I am not an expert in Belgian beers or particularly like them much, but heres a list.
I am not an expert in Belgian beers or particularly like them much, but heres a list.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
I'm no expert but know someone who is, he visits Belgium (usually Ghent) almost as many times a year as I visit the Great Western in Wolverhampton.
I'm with BF on this as I prefer UK or even US style beers. Anything with Lambic in the title is vile as far as I'm concerned and the fruit flavour ones can be horrible as well.
Chimay is available in supermarkets and many pubs. It's OK but not worth the money.
La Chouffe I seem to recall my mate bought me a bottle of this. It was OK.
Delirium Tremens Widely available in pubs, over-rated and rubbish iMO. People buy it for the name.
Hoegaarden I thought it was horrible!
Kriek There used to be a company that did large paper wrapped bottles of a stronger Kriek and a 5% Framboise but I can't remember what it was called/.
Kwak My mate told me that a local Spoons is selling this, haven't tried it.
Leffe Both Brune and Blonde are commonly found in supermarkets. The draught Blonde has been available in pubs for twenty years.
Orval This is one that I actually quite like. You can find it in pubs over here.
Rochefort These are arguably the best of the more mainstream Trappiste beers. They can be found over here but usually at a prohibitive price.
Rodenbach I tried this once and thought it was vile.
Westmalle The most commonly found Trappiste beer. You can get it over here or even on the ferry to Antwerp. They are OK,
If you can afford the Eurostar fare I'm told you can do a day trip to Lille in France where many bars stock Belgian beers.
Had most of these but not a fan of Belgian beer .Not tried many Cantillon as I hate sour beers but surprisingly rate the Rodenbach as a great beer.Noticed they did not include Westvleteren 12 recognised as probably the best beer in the world.No I have not had it.At the bottom of the list is a quiz on world beers.10/10 for me.(smug)
9 out of 10 0n the quiz amazingly, just making a wrong guess on the Bintang.
"Everybody's got to believe in something. I believe I'll have another beer."
-W.C.Fields
I got a pathetic 5/10 for the World Beer Quiz, even got Tiger wrong as I thought it was Indian. I was once given a case of Chinese lager by a bloke from Chingford.
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeands...hristmas-beers
None of these, not really surprising as I don't really go for spiced beers. I had the Sheps Christmas Ale last December and it was foul,but might well have been off, as other comments were reasonably favourable.
"At that moment I would have given a kingdom, not for champagne or hock and soda, or hot coffee but for a glass of beer" Marquess Curzon of Kedlestone, Viceroy of India.