Belgian Beer Appreciation Thread (2023)

Among the best in my book are:
Girardin 1882 Black Label
Oude Beersel Vandervelden, Kriek. Very underrated
Boon various Vat series
Horal Megablend buy it if you can find it
Hanssen's and Oude Beersel Scharbeekse Kriek

 

Guldenberg...a tripel from De Ranke.

Solid...banana, orange peel, mild clove. Great to have it on draft. Hopleaf description:

Living in reasonably close proximity to the best Belgian beer bar outside of, um, Belgium...get used to me posting in this thread.

 

Hopleaf sells De Garre bottles TO GO!!

I'm just a Hopleaf fanatic, though; I fully acknowledge there are great Belgian bars across the world & tip my hat to your favorites.

And De Garre is, by far, my favorite Tripel and I'm so grateful it seems to be escaping into the world more & more these days.

 

De Garre is in the heart!

Need to finally get around to trying a De Ranke, hope it warms up and stops raining at some point to check this out.

 

@ChicagoJ we need to make an afternoon of it soon! I'll be meet you here anytime. #adultplaydate

 

Sounds good, I'll send a DM when the Sun returns.

Rain and my aversion to it caused me to bail on my planned Frank & Mary's (Lunch) / Maplewood (Cashmere Pulaski) / Beer Temple Pulaski Day Trifecta.

 

Is that a recent release?

 

I'm a big fan of quads but don't get them very often. This has been a favorite of mine since I bought a bomber when I first discovered the joys of the craft bomber years ago. This one is four years old and drinking wonderfully.

 

I always passed on these when they were readily available here...Now i stock up on them when in Nevada..Reminds me so much of Wisconson belgian red, One of my favorites

 

As an Belgian aboriginal, I will never underestimate US beers nowadays.

 

Even 20 yr old Orval is superb!

 

Let me get this right… You are telling me, I have to buy 200 of these bottles? And how in the world am I going to do a side-by-side with 20 beers? The things we have to do for science. Well if THAT’S what needs to be done.

 

My favourite tripel for more than 36 yrs.
Duvel is ot my cup of tea, Westmalle Tripel rules.
WMT is THE benchmarking tripel.
Cheers!

 

A stateside brewed Tripel, from First State Brewing in Delaware. Called Tripel Beaming, it's spot on for the style.

 

My first time drinking this beer - St Feuillien Quadruple, and I am impressed. Nice rich malt flavors. Dark caramel, spiced cookies, some plum. Well balanced, drier finish. Medium bodied, but smooth mouthfeel

 

A late cross post from NBW. I ran out of time to post it last night. I have been watching this thread for a couple of weeks for “educational purposes” as I don’t have much experience with Belgian styles.

I grabbed this variety pack at a local bottle shop this week. I got the feeling it had been there for a while, they had others and it wasn’t dusty so I’m not sure why I got that impression.



Six new to me beers, some of which I should have tried years ago so I was excited to get it.



First out of the pack is Gulden Draak classic. It was a gusher!
It doesn’t show in the photo but it is a rich, slightly hazy, chestnut brown. So far, I am really enjoying this one. I haven’t finished the review but at this point I am impressed. In a nutshell this has some of the rich flavor and complexity I expect (with limited experience) from a dark Belgian but is surprisingly easy drinking with the 10.5% ABV well disguised.
Nothing to complain about here.
Cheers!

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