Session # 136 | De La Senne | Taras Boulba | 4.5% ABV Belgian Pale Ale | Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, Belgium| Rating: 86/100 One year ago: Ayinger Celebrator Sometimes when people discover that I run my own beer website, they immediately ask me if I’ve had this beer or that beer. Such is the case with Brasserie [...]
Archive for the ‘Belgium’ Category
14 Jan
Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueuze
Session # 132 | Drie Fonteinen | Oude Gueuze | 6% ABV Gueuze| Beersel, Belgium | Rating: 95/100 One year ago: RJ Rockers Black Perle There is a fun video on YouTube (seen here) of Drie Fonteinen’s owner and master blender, Armand Debelder, talking about the process of blending his lambics to make Gueuze. It’s [...]
17 Dec
St Bernardus Christmas Ale
Session # 128 | St. Bernardus | Christmas Ale | 10% ABV Belgian Strong Dark Ale | Watou, Belgium | Rating: 92/100 One year ago: Ska Modus Hoperandi The St. Bernardus Abt 12 is one of the most well-beloved beers in the world. It’s a shame for sure that I haven’t had it on the [...]
8 Nov
Kerkom Bink Tripel
Session # 122 | Kerkom | Bink Tripel | 7% ABV Tripel | Sint-Truiden, Belgium | Rating: 90/100 When a Belgian Brewmaster says he is disappointed in the decreasing use of hops in Belgian brewing and decides to make a Tripel, one would hope that the resulting beer would carry as much hops in the [...]
15 Oct
Westmalle Tripel
Session # 115 | Westmalle | Tripel | 9.5% ABV Tripel | Malle, Belgian | Rating: 94/100 Belgian beers are so friggin’ tasty – especially the Trappist beers. There’s something about the tradition, dedication, and passion behind them that really seems to shine. Today’s beer is no exception. It’s the Westmalle Tripel, a Trappist beer [...]
