Beer?

[No Ta Doctor]

It is lovely and very refreshing for something so strong

Yes, a crisp clean taste where a lot of the strong blondes/tripels can be a bit sweet and cloying with spices.

My favourite Tripel is the Westmalle

 

[bitsandbobs]

An "Imperial Duvel" was released recently. Pretty pokey at 10% ABV. It's supposedly a limited release, so not sure how long and how widely it will be available.

 

[Shadow]

I hope you weren't cycling after those ... 😳

I was not going far...

 

[Shadow]

Exhibit #2

St Bernadus Extra 4 4.8% - at St Bernadus' bar*; " a refreshing blond beer that is brewed in the classic 'Single' style", according to the booklet; thought it was very good, easy to drink, especially at 11:30 a.m.

St Bernadus Tokyo 6% - again at the bar; refreshing, more herbal than fruity, ok. Note more folk in the background, it became very busy.
*this place is very geared up to receive locals, tourists, beer drinkers, morning coffee and cake drinkers, cyclists perhaps; the bar/restaurant is huge and has a huge roof terrace with great views of surrounding farm land; very modern outlook, a shop, brewery tour and guest house (11 rooms).

Brasserie Dupont Moinette Blonde 8.5% - at a sidewalk café/resto in Gent; c'etait très bon, very tasty although that could just have been thirst, I think I'm beginning to like this style very much.

 

[Spartak]

Enjoying a beer at Mechelen before train back to Brussel-Zuid.

 

[Spartak]

Train beer ... 👍

 

[Shadow]

Exhibit #3

Brewery Van Steenbergen Augustijn Grand Cru 9% - at De Valk Gastrobar, Merendree; "authentic monastery beer"; good flavour, strong.

La Fourchette - at same place; no idea of ABV, on draft, I ordered it because a 'regular', who came in from an outside table, asked me to order her one when the barman re-appeared; refreshing, good, probably around 4-5% I would guess; later she told me she drinks it because the owner lives in the village!

Omer 8% - at a café in a windy, tatty seaside town between Zeebrugge and Ostend; brewed since 1892, "top-fermented, re-fermented in bottle, fine and fruity aroma"; very good , felt strong as first of the day.

 

[stephec]

This is like drinking an alcopop, not one that I'll be having again.

 

[grldtnr]

You 've only yourself to blame ! Its in a can.
If you want a nice Zesty pint, go for bottle of 'Proper Job' from the St.Austells brewery, you may even find it in a pub near you , if really lucky in a Bottle condition , bottle..

 

[Jenkins]

This is like drinking an alcopop, not one that I'll be having again.

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Is that from Aldi? I'm sure I saw something similar in there yesterday, but steered clear having tried a fruit flavoured beer they on offer before.
Went for a couple of bottles of the Harper's IPA instead.

 

[stephec]

Is that from Aldi? I'm sure I saw something similar in there yesterday, but steered clear having tried a fruit flavoured beer they on offer before.
Went for a couple of bottles of the Harper's IPA instead.

That's the one.

 

[stephec]

You 've only yourself to blame ! Its in a can.
If you want a nice Zesty pint, go for bottle of 'Proper Job' from the St.Austells brewery, you may even find it in a pub near you , if really lucky in a Bottle condition , bottle..

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but look what comes in cans nowadays.

And this won't do your blood pressure much good either.

 

[grldtnr]

Your quite right , it won't, symptomatic of these big brewing companies, killing the golden nectar, I don't know which corporate muck money raker owns St Austells, but you can be sure one does.
At least the real stuff is pukka pint.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Your quite right , it won't, symptomatic of these big brewing companies, killing the golden nectar, I don't know which corporate muck money raker owns St Austells, but you can be sure one does.
At least the real stuff is pukka pint.

Still an independent, family-owned brewery apparently. Proper Job appeared just a year after Thornbridge's Jaipur IPA so they were very much part of the first wave of ''craft beer'' brewers.

 

[stephec]

I've never had Proper Job on draught, the last time I was down that way for work I stayed at The Jamaica Inn and had a few pints of Jail Ale, lovely stuff. I've not even had it in bottles for a while as Mrs stephec used to lie them down in the fridge, despite the number of times I told her not to.

An on the subject of Jaipur, our local spoons has it for something like £2.30 a pint. 🍻