Belgian Beer?

Karl Hungus

Well, being thoroughly sickened by the suggestion of Dutch Gold, or other such swill, I thought I'd create a thread for the true beer connoissuers on boards.

Do you go to specialist stores for your beer?
Does your beer say something like "Witbiere-biere Blanche" or equally as posh?
Do you turn your nose at those drinking lesser beers like Budweiser, or Carlsberg?
Well then, this thread is for you!

Ronan|Raven

Do you enjoy paying through the nose for the leftovers they ship to ireland

TacT

Heineken, obviously because I'm a D4 head
Budweiser can't be classed as beer, it's made with rice

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by Ronan|Raven
Do you enjoy paying through the nose for the leftovers they ship to ireland

As apposed to paying for ****e that I can barely choke down???

Duffman

Estonian beer is teh win tbh

hedgetrimmer

Living in Brussels, as I am, I have gone through most of the list. but you missed some classics like Kreik, Satan, Lucifer, Troll beer and Judas. very nice.

have to say my favourite is Chimay Brun. 9% too

The_Goose

i dont see whats so wrong with bud, heiniken is sour!

Sarky

Budweiser is a pathetic knockoff of Budvar. The yanks got it dead wrong and removed most of the flavour. Then they tried to sue the original brewers when the iron curtain came down...

And Bud, Heineken, et al. are full of horrible chemicals that make hangovers even worse.

Tried quite a few of those beers. All nice. No silly additives, so you have to drink an awful lot to get hungover. Full of lovely rich tasty flavour. And a damn sight stronger than rubbish like Carlsberg, which you don't so much buy as rent for a while. Abt Watou is good stuff, probably my favourite Belgian tipple right now. Strong enough to knock the backside off a concrete elephant, and dead tasty.

Still quite the fan of German beers though. Mmm, Ganter/Rothaus...

Woden

i've not heard of most of those beers up there but i was in england for the summer and went off budweiser completely.

Anywho i was enjoying stella also tried and like Hoegaarden. Also had another belgium beer whos name i don't know may have stared with L had a honey like taste? didn't really like it.

Also enjoyed budvar and kroenburg (sp) and i like erdinger.

Dr. Loon

AW... I resent the fact that you've labeled Stella as a "newb" beer!! What the **** do you think you are? The master of fine beers? :rolleyes:

I like most belgian beers, but the only one I'd drink consistently would be Stella. That's the type of beer I like to drink.

The others - especially Chimay are very tasty, but I just wouldn't be able to lash down 8 of them on a night on the píss, as well as the rediculous prices they cost.

AW - You seem to have this superior attitude when it comes to;

a) Beer
b) Metal music or rock music in general
c) Lord of the rings - most of your posts on this board involve quoting people's inaccuracies, and then throwing in a little :rolleyes: to make that person feel stupid.

Bunch of arsé if you ask me.





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Bacchus

FinkBrau is my drink of choice as of late. Goes down easy and only costs 50c a bottle (it does come in small bottles though. Get a slab of 24 for €12 and all your drinking needs shall be catered for.

DadaKopf

What? No mention of Delerlium Tremens?

Sarky

So, drinking beer is no use unless it gets you drunk?

Fair enough so, Dr. Loon.

Dont Ban Me

Was in Brussels last year ans went to a pub called Lop Lops, was class, and we drank gallons of some weird stuff cant remember the name of it but ther are so many to chose from, as there are loads of micro-breweries around!
This really wa a waste of poat wasnt it as there is nothing of any substantial merit in all my likkle words!!

Karl Hungus

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
What the **** do you think you are? The master of fine beers? :rolleyes:

Yes, as a matter of fact, I do.

Honestly Dr.Loon...
Get the hell off your high horse and learn to take my 'Superior' comments with a hint of sarcasm.

echomadman

You forgot the various incarnations of Leffe, mmmm leffe
Leffe first , then chimay,

Karl Hungus

Oh, and on that point...

Originally posted by Dr. Loon
AW... I resent the fact that you've labeled Stella as a "newb" beer!

I quite like Stella tbh, it's a great beer, and it's what I'll drink on most nights out, because its so readily available. And that's the only reason it's labelled 'Newb' beer, because it's the most well known of Belgian Beers.

Like I said...
Take my comments with a bit of humour, and you'll get on fine.

wasabi

Originally posted by DadaKopf
What? No mention of Delerlium Tremens?

mmgh delirium tremens, yes, tasty and you only need 3.
there's a darker version as well called delirium nocturnum thats good too, you can get it in redmonds off licence in ranelagh.

hedgetrimmer

Delerium Tremens....that's the one with the pink elephants? Oooo please tell me there *were* pink elephants LOL:D

nesthead

SATAN GOLD!! a deadly little bastard weighing in at 8%, tis' a beaut'!!

it and a number of Belgian and other beers from around the world are abvailable at the Porterhouse on Parliment St. (in Dublin of course ye feckin boggers!!)

Woden

Originally posted by echomadman
You forgot the various incarnations of Leffe, mmmm leffe
Leffe first , then chimay,

Leffe that could have been the beer i had, do you know if there is one with a kinda aftertaste like honey?


angelwhore i don't think stella is widely available over here i've noticed a couple of places with it recently. Bob's and the student bar in ucd. Stella in bottles is absolute quality

Ronan|Raven

Originally posted by hedgetrimmer
Delerium Tremens....that's the one with the pink elephants? Oooo please tell me there *were* pink elephants LOL:D

Yes they were. Bloody lethal it is. If you drink another beer after it all you can taste is its syrupy goodness.

Ronan|Raven

Actually Kolsch makes little work of all the blegian midrange beers. It is a banquet in a glass , a truely wonderful beer. Kuppers Kolsch

pickarooney

Toss-up between Gulden Draak and Verbodene Vrucht. Would never say no to a Chouffe either.

SeeYouJimmy

i have to say im partial to the hoegaarden grand cru (9.4%) tasty, as well as the added bonus that it blows your socks off, i like that morte subite too, rather nice

Dr. Loon

Originally posted by Sarky
So, drinking beer is no use unless it gets you drunk?

Fair enough so, Dr. Loon.

That's not what I meant. If I was out on the píss I wouldn't be able to drink a load of Chimay... it gets a bit heavy on me after a while. I do regularly buy a couple when I'm sitting in. The taste is truly lovely.

You misread/mis-understood me.

AW don't take my attack too seriously. I was in a foul humour that day.... but you shouldn't consider yourself the "Master of fine beers" as I already hold that title.

monument

Originally posted by Manticore
i dont see whats so wrong with bud,

Having taste buds would help.

woosaysdan

cider is the only way vive la bulmers

gaui3d0pnbz86o

dont forget kriek(sp please) boon(cherry beer) and kreik frambose(raspberry beer) masters of all beers!

as for buying, the best off lisence-as winner of offo of the year many times- is the wine celler, johns st, kilkenny! they do deliver! and vast selection of all beers of the world! living in dub, i make trips every 3-6 months to stock up! well worth it!

spongebob

It is cheap to get the stuff in Belgium, by the pallet

SeeYouJimmy

When i was in belgium last year you could get a crate of stella (24x25cl) for 7euro plus 4.50 deposit out of the supermarket, in france it costs about 8euro (no deposit) for 24 kronenbourg

spongebob

Stella in Wetherspoons in London was UK0.99 for a 33CL bottle recently , about E1.45 or so. Very nice, had more than one. It costs E1 a bottle when it makes it to Tesco on special offer.

The same bottle in a boozer in Dublin costs about E5 or E6 I should think, I am too afraid to ask

How long would it take Boards to fill a 40FT countainer in Belgium, around a month I'd say.

M