Awesome thread!
You are making me salivate. My husband calls this beer porn. I have to stay on the wagon. b/c I am pregnant. I have had Chamay- red. Very powerful flavors and a high alcoholic content- 7-8%?
YUMMMMM!
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Awesome thread!
You are making me salivate. My husband calls this beer porn. I have to stay on the wagon. b/c I am pregnant. I have had Chamay- red. Very powerful flavors and a high alcoholic content- 7-8%?
YUMMMMM!
What i currently have in my fridge, brought home all the way from Belgium.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...evue_kriek.jpg
:lol: Yes, I had the red last night, it is indeed 7%, which is strong, but only average by Belgian standards, (the blue is 11%). I do love the red very much as well, deep and altogether so, so tasty.Quote:
Originally Posted by jersea
You'll have to get some good Belgian beers for when the baby is born and celebrate in style!
Oh, yes you're the evil one who went to Belgium aren't you? How, er, how, did you get on there? :redface: Just been flicking through my city breaks brochure, taking in Brussels and Bruges, amongst others, ah...Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
That kriek looks yummy, I don't think that it would be sitting in my fridge for long.
I have only got one small Leffe and Erdinger in the fridge, drinkable, but hardly anything to get that excited about. It is certainly one of the drawbacks of tasting the finer things in life; it leaves one so deliciously unsatisfied...
It was a very magical place and sitting beside the canals drinking Kriek was pleasent. i highly recommend a visit. I have posted pics of Bruges in my blog and in the photos by you thread if you are interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Oh and it is no longer in my fridge. it is in a glass! :D
Sounds like heaven, I'll check those out, thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Niamh
:lol::lol:Quote:
Oh and it is no longer in my fridge. it is in a glass!
Come on folks I want to know your Belgian experiences. If you have not rushed out and sought some great Belgian beers after reading this thread I want to know why.
I will not accept the excuse that the cat ate your Belgian beer shopping list. Or that you have other things to do. I was not born yesterday. Do you want me to phone your parents and explain to them that you are just not pulling your weight? No, I didn't think so.
You may, or may not realise it, but drinking good quality Belgian beer is for YOUR benefit and not MINE. I have my qualification in Belgian beer, I am OK, but you haven't.
You may just think that all this is just a laugh, and that you are only here to "have a good time" but what about when you log off? Where are your so called friends then? Oh yes, I am talking about YOUR future here, and nobody else's, think about it.
Do you really want to spend the rest of your life drinking warm tap water? No, I didn't think so. But nobody can go out and get the fine quality Belgian ales for you, you have to do it for yourself and grab those Trappist brews with both hands.
Tut, really, when I was younger I didn't have all the support that you have now. Oh no. I was simply thrown out in the wide world of the pub and made to suffer by drinking chemical beers and weak real ales. It is only through hard work and dedication that I have come to appreciate the finer ales of those most noble Belgians.
But you, with all your "new fangled" internet have access to all the support that you need and you are just not applying yourself at all. It is just plain laziness and habit. Never mind if you are a wine drinker, or that you may be under age, that is not an excuse at all. Belgian beer is the drink of the gods and you are off task, so repeat after me:
I must drink Belgian beer and report to Mr Neely
I must drink Belgian beer and report to Mr Neely
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Now get out of my class, and don't return until you are truly sorry. We can all say sorry, but it is not the same unless we really mean it.
Now then, where was I? Oh yes, Timmerman please continue...
Done, Sir.Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Mr Neely, Sir, you forgot to put fullstops at the end of your sentences but I took the liberty of typing them with a fullstop, Sir.
:lol::lol::lol:
Ah, yes, yes, put it down over there by the table. Take a seat.
Ahem, I marked your essay on the merits of Westmalle Triple during matins, and yes it had some interesting points in the conclusion, very er, well put, excellent, I think there is some promise in you yet child, capital, capital.
Well what are you sitting there for? Off you go to break, shoo, shoo, come on dear, I have to prepare for my lecture on the Abbey beers, capital, capital.
Belgian beers are really exceptional, unique, every beer has it's own special glass, too strong to drink it a lot and very expensive; at least in only pub in my town that has it.
Too bad they are hard (almost impossible) to get in my country.
Yes they certainly are exception beers and unique in many respects. They are stronger, but it then becomes more of a sipping drink, a drink to take your time over and savour, as opposed to standard strength British "session" beers which really demands drinking more quickly. They are more expensive in the UK than the standard drink £3-5 per bottle on average, as opposed to £2-3 per pint (so more than double in cost per amount) but I certainly think they are worth it. How much are they in your country (Russia?) compared to standard beers?
After drinking Belgian beer it is very difficult to drink anything else, although I do enjoy the German wheat beers and occasionally some of the better continental lagers. I also drink ciders, but it is now rare that I drink British real ales anymore, because I have been spoilt by the art of the Belgian brew and although there are some fair British beers, they simply can't compare to Belgian beers, especially the Trappist ones.
Professor Neely! Professor Neely! *raises his hand*
In my remote hub of the northern US, we have what are commonly called "Belgian style" ales and "Beers brewed in the Belgian tradition". Are these Belgian ales too?
I am eager to begin my studies of this subject, but I fear to leave my lovely Pabst Blue Ribbon behind me. Which reminds me of another question: Do Belgian ales come in 30-packs?
Hmm, unfortunately such brews are not authentic Belgian ales. If they say "Belgian style" or "brewed in the Belgian tradition” they are like copies of an original, ahem. But don’t be disheartened there dear fellow, such brews are I good starter I’m sure, and you can certainly get hold of real authentic brews over there if you look hard enough. I suggest that as your homework for the next week, capital, capital.
Belgian ales come by the bottle, always by the bottle and not in “packs”. Although you can order them by the crate, usually in 24s, but that would cost a lot. Look out for Chimay, le Trappe and Westmalle, you should be able to find those in the US they send enough over there, excellent, excellent, Carry on.
they sell them in cans and packs in the airport in Brussels...Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely
Cans and packs? Belgian beer in a can? Not the Trappist brews certainly, certainly not the Trappist brews, oh dear the thought of it. Now stand outside for shouting out, tut, tut. Oh, I feel faint.
Deep Breaths Neely! Its not the end of the world!!! That beer is for pure tourist commercial value. :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by Neely