Brouwerij St. Bernard

A Beery Merry Christmas!

Posted on by bonbeer in CategoriesBrasserie Bailleux / Au Baron, Brewery Ommegang, Brouwerij Corsendonk, Brouwerij Het Anker, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Fantôme, Goose Island, Mikkeller, Stone Brewing Co, The Bruery, Three Floyds Brewing Co.

Let the Festivities Begin!   The Bruery 2 Turtle Doves  Au Baron (Bailleux)  Saison Saint Médard Noël Ommegang Biere D’Hougoumont Gouden Carolus Noël Fantôme de Noël St Bernardus Christmas Ale Scaldis (Bush) Noël Mikkeller Santa’s Little Helper 2011 Abbaye des

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France & Belgium Vacation Beer Haul

Posted on by bonbeer in CategoriesBières de Chimay, Brasserie Bailleux / Au Baron, Brasserie St Germain, Brasserie Thiriez, Brauerei Schloss Eggenberg, Brouwerij Rodenbach, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Brouwerij Van Eccke, Craig Allen, De Struise Brouwers, Huisbrouwerij Sint Canarus, Hürlimann, L’Abbaye des Saveurs

Here is the beer haul from our recent trip to France & Belgium where we met with some of the brewers and vendors for our upcoming October beer tour “Grand Crus to Farmhouse Brews- A Beercation Cruise through Belgium &

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Westvleteren 12 and St Bernardus 12 side by side

Westvleteren 12 vs. St Bernardus Abt 12

Posted on by bonbeer 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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Saturday Night's Beer Share

Tampa Bay Beer Safari Weekend February 18th – 20th 2011 in Review

Posted on by bonbeer in CategoriesAmerican Pale Ale, American Porter, American Stout, American Wild Ale, Anchor Brewing Company, Barleywine, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Belgian Strong Pale Ale, Bell’s Brewery, Brasserie d'Achouffe, Brouwerij De Landtsheer NV, Brouwerij der St. Benedictusabdij de Achelse, Brouwerij Het Anker, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Brown Ale, Cigar City Brewing, Coffee Porter, Dubbel, Dunedin Brewery, Flanders Red Ale, Fruit, Funky Buddha Lounge & Brewery, Ginger Lemongrass Wheat, Hefeweizen, Imperial IPA, Imperial Stout, IPA, Kölsch, Left Hand Brewing Company, Orange Blossom Pilsner LLC, Panil, Russian Imperial Stout, Saint Somewhere Brewing Company, Saison / Farmhouse Ale, Sierra Nevade Brwing Co., Southern Tier Brewing Company, Spiced Beer, Sweet Stout, Terrapin Beer Company, The Bruery, The Lost Abbey, Wells & Young's Ltd., Winter Warmer

Tampa Bay Beer Safari Weekend February 18th – 20th 2011                                   Our 2nd Annual Tampa Bay Beer Safari Weekend Beer Tour was quite a success!   We visited 2 brew pubs, 2 breweries, had two great beer paired dinners and 2 after

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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 bonbeer 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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Bruges at night on our Beer Trip

Summary of the Oct 2010 BBV Belgium Beercation (Day 1)

Posted on by bonbeer in Categories‘t Brugs Beertje, Abdij Sint-Sixtus, Brasserie Dubuisson Frères sprl, Brouwerij De Dolle Brouwers, Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen, Brouwerij Smisje, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Brouwerij Strubbe, Bruges, Cigar City Brewing, In De Vrede, Places, Westveleteren

Summary of the Oct 2010 Bon Beer Voyage Belgium Beercation   Day 1 Saturday October 23rd   (BRUGES)  We started off this beercation with (what else?) a welcome aboard beer toast. We toasted with a Wieckse Witte a Witbier at 5.00%

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Beer # 79 St. Bernardus Tripel

Posted on by bonbeer in CategoriesAmazing, Brouwerij St. Bernard, Tripel

  Name: St. Bernardus Tripel Style:  Tripel Brewery: Brouwerij St. Bernard  website Country: Belgium Region:  Watou ABV: 8.0% Abv How served: 330ml capped bottle poured into St. Bernardus chalice.        My Overall Opinion: Amazing.  I paired this beer with: 2nd

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Beer # 56 : St. Bernardus Christmas Ale

Posted on by bonbeer in CategoriesAmazing, Belgian Strong Dark Ale, Brouwerij St. Bernard

    Name:  St. Bernardus Christmas Ale Style:   Belgian  Strong Dark Ale Brewery: Brouwerij Sint Bernardus  website Country: Belgium Region:  Watou ABV: 10.00% How served: 750ml Corked & caged bottle poured into a St. Bernardus Chalice.      My Overall Opinion:

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