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Saint-Monon Brune

From the archive: first published in the Oxford Bottled Beer Database February 2001
Beer sellers: mi orge mi houblon

ABV: 7.5%
Origin: Nassogne, Luxembourg, Wallonie
Website: www.saintmonon.be

Saint-Monon Brune

I know little about this brewery except that it’s in wooded country in the Ardennes, in the Belgian province of Luxembourg [in the village of Ambly in the commune of Nassogne] – [...]

Bocq St Feuillien Brune

Beer sellers: Beermania

ABV: 7.5%
Origin: Purnode, Hainaut, Wallonie
Website: www.st-feuillien.com, www.bocq.be

Du Bocq St Feuillien Brune

Feuillien or Foillan was an Irish evangelist who, like numerous others, took up the viable 7th century lifestyle choice of wandering Europe preaching and setting up monasteries. Shortly after founding one at Fosse-la-Ville near Nivelles he was murdered by bandits — allegedly his decapitated head [...]

Koningshoeven La Trappe Dubbel

Beer sellers: Beers of Europe

ABV: 6.5%
Origin: Berkel-Enschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Website: www.latrappe.nl

Koningshoeven La Trappe Dubbel

The only official Trappist brewery outside Belgium is operated by the secular Bavaria brewery in partnership with the brothers of the Abdij Onze Lieve Vrouw van Koningshoeven near Tilburg — for more background see the review of La Trappe Blonde. These days the monastery [...]

Slaghmuylder Witkap Pater Dubbel

A shortened version of this piece appears in the book 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die (May 2010).

ABV: 7%
Origin: Ninove, Oost Vlaanderen
Website: www.witkap.be
First brewed: 1929
Serving temperature: 8-10°C

The Witkap beers are the oldest surviving examples of the abbey beer style, predating more famous brands like Leffe and Grimbergen by decades. Although unlike these two they’ve [...]

Hertog Jan Dubbel

Originally published in BEER February 2006.

To read about more beers stocked by Morrisons, see previous post.

ABV 7 per cent
Origin Arcen, Limburg, the Netherlands
Buy from Morrisons
Website www.hertogjan.nl

Hertog Jan Dubbel

The Arcense Stoombierbrouwerij (Arcen steam brewery) in hilly Limburg dates back to 1915. Relaunched with a management buyout in 1981, it was at first prevented under the terms [...]

Westmalle Dubbel

Originally published in What’s Brewing November 2003

Origin: Malle, Antwerpen, Belgium
ABV: 7 per cent
Buy from supermarkets, specialist shops

Westmalle Dubbel

Westmalle abbey is a member of the beer world’s most exclusive club: the Trappist monasteries that brew beer commercially under the direction of the monks. There are currently only six of these, all in Belgium (a seventh, Koningshoeven [...]

't IJ Natte en Zatte

Originally published in What’s Brewing March 2003

Origin: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
ABV: 6.5 and 8 per cent
Buy from Specialist suppliers, including Beer Barons (www.beerbarons.com)

't IJ Natte

In a matter of years the Netherlands has gone from a Heineken-dominated desert to boasting one of the most interesting beer scenes in Europe, with an eclectic and innovative approach that [...]


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