 ABBAYE DE SAINT BON-CHIEN
ABBAYE D'AULNE
BRASSERIE D'ACHOUFFE
rue du Village 326666
Wibrin, Belgium
Phone: (32) 61 28 81 47
Fax: (32) 61 28 82 64
Website: Abbaye d'Aulne
In 1998, "La Chouffe" won the gold medal in the "strong ales" class at the International Beer Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Mc Chouffe - A Scotch style beer from the Ardennes region of Belgium. In 1999, the Mc Chouffe won the Gold Medal at Eurobières, Strasbourg, in the Abbey style class.
Chouffe-Bok Dark brown, good head. Chocolate aroma. Sweet, some prune flavor. Damn fine smooth-drinking beer. 6.6% ABV.
BAVIK Scaldis, Bavik, Petrus, Wittekerke
BINK-BROUWERIJ KERKOM
BREWERY OF THE BOCQ
Rue de la Brasserie 4
5530 PURNODE (YVOIR)
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BLANCHE DE NAMUR
Appearance : blond, cloudy, milky (colloïdal by cold). The cloudy appearance is created at low temperature but disappears when the beer gets warmer or when it is kept too long in the cold.
Flair : fine fruity with a scent of the used spice, coriander and bitter orange.
Taste : smooth beer, thirst-quenching but mild, slightly acidulous, powdery consistency on the tongue, not bitter.
Remark : tasting between 2° and 4°C.
Alcohol degree : 4,5 % vol.
Bitterness : 12 EBU
Colour : 5 EBC
Packaging : 25 cl, 33 cl Only for export, 75 cl, 1.5 L, 30 L barrel
Harmony with food: Fishes, white meats and poultry (chicken, porc, turkey)
BOON LAMBICS/BROUWERIJ BOON (Vanberg & DeWulf website)
Fonteinstraat 65B-1520
Lembeek, Belgium
Phone: (02) 356 66 44
Fax: (02) 356 33 99
Micro Brewery of the Year (Fewer than 10,000 barrels): The Boon Brewery, run almost singlehandedly by Frank Boon since 1977, produces beers in an unmistakable house style. Significantly drier, with extremely focused and pure flavors, they come close to resembling fine Champagnes. Boon, unlike most, uses only whole fruits in his fruit beers and limtis their acidity to give greater purity of flavor and perfect balance. Led by fabulous Kriek and Gueuze beers, the entire portfolio is an expression of lambic beers at their finest.Frank Boon, who started as a blender, is considered by many to be the leading revivalist Lambic brewer in Belgium today. Boon is remarkable for making completely traditional products, and yet having the softest and most drinkable Lambics. They are tart and crisp, but with none of the acidic bitterness that some of the traditional brewers have made their mark of authenticity. Boon believes that Lambic does not have to be harsh to be genuine.His Lambics are 100% spontaneously fermented beer. He uses only whole fruits for his Kriek and Framboise, without the addition of syrups or extracts. His Marriage Parfait Vintage Lambics are blended from the best casks from outstanding years.
1997 Framboise Deep pink, moderate carbonation, low head. Smells sweet, mild diacetyl and fruit. Light body, tart, sweet raspberry flavor, big wild yeast flavor, some diacetyl, some alcohol. Sweet finish. like Kriek, a fruit Lambic, but in place of cherries, fresh raspberries are put in the casks.
Marriage Parfait Bright red, no head. Cherry aroma, vinegary odor. Intensely sour, medium body, some fruit flavor. Tastes like a mildly fruity Rodenbach Alexander.
Pertotale Faro Red, clear, moderate carbonation, dense head. Banana and ginger aroma. Pretty sour, some cherry flavor, a little yeasty. Sweet and spicy. Faro, a mixture of top-fermented ale and Lambic, spiced with coriander and aromatic peppers and softened with the addition of candi sugar.
Kriek Made by adding fresh cherries into the casks, leaving for 4-6 months to macerate, adding their color and flavor.
Gueuze A mixture of old and young Lambic. The young Lambic is added to cause a refermentation in the bottle making for a delightfully sparkling and dry beer that has been likened,in all seriousness, to Champagne. Lambics are among the oldest beer styles in Belgium. These are the beers that are being raucously enjoyed in the paintings of Brueghel. Though still much sought after today, traditionally-made Lambics are very hard to find. Many brewers do not use 100% spontaneously fermented beer, preferring to save time, and money by adding top-fermented beer to small quantities of old Lambic. Other modern compromises include using fruit syrups and extracts instead of pure fruit to age in the casks. Many of these variations started as attempts to satisfy consumers, who Lambic brewers felt were losing their taste for tart beers (after years of drinking sodas). Today there are few traditional producers left indeed. Among the most respected is Frank Boon.
BRASSERIE BOSTEELS
92 Kerkstraat
9255 Buggenhout, Belgium
Website: Brasserie Bosteels
Phone: (069) 66 22 01 Fax: (069) 67 10 45
Kwak-Strong amber ale served in a miniature yard-of-ale glass supported by a wooden plinth. Legend has it that this bizarre vessel enabled it to be passed to coachmen without spillage, but that sounds to me like a poor excuse for the obvious design fault.
BOUCANIER
ICOBES
Durmakker 23 - 9940 EVERGEM (Belgium)
Head Office: Tel. +32(0)9-2536182 Fax +32(0)9-2532374
Sales Department: GSM +32(0)477-229256
Brewery: Lindenlaan 25 - 9940 ERTVELDE (Belgium)
E-mail: icobes@biereduboucanier.be - info@icobes.com
The Ertvelde brewery, where the "Bière du Boucanier" is brewed, was established in 1784 and is presently one of the most modern and important family breweries in Belgium.
GOLDEN ALE – Beer with a highly elevated alcohol content, unpasteurized with yeast in the bottle for refermentation. The smell impressions are excellent, mainly fruity (pear) and floral (yeast and alcohol). The beer's delicious and full taste makes for easy drinking with no unpleasant aftertaste, despite the high alcohol content. We recommend drinking "Bière du Boucanier" from a balloon-shaped glass. Serve chilled, but not too cold, approximately 10°C - 50°F.
BRASSERIE À VAPEUR
La Brasserie à Vapeur
1, rue du Maréchal à 7904
PIPAIX (Leuze-Belgique)
Tél: (069) 66 20 47
Fax: (069) 66 71 32
E-mail : brasserie@vapeur.com
VAPEUR COCHONNE - (1992)
9%vol. 33, 75 and 150cl
Beer very amber in color, strong, nose fruity and delicate, soft and round with the palate; slightly hopped but correctly spiced (roasted chicory, coriander, and sweet orange peel, among other ingredients)
VAPEUR EN FOLIE - (since 1986)
8%vol. 33 and 75cl
Fairly hopped and spiced strong and round Lager (sweet orange peel and cumin, among other ingredients).
BRASSERIE DE ROCS
Brasserie de l'Abbaye des Rocs
37, Chaussée Brunehault
7387 Montignies-sur-Roc, Belgium
Tel: +32 65 75 59 99
Fax: +32 65 75 59 98
Email: abbaye.des.rocs@skynet.be
All the beers are made with water from a well in the rocky subsoil, with malt, hops and spices. They are natural without added sugars and guaranteed to be without chemical additives.
ABBAYE DES ROCS (9% alcohol vol.) is a pure malt beer, with no added sugar. The entire range of tastes is directly linked to the double fermentation, the precise quantities of malts (7 types) as well as the mixtures of three kinds of hops (Belgian, German and Czech). Its colour is a striking deep and majestic red. Its taste is rich and full of subtlety. It is tasted like a red wine with which it shares the ruby colour without having the tannin. It develops a strong sweet smell. It confirms the initial impression in the first mouthful, with a sharp body that is balanced with a certain fruitiness. It frees itself on the palate and develops an impressive depth of taste. Some traces of burnt wood are detectable, but never scorched even if it contains this kind of malt. The foretaste is very prolonged because of its rich and unctuous development throughout the mouth. The bitter and sugar tendencies (even though there is no sugar in its composition) compete and come back together to the taster's great satisfaction. It is a deep, mystic and extremely mature beer to be classed among the great products of our soil.
BRASSERIE DE SILLY
rue Ville Basse 141, 2
7830 Silly [Belgium]
Tel.:+32 (0)68 55 16 95
Fax : +32 (0)68 56 84 36
contact@silly-beer.com
Scotch de Silly Top fermentation beer, Belgian Scotch style. Color: dark ruby, 7.5% ABV, Malt, malt caramel, hops of Kent. Smooth taste, light bitterness of the English hops, long conservation in normal condition. Container: 25 cl bottle (crown cork)75 cl and 1.5 L bottle (champagne cork). To serve between 6°C and 9°C. It offers a finely wooded nose hinting at hazelnut, and is therefore distinct from traditional British scotches. It has a more rounded taste letting a discreetly full-bodied bitterness come to the fore, and will naturally seduce you.
BRASSERIE DUBUISSON
28 Chause de Mons
B-7904 Pipaix, Belgium
Phone: (069) 67 22 22
Fax: (069) 66 17 27
info@br-Dubuisson.com
Scaldis/Bush Beer Having been brewed since 1933 this powerful beer has a good pedigree. It was known as Bush Beer intil the summer of 1998 (the 65th anniversary of the beer) when the name was changed to Bush Amber and the Blonde was added to the range. Unlike the 7% it is malt rather than hops that shape the taste but pure heat and alcohol that dominate it. Behind the alcohol it is pleasantly fruity. For a beer of this character it has a surprisingly light texture. 12% ABV.
Scaldis Noel/Bush Noel, as its name suggests, is the Christmas beer which first appeared in 1991. The palate again portrays the intense, burning alcohol that epitomises Dubuisson beers but this beer has fuller taste and body that the Bush 12%, with some candied, caramel malt tastes. Apparently it is the same recipe as the Bush 12% but with a higher proportion of Caramunich malt in the recipe. Brown opaque, thick head. Malty, alcoholic aroma. Thick, sweet, nutty, lots of alcohol. Chocolate finish.
BRASSERIE ELLEZELOISE
rue Guinaumont 75
7890 Ellezelles
tel 068/54 31 60
The Brasserie Ellezelloise (pronounced “EL-ZEL-WOZ”), is located in the town of Ellezelles in the gentle “hill country” of Belgium. Founded in 1993, the tiny brewery manages to produce 1000 hectoliters per year - the most of any brewery of the Belgian Artisanal Brewers Guild. Housed in a picturesque converted barn in French-speaking Belgium, the brewery includes a cozy café to which the local folk and connoisseurs from Brussels love to repair on weekend afternoons. There you can enjoy a wonderful Ellezelloise brew, served by the brewer, Philippe Gerard.Ellezelloise produces five regular beers, a blond and an amber ale, and a hardy Belgian stout. All of them are made in small batches and are lagered for ten days in German oak casks. They are strong, full-bodied, and very satisfying. The Quintine Amber and Blond are named for a witch of local legend. And Agatha Christie’s Detective Hercule Poirrot (probably Belgium’s best-known citizen, and a native son of Ellezelles) is the namesake for the “Hercule” Stout. It is the only distinctively Belgian stout, and every bit as sturdy and dapper as its namesake.
BLANCHE DES SAISIS - 6.2% Acl.Vol. "White beer" Composed with 60% de malt d'orge and 40% de non malted froment
QUINTINE BLONDE - 8% V. Alc. blond ale
SAISON 2000 - 6.5% Alc.Vol., amber color ale
BRASSERIE LA BINCHOISE
Faubourg Saint Paul, 38
B-7130 Binche
Tel / Fax : +32 (0)64 37 01 75
Email: info@brasserielabinchoise.be
BROUWERIJ DE KONINCK
BRUGSE ZOT http://www.globalbeer.com/body_pages/pages-beer/Brugse%20Zot/BrugseZot.html
CANTILLON
CASTELAIN
13 rue Pasteur
62410 Benifontaine - FRANCE
Tel : (+33) 03 21 08 68 68
Fax : (+33) 03 21 08 68 60
Website: CH'TI.com - Brasserie Castelain
contact@chti.com
Jade is traditionally brewed with no additives and using only especially selected malts (the Tremois and Volga variety), and hops (the Perle and Aurora variety).These are organically grown. Jade has passed Nature et Progrès. The transformation of the raw material and brewing process are controlled by ECOCERT. Jade is sold in many countries and has become famous because of its exceptional quality. Jade has the accolade of being the first ever French organic beer, first produced in 1986. We recommend that you store Jade in a cool, dark, dry place and that you serve it cool but not icy cold. Jade can be cloudy, due to the organic ingredients and natural process. Jade is the symbol of the organic vision, characterised on the bottle by the tiny wise owl-nature and the savoir-faire of a Master Brewer.
CORSENDONK (NOT AVAILABLE IN MAINE ANYMORE) (Phoenix Imports)
Brewery Corsendonk
B-2360 Oud-Turnhout, Belgium
Monk Brown Ale Abbey Brown Ale, known in Belgium simply as “Pater” was described by Michael Jackson as “A strong, Burgundy-colored ale in the style of the classic Trappist brews of Belgium. Has a very distinctive bouquet: yeasty, fruity and slightly smoky. In palate, it has notes of port, raisins and black chocolate. Matures greatly with age, becoming softer, smoother and deeper in palate. Ideally, should be stored for at least a year, and could mature for at least five. Original gravity - 1064; international bitterness units - 24; 5.8% abw; 7.5% abv; shelf life - up to five years at 55-60°F.
Monk Pale Ale Abbey Pale Ale, known in Belgium as “Agnus” was described by Michael Jackson as “Dry, with a great deal of finesse. A deceptively potent ale in the golden, “Triple” strength of Belgium’s Trappist monks. It has a very big head indeed - pour it gently - and a very clean palate, beginning with a dry, lightly citric fruitiness, and finishing with a distinctive and delicate, perfumy, hop character. Very light and fluffy in texture, giving little hint of its strength. This beer has living yeast in the bottle, and will evolve with age, becoming softer and cleaner.”
Corsendonk® Abbey Pale Ale will mature in bottle up to three years, becoming drier and developing a Brut Champagne-like character. Store at cellar temperature and serve lightly chilled—about 50°F—and enjoy it as an aperitif and with a wide variety of dishes. Original gravity - 1071; international bitterness units - 30; 5.8% abw; 7.5% abv; shelf life - up to three years at 55-60°F.
DE DOLLE BROUWERS Stille Nacht, Oerbier
DE GOUDEN BOOM Formerly Blanche de Brugges, now Brugges Triple, Bruges Blonde, Steenbrugge Abbey(NOT IN MAINE)
Duchesse de Bourgogne Brouwerijverhaeghe(no English)
DUPONT
Brasserie Dupont
5 Rue Basse
B-7904 Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium
Phone: (069) 66 22 01 Fax: (069) 67 10 45
Saison Vielle Provision
Massive head, dark golden, extremely high carbonation. Smells yeasty. Big carbonation bite, musty, a little acidic, tart, dry, some coriander.
Saison Dupont
Avec Les Bons Voeux
Foret
Moinette
DUVEL
Brewery Moortgat
Breendonkdorp 58B-2980
Breendonk
Phone: 32 3 866 71 21
Fax: 32 3 866 46 22
Website: Duvel
Info@Duvel.be
Duvel is a high fermentation beer that is still brewed today based on the craftsmanship of yesteryear. Duvel is made using the finest barley malt and hops, with no additives or preservatives. Duvel is not pasteurised and so is entirely pure and natural. Like champagne, secondary fermentation and long maturation occur in the bottle, giving the beer its highly distinctive taste. When poured into the traditional cup-shaped sampling glass, the beer foams into a generous layer of froth. The balance between a fine aroma and subtly bitter taste give this beer a unique place in the rich tradition of Belgian beer.
BROUWERIJ DE GOUDEN BOOM
45 LangestraatB-8000
Brugge, Belgium
Phone: (069) 33 06 99
Fax: (069) 33 46 44
Website: De Gouden Boom
Email: Info@DeGoudenBoom.com
Blanche de BrugesThe term "white" has traditionally been applied to wheat beers. They are very pale in colour and may, to varying degrees, have an intentional natural cloudiness. Brugs white beer is made with top-fermenting yeasts, with an alcohol content 5 % by volume. This typical white beer is made of a particular blend of pure wheat, hops, orange peel and coriander, which give it a unique refreshing taste. Because Brugs is not filtered and is refermented in the bottle, its natural cloudiness is preserved. Belgian White beers are very traditional brews, at one stage threatened with extinction, but now enjoying a huge revival in popularity, especially among young people.
FANTOME
GRIMBERGEN
HANSSENS ARTISANAAL
HOEGAARDEN
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KONINGSHOEVEN
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LEFFE
Place de l'Abbaye 1
5500 DINANT
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In 1152, Henry the Blind, Earl of Namur, gave the Church of Leffe to the Premonstratensian Order of Floreffe. The monastery that developed as a result became an abbey in 1200. It has survived its fair share of disasters over the years, having been reconstructed in the 17th and 18th centuries, and plundered by French revolutionaries in 1794. The present buildings were sold in 1816 and transformed into workshops, but in 1903 were purchased by the exiled French Premonstratensian Order and restored as an abbey.
Leffe Dark
Abbey of Leffe dark beer is a highly fermented beer to be savoured. The ingredients are, roasted malt, corn, water, hops and yeast which gives it its a deep autumnal brown colour. Its alcohol content is 6.5 %, its ideal temperature 5° to 6 °c. As a bottled beer, it is to be savoured with pleasure, as a draft beer it is thirst quenching. The taste may be defined as follows: the aroma, a hint of ripe apple. The sensation of a medium to full ale taste in the mouth; at normal cellar temperature, the taste develops from a pleasing sweet-fruity to brown sugar (with a hint of caramel and butter candy) to an aftertaste that is spicy and dry.
Leffe Blonde
Abbey of Leffe blonde beer is a highly fermented beer to be savoured. The ingredients are light malt, corn, water, hops and yeast, which give it a bright golden colour with dazzling reflections. The alcohol content is 6.6 %, the ideal serving temperature 5° to 6 °C. As a bottled beer, it is to be savoured with pleasure, as a draft beer it is thirst quenching. The taste is full, sweet and fruity (with a hint of bitter orange), and the after-taste is powerful and surprising.
Leffe Triple
Abbey of Leffe Triple is a beer to be savoured, highly fermented and refermented in the bottle. The ingredients are malt, corn, water, hops and the yeast which give it its golden brown colour. The alcohol content is 7 % when bottled, and reaches 8.4 % after refermentation in the bottle. The taste of Leffe Triple is a rich bouquet with a fresh hint of lemon; medium to full in the mouth, fruity and full, with a deliciously aromatic after-taste.
Leffe Radieuse
Abbey of Leffe Radieuse is a highly fermented beer to be savoured. The ingredients are dark malt, corn, water, hops and spices (coriander, among others) and yeast which give it a bronze colour. The alcohol content is 8.2 %, the ideal serving temperature is 5° to 6 °C and the service ritual is that of bottled beers to be savoured. Leffe Radieuse has the taste of a rich and earthy bouquet with a creamy head. The taste is powerful where the fruity, the sweet, a hint of roasting and the dryness of the hops are apparent. The after-taste is long and warm. It is a very complex beer, that is to say, a beer for Epicureans!
Leffe 9°
Abbey beer Leffe 9° is a high fermentation beer with a deep golden colour and an alcohol content of 9%. Its wholesome taste and its rich flavour make it a beer full of character. Leffe 9° will be your ideal companion for a time of authentic beer tasting.
LINDEMANS
Brouwerij Lindeman
257 LenniksebaanB-1602
Vlezenbeek, Belgium
Phone: (02) 569 03 90
Framboise Purple, low head. Lots of raspberry aroma. Extremely sweet, intense sticky raspberry flavor. Red-brown opaque, fizzy, OK head. Big raspberry aroma, with hops detectable up close. Tart-sweet fruit, touch of alcohol. Sweet-sour finish...good beer with Chinese food.
Gueuze Amber, translucent, a few yeasty bits floating around. No head at all. Smells very much like an old barn! Sour, fairly sweet. Very "Belgian"...whatever that means. Very light body. Virtually no carbonation. Some bitterness in finish, along with a grapefruit-like fruitiness.
Kriek Deep purple-red, lots of carbonation, low head. Lots of cherry aroma, some phenolics. Medium body, sweet, big cherry flavor, a little woody. Red, clear, low carbonation, good head. Smells like Smith Brothers cough drops...a good thing. Cherry-sweet. Sweet. Cherry. Hint of sour in finish, but sweet. A real Technicolor beer, if you'd drink too much.
Peche Golden, high carbonation, pinkish head. Peach aroma on top of the standard "Belgian" nose. Good body, very sweet, quite tart.
MONGOZO
Nostradamus http://www.specialtybeer.com/beer,index,nostradamus.html
ONDINEKE-DE GLAZEN TOREN
ORVAL
Brasserie d'Orval
Abbaye de Notre-Dame d'Orva
lB-6823
Florenville-Viller-d-orval, Belgium
Phone: (061) 31 10 60
Website: ORVAL
email: Webmaster@Orval.be
Sunset-orange color; a fruity and slightly acidic bouquet, firm body, profound hop bitterness, and long, dry finish.
OUDE - 3FONTEINEN
POPERINGS HOMMELBIER Poperings, Kapittel
QUINTINE-BRASSERIE DES GÉANTS
ROCHEFORT - ABBAYE ST REMY
RODENBACH
Brouwerij Spanje Straat
133-141B-8800
Roeselare, Belgium
Phone: (051) 22 34 00
Fax: (051) 22 92 48
Website: Rodenbach
Email: Rodenbach@Rodenbach.be
Opened 1820.
Alexander Rodenbach Deep red, thick head. Lots of black cherry aroma. Sweet cherry flavor, then sour cherries, then a drying finish. Not nearly as acidic as Grand Cru, but still pretty tart.
Grand Cru Deep red-brown, good head. Sour, banana aroma. Very sour, lots of cherry with some chocolate in the background. Very astringent. Pretty refreshing, although the acidity might keep me from drinking more than a few.
RODENBACH, Rodenbach GRAND CRU and ALEXANDER Rodenbach are three extra-fermented beers. Served at 8( to 12°C they are the most refreshing beers in the world! That is the opinion of famous beer connoisseur Michael Jackson. RODENBACH is fresh, slightly sharp-tasting and has a beautiful reddish-brown colour. With an alcohol content of 5% vol., Rodenbach has approximately the same strength as traditional pilsener lager (5% vol. to 5.2% vol.). Rodenbach GRAND CRU beer, which has matured for at least two years in oak casks, surprises many people with its spicy, sharp taste. ALEXANDER Rodenbach is a luxury cherry beer: you will certainly find its fruity bouquet and sweet and sour taste tempting!
RULLES - BROUWERIJ VAN RULLES
SAINT BERNARDUS
Brouwerij St.Bernard
Saint Bernadus
Watou, Belgium
Tripel Amber, extremely fizzy, big head. Candy-sweet aroma, with some bananas. Thick, but not all that sweet. Just a little metallic, but not enough to offend. Gets sweeter as it goes along, and finishes with a hint of banana pudding.
SERAFIJN
STELLA ARTOIS
ST-FEUILLIEN
URTHEL
VAL-DIEU ABBEY
VAN STEENBERGE
Brouwerij Van Steenberge
Lindenlaan 25
B-9940 Ertvelde, Belgium
Phone: +32 9 344.50.71
Fax: +32 9 344.54.20
Website: Brouwerij Van Steenberge
email: jqdoumen@vub.ac.be
Augustijn Abbey Ale 8% abv. Full body - Staying head - amber color with a spicy, malty palate that finishes very fruity with complex happy undertones.
Bornem Dubble Abbey Ale 8% abv. Very dark, coffee color - full rich body - staying head - effervescent nose - soft velvet feeling in the mouth - luscious. Malt character with a hoppy aftertouch. Monks used to fast on this type of beer for 40 days!
Bornem Triple Abbey Ale 9% abv. Golden shining and solf feeling in the mouth - perfectly balanced taste - full body and heart warming, a splendid aroma, tickling in the nose - hoppy dry long finish. Ageable for many years.
Piraat Ale 10.5% abv. Deep golden with a subtle haze. Lots of hops and malt. Mild sweetness. Reminiscent of bread dough, spices and tropical fruits.
Gulden Draak 10.5% abv. Dark brown triple ale, which makes it an exception among the Belgian Triples. The second fermentation offers the nice creamy head, the full body and all the vitamins of the centuries old brewers yearst. It is a "thick" beer that you can actually "eat" to adventure the complex taste. Gulden Draak balances a natural malt toffee-like sweetness with a mellow happiness and some hoppy accents. The aroma is round, sweet and reveals the 10.5 alcohol by volume. Another name for this type of rich beer is "Barley Wine"
WITKAP PATER
Banana, berry nose, lemony finish. Lighter body & ABV than Dobbels or Tripels, but aromatic profile typical of style. Good with mussels, salmon, tuna, and swordfish. What the monks drink for lunch! 6% pale ale. An excellent abbey beer choice as the waether begins to warm.
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