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Top Tastings 2010 ABV: 10% Origin: Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Website: www.brouwerijdemolen.nl De Molen Hel en Verdoemenis 666 World renowned Dutch craft brewer Menno Olivier brews phenomenal beers in numerous styles, but perhaps his strongest suit is his imperial stouts, of which there are several, as well as variants within variants. ‘Hell and Damnation’ […] 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 […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2008. ABV: 11% Origin: Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Website: www.brouwerijdemolen.nl Molen de Arkduif, where Brouwerij de Molen is based. Photo: PH Louw, from Wikimedia Commons. Available from a huge claret cask at the Great British Beer Festival, this limited edition imperial porter is from […] Top Tastings 2008. A shorter version appeared on facebook January 2009. ABV: 5.3% Origin: Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands Website: www.grolsch.nl Grolsch Premium Weizen They may have been bought up SAB-Miller but Grolsch are certainly keeping up the quality with this relatively new Bavarian-style wheat beer, which raised eyebrows by beating several German producers in […] Great British Beer Festival 2010 ABV: 3.5% Origin: Bodegraven, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands Website: www.brouwerijdemolen.nl Revelation Cat Whole Milk Mild This is a beer deserving of the description ‘eclectic’: a cross between two traditional and somewhat neglected English beer styles, mild and milk stout, commissioned by an Italian and brewed by a Dutchman. The idea […] Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. For more selections see previous post. Beer sellers: De Bierkoning ABV: 6% Origin: Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands Website: www.christoffelbier.nl St Christoffel Christoffel Blond Another of the Netherlands’ most outstanding beers, this is the flagship brew of St Christoffel, founded by Leo Brand, scion of the […] Bières sans frontières, Great British Beer Festival 2007. Top Tastings 2008. For more selections see previous post. Beer sellers: De Bierkoning ABV: 7% Origin: Uithoorn, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Website: www.schansbier.nl Van Vollenhoven poster Van Vollenhoven’s Extra Stout is arguably one of the best beers currently produced in the Netherlands, and it’s also a piece […] A shortened version of this piece appears in the book 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die (May 2010). ABV: 6.5% Origin: Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands Website: www.christoffelbier.nl First brewed: 2005 Serving temperature: 8-10°C Christoffel Bok reclame Dutch autumn bokbier must be one of the most underpublicized beer styles outside its home country: […] ABV: 10% Origin: Arcen, Limburg, Netherlands Website: www.hertogjan.nl Hertog Jan Grand Prestige 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die A full review of this beer is featured in the book 1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die, published May 2010 by Cassell Illustrated. Buy the book from amazon.co.uk Read […] Top tastings 2009 ABV: 8.1% Origin: Bodegraven, Zuid Holland, Netherlands Website: www.brouwerijdemolen.nl De Molen Bloed, Zweet en Tranen Menno Olivier’s De Molen (“the mill”) brewery is in a 17th century windmill called De Ardkuif beside the Oude Rijn river bang in the middle of the Groene Hart, the rural “green heart” within the […] |
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