Achel Extra Brune
Achel has only been brewing beer since 2001, making them one of the newest breweries in the Trappist community. They basically make 6 beers: a low, medium, and high alcohol […]
Tag Archives: Belgium
Rochefort 6
Rochefort 6 was first released to the public in 1953 after Chimay helped the struggling Trappist brewery revamp their brewery and recipes. This would also be the prototype for the […]
Q & Ale – Are Westvleteren 12 and St. Bernardus 12 the same beers?
This is a question that has come up a lot over the last 6 months surrounding the excitement of the 12/12/12 worldwide, one-time release of Westvleteren 12. And keeping with […]
The Brewing Monks: The Eight Trappist Breweries (Part 1)
The Eight Trappist Breweries In the first part of the article, The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing, I outlined the origins of the […]
The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing
The Trappist Decade The last few years have been very active ones for the Trappist breweries. Chimay celebrated its brewery’s 150 anniversary in 2012 with a special beer. Stift Engelszell […]
Brasserie du Bocq Blanche de Namur
Blanche de Namur has finally arrived in the United States (and the Pacific Northwest)! This is a beer I’ve been excited to try since I’ve read about it and heard […]
Brouwerij Slaghmuylder Witkap Pater Stimulo
Brouwerij Slaghmuylder is better known under its Witkap Pater label of abbey inspired beers. The Stimulo is their version of an Abbey Single Ale. It would be the lowest alcohol […]
The Boons of Lembeek: A Tour of Brouwerij Boon with Frank and Karel Boon
Boon: A Brief History 2012 and 2013 mark a new chapter in the history of Brouwerij Boon. What started as a small blending operation 40 years ago has become one […]
Westvleteren 8
Westvleteren 8 is the next beer in my Westvleteren tasting flight. This is the second beer in Westvleteren’s lineup. I’ve already reviewed the blond. On 12/12/12, the monastery and their US importer, Shelton […]
Roeselare: A Short Walking Tour
No trip to a brewery is complete without a visit to the city it calls home. After my visit to Rodenbach (You can read about my tour of Rodenbach at: […]
Abbaye de St. Amand
This bottle of Abbaye de St. Amand is one of the beers I got while visiting Marc-Antoine De Mees at his Brasserie de Brunehaut in the south of Belgium. I […]
The Foeders of Roeselare: A Visit with the Wooden Behemoths of Rodenbach
My last official brewery trip of my Belgium vacation was to Brouwerij Rodenbach in the lovely town of Roeselare which is situated in the province of West-Vlaanderen. Since my first taste […]
Brasserie de Brunehaut: A Day with Marc-Antoine De Mees
My first official brewery tour on my trip to Belgium was going to be the small Wallonian brewery of Brunehaut (pronounced “Brew-no”) south of the city of Tournai (Doornik for […]
Belgium! Here I come!
After several years of soft planning, I’ll be departing for Belgium this Saturday for a beer vacation. To say that I’m excited would be an understatement. One of the most […]
Boon Oude Geuze
Boon Oude Geuze is the flagship beer of Brouwerij Boon. Frank Boon first began commercial geuze production in 1975 when he registered his business and began buying lambic to blend. […]
Saison d’Erpe-Mere
I’m on a mission to try as many Belgian beers as possible in the next several months. Certainly a worthy mission under normal circumstances, but this is an especially worthy […]
Straffe Hendrik 9 Tripel
Brewed by the De Halve Maan Brewery, the last functioning brewery in Bruges, the Straffe Hendrik 9 Tripel is an excellent beer. Appearance: Clear Gold with a persistent, white, pillowy […]
Rince Cochon
Rince Cochon is a Flemish Blonde Ale from Belgium. The best information I can find is that this beer is brewed by the Roman Brewery, yet their site shows no […]
