 comments
After dumping two very weird beers (who knew a beer could remind me of Old Spice pit wax?) I needed a break - something I could trust and what can you trust more than a dubbel with the Trappist logo on the label...unless one without the label, if you know what I mean. This 8% brew from the …
Belgium: Maredsous 8, Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat, Puurs
Posted by on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 in - 1 comment
Red dark chestnut ale under a rich frothy tan head. In the nasally regions, very Christmas cake with particular candied cherry note and maybe even cocoa. Swishing around the cheeks and gums, rich but not overly sweet date and plum with some gently spiced burlappy yeast, allspice. Plenty of cream … read more »
Book Review: <i>Brew Like A Monk</i> by Stan Hieronymus
Posted by on Monday, January 29, 2007 in - 1 comment
Brew Like A Monk came in the mail last week. It is part two of a three-part book on the ales of Belgium published over the last few years by Brewers Publications. The author, Stan Hieronymus, is one of those kind more experienced beer writers who has been very supportive over the life of this here …
Belgium: The Week Of Brouwerij St. Bernardus
Posted by on Sunday, December 3, 2006 in - 4 comments
These five bottles have been sitting around since this time last year when they formed a gift pack offered as part of the LCBO Christmas selection. I trust they have traveled through the last twelve months well as they range from 6.7% to 10.5%. • These beers are made commercially so are "Abbey" …
Belgium: La Moneuse, Brasserie de Blaugies, Dour
Posted by on Thursday, November 30, 2006 in - leave a comment
I just reviewed four saisons a couple of weeks ago and little did I know there was one lurking right down there...yes, just there. • Anyway, this one is by the markers of the previous reviewed Saison d'Epeautre, a spelt saison, and Darbyste, a fig lambic. 2004 on the cork. A tiny burst of cotton …
Belgium: Bruocsella 1900 Grand Cru, Cantillon
Posted by on Friday, November 24, 2006 in - 8 comments
Gold amber ale under large frothier lazy rim and foam that quickly fades then leaves town. The smell is beyond brett. The unripe Annapolis Valley Gravenstein green apple of my Nova Scotian youth gone mad with aspirations of manure pile. Quite plainly watery at the outset then acid and more …
