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
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, 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
anyone who has a choice of belgian beers and chooses chimay is a disgusting savage fyi
― 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
obviously chimay isn't literally a mass-market lager but cmon it is as basic as 'proper' belgian ale gets
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:50 (three years ago) link
stella and jupiler literally do not figure in my ideation of anything involving belgium and beer
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:51 (three years ago) link
That's true, but it's proof positive that basic can be good not bad when done right.
xp
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
that sweet massaman gai posting to the what are you listening to thread energy
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:52 (three years ago) link
lol
just been drinking an ostbuigrinzvlet 283 special reduction, only 3 bottles brewed
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
Chimay is pretty basic Belgian beer, sure, but Chimay Blue is still, well not top-tier, but second-tier anyway.
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:56 (three years ago) link
captaine jay vee's transcendent experience has not been ruined by my dreadful messageboard grousing, we may be assured
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 20:58 (three years ago) link
Tbc my 'jelly' was less 'omg I wish I could get my hands on that priceless ambrosia' and more 'ten Dry January days to go... a Chimay would really hit the spot right now'. 'Second-tier' is correct.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
i haven't had a proper belgian beer in months. months! i'd like to pretend a Duvel will do but really fuck it I just want Cantillon
― imago, Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:05 (three years ago) link
No, this cheap swill has not been ruined for me, merci bien. It’s doin’ the damn thing until my fave local Belgian beer bar re-opens in the (near?) future, alcohol gods willing.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
And, yeah, I hit the St Bernardus when I’m there :)
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 21 January 2021 21:07 (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