I tried rochefort 6 and was surprisingly disappointed as everyone raves about them
I know they get progressively stronger so I still have my hopes up for 8 and 10
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 5 December 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
that is true, was just throwing it in xp
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Monday, 5 December 2016 22:47 (seven years ago) link
rochefort 8 is very good but yeah 10 is mindblowing
― Dave Plaintive rapper with classical training (imago), Monday, 5 December 2016 22:48 (seven years ago) link
I'm an Achouffe stan, myself, when it comes to these beers.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 5 December 2016 22:51 (seven years ago) link
Delerium is also my shit
― Neanderthal, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 00:21 (seven years ago) link
st bernardus is really great
― nomar, Tuesday, 6 December 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
I'm at the local pub savouring the rochefort 8 and it is pretty amazing
Having a pint on the day mum passed three years ago today
I trace our habitual paths and cannot get used to her absence
I'm sure i will never though
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 02:41 (seven years ago) link
so out of the rocheforts, number 8, the special, is definitely my absolute favourite so far
i was also p determined to find the best chimay, and after tasting all four, the tripel/blanche/white/cinq cents is the winner
in terms of general belgian ales, i had a piraat triple hop dry hopped, which i couldn't find info for on the web, and was good but taste-wise it had no trace of hops, so i suspect the bar i had it at had it sitting around far too long. potentially this could be a good one too though
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:05 (seven years ago) link
have you gotten to try the Houblon Chouffe?
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:15 (seven years ago) link
No but it sounds like my kind of beer
I'll keep an eye out for it but ratebeer says it's not available in los angeles
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:26 (seven years ago) link
Actually untappd just found a place that sells it
Will go grab one tomorrow
Then back to tasting all trappist beers
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:29 (seven years ago) link
NB Gulden Draak is a barleywine style, so you're supposed to sip it from a glass a bit like a champagne or something. I absolutely love it, so many flavours it's like eating a meal.
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:36 (seven years ago) link
Some Tripels are like that too but they're too good to sip
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
I also recommend Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale if you like the sour type. It's not aggressively sour like Cuvee de Jacobins.
― nickn, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 03:40 (seven years ago) link
i had a piraat triple hop dry hopped, which i couldn't find info for on the web
About 13,200 results (0.47 seconds)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 04:33 (seven years ago) link
NB Gulden Draak is a barleywine style
lol no
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 04:36 (seven years ago) link
check out Whole Foods or any beer store
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 04:41 (seven years ago) link
Maybe a mod should rename this thread Which Beer Googler should I FP at will?
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
Albert
Did you bother clicking through those links that google sent you to? They provide very little info and most results are only for the triple hop not the triple hop dry hopped, which isn't even on their official website you dipshit
Also come to los angeles. There's a beer in a back alley with your name on it
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 05:16 (seven years ago) link
Aww, you missed me tho:Beer in the new era
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 05:24 (seven years ago) link
i didn't want to meet you then
now i do
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 05:26 (seven years ago) link
People, people, beer should be bringing us together, not tearing us apart!
― nickn, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 06:14 (seven years ago) link
― attention vampire (MatthewK), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 11:17 (seven years ago) link
anyone who has a choice of belgian beers and chooses chimay is a disgusting savage fyi
― imago, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 11:20 (seven years ago) link
In Beijing the choices were Hoegaarden and Chimay Blue.
― your cognitive privilege (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
lol, you have found the exception
― imago, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 11:30 (seven years ago) link
It's a completionist thing
Drinking my way down the trappist list
Chimay blanche is not that great, but found it to be better than the other three
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 13:10 (seven years ago) link
I was in Brussels a couple of weeks ago and people out were drinking Chimay Bleue, I dunno, it seems very good to me, but this is an ILX beer thread, of course men are gonna snob out
a buddy in atlanta told me he pays $12 a bottle for Rochefort 10, dang usa. in Paris it's pretty much the same price as in Brussels (take that brexiteers)
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:34 (seven years ago) link
5.99 in mpls
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:37 (seven years ago) link
nice. this last trip was my first time "getting" Belgian beers, probably b/c I stuck to trappist beers rather than the fruity ones I knew before. not coincidentally it was the first time I had fun in Belgium.
people there said I gotta try Westvleteren 12 but in bars in Brussels it was like 12 euros a bottle so I stuck with Westmalle and Rochefort.
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
Better tell the brewer that, they refer to it as a "barley wine" (and a tripel tbf) on their description page:https://www.vansteenberge.com/en/our-beer/gulden-draak/gulden-draak/
yeah it's a tripel with a Bordeaux pitch in secondary. If you would have it side by side with JW Lees you would not consider them to be in the same style at all.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:16 (seven years ago) link
most results are only for the triple hop not the triple hop dry hopped, which isn't even on their official website you dipshit
It's the same beer, just with import labeling.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:20 (seven years ago) link
Also come to los angeles. There's a beer in a back alley with your name on iti didn't want to meet you thennow i do
wow, sounds romantic
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
just wanna spike your kool aid man with bud light
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 16:34 (seven years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, May 2, 2017 9:16 AM (forty-four minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
this type of nitpicking is ridiculous btw
i mean even bjcp can't categorize this perfectly into one style, but coming in here writing "lol no" about what style a beer like gulden draak is just deserves a good old fashion beating
in 2008 bjcp considered it a belgian dark strong ale https://www.bjcp.org/2008styles/style18.php#1e
fast forward to 2015 and you get https://www.bjcp.org/docs/2015_Guidelines_Beer.pdf
page 53
i like that they put that each brewery has its own unique characteristic
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 17:09 (seven years ago) link
Tried gulden draak. It's very good but
Is it me or is westmalle tripel ale sexual
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Saturday, 10 June 2017 02:32 (seven years ago) link
Augustijn ale is just okay
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Saturday, 10 June 2017 02:59 (seven years ago) link
Just about every Tripel I've had is fairly aphrodisiac by the end
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 10 June 2017 05:49 (seven years ago) link
Two bottles in on Chimay Bleue - first time having it - and am floating :)))
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 21 January 2021 19:33 (three years ago) link
oiiiiii that’s the stuff :-)
― brimstead, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
Jelly.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
― imago, Tuesday, 2 May 2017 11:20 (three years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
literally belgian beer 101. belgian coors. belgian budweiser
powerful snob energy so sorry
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:31 (three years ago) link
Except the 'Belgian' part cancels out the Coors and Budweiser, sorry.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:32 (three years ago) link
wouldn't Jupiler be the Belgian Coors?
have no recollection of drinking Chimary tbh. Rochefort 10 for me thanks
― CP Radio Gorgeous (Colonel Poo), Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:38 (three years ago) link
Aye, that's a pretty naive take. Stella/Jupiler are for sure the prominent macro lagers in BE.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:43 (three years ago) link
(xp: to imago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:44 (three years ago) link
St Bernardus Abt 12 thank u
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:45 (three years ago) link
I'll take Stella & Jupiler over Coors & Budweiser, hands down. Mentioning Chimay in the same breath is performative af.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:48 (three years ago) link
that is the one brew that people can successfully bribe me to do things with
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:09 (three years ago) link