Beer # 78 Chapeau Winter Gueuze

Name: Chapeau Winter Gueuze Style:  Gueuze Brewery: Brouwerij De Troch  website Country: Belgium Region:  Wambeek ABV: 5.6% Abv How served: 12.7 oz capped & corked bottle poured into an Alexander Rodenbach glass.        My Overall Opinion: OK. I paired this

Beer Travels in Belgium Part 4 (Gent)

  This is the 4th installment of our Beery Adventures in Belgium.  We visited Bruges, Gent, Mechelen, Antwerp & Brussels over 7 days, meeting with vendors for our beer travel company, BonBeerVoyage.com.  During our whirlwind week, we were able to visit over

Beer # 77 Yeti Imperial Stout

  Name: Yeti Imperial Stout  Style:  Russian Imperial Stout  Brewery: Great Divide Brewing Co.  website  Country: USA  Region:  Denver, Colorado  ABV: 9.50% Abv  How served: 22 oz capped bottle poured into St. Idesbald chalice.         My Overall Opinion: Very Good.

Beer # 76 Bell’s HopSlam

Name: HopSlam Style:  Imperial IPA Brewery: Bell’s Brewery, Inc. website Country: USA Region:  Comstock (on the bottle), the Brewery is in Galesburg & the General Store is in Kalamazoo all in Michigan ABV: 10.0% Abv How served: 12 oz capped

Beer # 75 Lagunitas Hop Stoopid

  Name: Hop Stoopid Ale Style:  Imperial IPA Brewery: Lagunitas Brewing Company website Country: USA Region:  Petaluma, California ABV: 8.0% Abv How served: 22 oz capped bomber poured into a Samuel Adams glass.       My Overall Opinion: Amazing. I paired

Beer # 74 Nøgne Ø Brown Ale

Name: Brown Ale Style:  English Brown Ale Brewery: Nøgne Ø Det Kompromisslose Bryggeri A/S website Country: Norway Region:  Grimstad ABV: 4.50% Abv How served: 500ml capped bottle poured into a Kastaar glass.       My Overall Opinion: Good. I paired this

Beer # 73 Lost Abbey 10 Commandments

Name: 10 Commandments Style:  Belgian Strong Dark Ale Brewery: The Lost Abbey website Country: USA Region:  San Marcos, California ABV: 10.00% Abv How served: 750ml corked and caged bottle poured into a St. Bernardus chalice.       My Overall Opinion: Very Good.

Beer # 72 Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA

Name: High Tide Fresh Hop IPA Style:  IPA Brewery: Port Brewing Company website Country: USA Region:  San Marcos, California ABV: 6.5% Abv How served: 22oz capped bottle poured into a Hennepin glass.      My Overall Opinion: Very Good. I paired this

Beer #71 Mikkeller Not Just Another Wit

Name:  Not Just Another Wit Style:  Witbier (but don’t expect it to taste like one) Brewery: Mikkeller website Country: Denmark Region:  København ABV: 8.0% How served: 750ml corked & capped bottle poured into Duvel glass.      My Overall Opinion: Very Good.

Beer # 70 Fantôme Hiver

   Name: Fantôme Hiver  Style:  Saison / Farmhouse Ale  Brewery: Brasserie Fantôme website  Country: Belgium  Region:  Soy  ABV: 8.0%  How served: 750ml corked & capped bottle poured into La Chouffe glass.       My Overall Opinion: Very Good.   I paired this beer with: Nothing today.  I had this as an