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dhc4ever Super Member
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 2:08 pm Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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Nubile red headed virgins and beer, this thread is improving ........
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15697 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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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"?
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.
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2434 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:17 am Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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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...
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Vince Site Admin
Joined: May 25, 2005 Posts: 15697 Location: Brisbane AUSTRALIA
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 1:43 am Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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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.
_________________ Cheers, Vince
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2434 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:03 am Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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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
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Vince Site Admin
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Aloysius Super Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 5:46 am Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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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
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
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TRBLSHTR Super Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 24, 2013 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Tried a new drop which I can recommend |
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