Quadrupel

Westvleteren 12 and St Bernardus 12 side by side

Westvleteren 12 vs. St Bernardus Abt 12

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesAbdij Sint-Sixtus, Amazing, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Quadrupel

In researching for an article about our upcoming tour to St. Bernardus my wife was surprised to learn that although Westvleteren is now using Westmalle’s yeast, St. Bernardus is apparently still brewing the original Westvleteren recipe with Westvleteren yeast…  So she came to think that if she’s lovin’ a Westy, is it really a Westy? or is St Bernardus the real Westy?  Confusing, for sure.  So all we could do was pull out a bottle of each of them…which was conveniently located in our Coke Machine, and do a blind tasting.  Life is rough sometimes, but we were willing to make the sacrifice in order to provide you, our readers and beer voyagers, with enlightenment.

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Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Beer #189 Val-Dieu Grand Cru

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesAmazing, Brasserie de l'Abbaye du Val-Dieu, Quadrupel

Name: Grand Cru Style: Quadruple Brewery:  Brasserie de l’Abbaye du Val-Dieu   website Country: Belgium Region: Aubel ABV: 10.5% abv How served:  750ml corked and caged bottle poured into an Abbeye de Leffe chalice. My Overall Opinion: Amazing. I paired this

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Beer Trip to Gent with visit to‘t Waterhuis aan de Bierkant

Summary of the Oct 2010 Bon Beer Voyage Belgium Beercation (Day 3)

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesBelgian Dark Ale, Belgian IPA, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Strong Pale Ale, Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy), Brasserie Dubuisson Frères sprl, Brouwerij Boon, Brouwerij Bosteels, Brouwerij Haacht NV, Brouwerij Het Anker, Brouwerij Huyghe, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Brouwerij Van den Bossche, De Proefbrouwerij (bvba Andelot), Dubbel, Flanders Red Ale, Gueuze, Quadrupel, Witbier

Summary of the Oct 2010 Bon Beer Voyage Belgium Beercation  Day 3 Monday October 25th            (Sailing from Bruges to Ghent)  This morning we had the pleasure of a relaxed breakfast while being able to enjoy the scenery as the barge

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Beer #134 Westvleteren 12

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesAbdij Sint-Sixtus, Amazing, Quadrupel

Name:  Trappist Westvleteren 12 Style: Quadrupel (Quad) Brewery: Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren) website Country:  Belgium Region:  Westvleteren ABV: 10.2% Abv How served: 330ml capped bottle poured into a vintage Abbij St. Sixtus goblet.          My Overall Opinion: Amazing.  I paired

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Beer Travels in Belgium Part 4 (Gent)

Posted on by Ruth in Categories‘t Galgenhuisje, ‘t Gouden Mandeke, Aba-Jour, Amber, Belgian Pale Ale, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Blond, Brasserie Cantillon, Brasserie d'Achouffe, Brasserie d'Orval S.A., Brasserie de Rochefort (Abbaye de Notre-Dame de Saint-Rémy), Brouwerij Bosteels, Brouwerij De Landtsheer NV, Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen, Brouwerij Oud Beersel, Brouwerij Van Steenberge, Brouwerij Westmalle, Café Den Trollekelder, Coeur d’Artichaut, De Dulle Griet, Delirium Café, Gent, Gruut Gentse Stadsbrouwerij, Gueuze, Het Verdronken Land, Het Waterhuis Aan De Bierkant, Quadrupel, Trefpunt, Tripel, Witbier

  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

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Beer Travels in Belgium Part 1

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesAbdij Sint-Sixtus, Antwerp, Beer Style, Belgian Pale Ale, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Strong Pale Ale, Brasserie d’ Orval S.A., Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers, Brouwerij Palm, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Brouwerij Strubbe, Bruges, Brussels, Cigar City Brewing, De Zalm, Flanders Oud Bruin, Gent, In De Vrede, Mechelen, Places, Quadrupel, Taverne (Tapasbar) Pado, Westveleteren

We just returned from Belgium after spending 7 days meeting with vendors for our beer tour company Bon Beer Voyage. We visited Bruges, Gent, Mechelen, Antwerp & Brussels.  Since our visit was between Christmas and New Year’s most of the breweries were closed, however we were still

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Beer #17 La Trappe Quadrupel

Posted on by Ruth in CategoriesBierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven B.V., Quadrupel, Very Good

Name: La Trappe Quadrupel Style: Quadrupel Brewery: Bierbrouwerij de Koningshoeven B.V.  website Country: Netherlands Region: Berkel-Enschot ABV: 10% How served: 330ml capped bottle poured into a La Trappe chalice.   My Overall Opinion: Very Good.   I paired this beer with:

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