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Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 11.5% Origin: Esen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Website: www.dedollebrouwers.be De Dolle Brouwers Stille Nacht Reserva 2005 An extreme development of the cult classic ‘Silent Night’ strong, sweet Christmas ale from the eccentric Dolle Brouwers, this wood aged version takes a slighty stronger implementation of the same recipe, generously hopped with Nugget […] Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 8% Origin: Lembeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium Website: www.boon.be Boon Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait In 1977, after a period perfecting the skill of lambic blending at the old De Vit blender and former brewery in Lembeek, Frank Boon became the first person in decades to start a new brewery specialising in […] Beer sellers: Beermania ABV: 6.5% Origin: Ertvelde, Oost-Vlaanderen Website: www.beermania.be/meaculpa, www.vansteenberge.com Van Steenberge Beermania Mea Culpa Nasser Eftekhari had been tasting, discussing and selling specialist Belgian beer in his comprehensive Beermania beer shop in Brussels for over 20 years when he commissioned his first own label brand in 2007. He was therefore well […] Beer sellers: Beermania ABV: 6% Origin: Beersel, Vlaams-Brabant, Vlaanderen Website: www.3fonteinen.be 3 Fonteinen Oude Kriek Traditional spontaneously fermented lambic beer doesn’t reach the consumer without being subjected to additional processes of maturation, blending and/or steeping with fruit to make it palatable. Though today’s better known lambic breweries generally carry out such processes themselves, […] ABV: 6.5% Origin: Kobbegem, Vlaams-Brabant Website: http://www.mort-subite.be De Keersmaeker Mort Subite Oude Kriek This is an expanded review of a beer that featured as a fruit beer on the bottled beer review page in the August 2010 issue of BEER magazine, sent free every quarter to CAMRA members, who can also view […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 2.5% Origin: Assebroek, West-Vlaanderen (since moved to Oudenaarde, Oost-Vlaanderen) Website: www.smisje.be "De Regenboog brews Mesopotamian beer: Archaeologists find recipe in Syrian song from 1800BC." An interesting attempt to recreate an authentic ancient beer made in collaboration with the brewing school of […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 5.5% Origin: Beerzel, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen Website: www.thofbrouwerijke.be 't Hofbrouwerijke hofblues Hobby brewer Jef Goetelein dipped his toes into commercial brewing as a hirer of other brewers’ kit. In 2005, frustrated with this arrangement, he set up on his own “little farmyard […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 5% Origin: Sint-Ulriks-Kapelle, Vlaams Brabant, Vlaanderen Brouwerij Girardin For the style this is easy drinking but top quality from one of the most respected lambic breweries, a cherry-red beer with a creamy, woody and tannic aroma rich and oily with […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version first appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 4.7% Origin: Breendonk, Antwerpen, Vlaanderen Website: www.vedett.be, www.duvelmoortgat.be Duvel Moortgat Vedett Extra White Previously Duvel Moortgat’s wheat beer offering was Steendonk, produced in partnership with Palm, but the partnership ended this year and this beer, DM’s very own replacement, came […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version was first published on facebook January 2009. ABV: 7.3% Origin: Bavikhove, West-Vlaanderen Website: www.bavik.be Bavik Petrus Aged Pale Established in 1894 and now a sizeable family-owned independent, Bavik (sometimes known as De Brandenbere after the owning family) made its name with sour brown ales, some of which […] |
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