Some Big Bottles Of Beer

Moving on from the last beers, here are three really good 750mil bottles.

Aldi, Biere Triple Traditionnelle from England

 

6.0% slightly hazy gold in colour with a nice head, some fruit in the aroma and a really good taste.

Brouwerij Palm, St Pierr from Belgium

 

6.2% gold in colour with  nice head, it has the aroma and taste of a good Belgian blonde.

Brouwerij Palm, Hofflegen from Belgium

 

5.0% hazy gold in colour with a good head, a nice wheat beer aroma and a good wheat beer taste.

Tongerlo, Belgian Beers

I have a load of Christmas/winter beers to post on here but first I have some from the same brewery to do.

Haacht, Tongerlo Christmas from Belgium

 

7.0% pale amber in colour with a thin head, a sweet caramel malt aroma, the taste is slightly sweet.

Haacht, Tongerlo 6 Dubbel Bruin from Belgium

 

6.0% dark brown in colour with a thin head, sweet malt aroma, taste is caramel with a hint of dark chocolate, very nice.

Haacht, Tongerlo Blonde from Belgium

 

6.0% gold in colour with thin head, not too much aroma, quite a nice mild taste.

January's Beers continued

Continuing with the beers I had in January, these were just as bad as the last lot I had.

Timmermans, Lambicus Blanche from Belgium

 

4.5% hazy pale gold in colour with a thin head, a sour aroma and taste, not good at all.

Box Steam, Pony Truck from England

 

3.8% pale amber in colour with a thin head, slightly fruity aroma and you can taste the hopps.

Van Vollenhoven & Co, Falcon Ale from Holland

 

6.2% gold in colour with a thin head, grapefruit and hop aroma, and a bitter hop taste.

Old photos of beer packs

I have been looking back at my older photos and found these photos that I took of packs of beers, they are all Belgian and all very good. I would think that they were all bought in Belgium as well.

Grimbergen, Blond from Belgium

6.7%, gold in colour with a thin head, sweet aroma and fruity malty taste, a really nice abbey beer, one of my favourites, plus two free beers in this pack.

Chimay, Chimay Red or Première from Belgium

7.0% deep red colour with a good head, fruity malt aroma, smooth fruity malt taste. It says Brune on the bottle but is known as Chimay Red

Van Honsebrouck, Kasteel Triple from Belgium

11% gold in colour with a good head, the aroma is sweet alcohol and fruitcake, taste is sweet fruits, I like this beer very much but only drink it occasionally, a bit too strong for everyday use.

Ten Beers over 10%

Whenever I post photos of beers around the 8% mark, I get comments like, that must be like treacle or it must just taste of alcohol. Well in some cases they are perfectly right but there are some strong beers that taste very nice indeed.

This list will contain both and they will all be over 10%.

I will start at 10% and work my way up to 14%, the strongest I have had to date.

Van Steenberge, Gulden Draak from Belgium

10.5% very dark red in colour with a thin head, lot of fruit in the aroma and the taste is very complex, it was like eating a quarter pound of Midget Gems in one go (this is a UK thing I think), Lyons Midget Gems that is, not Maynards and it is strong, a new favourite for me.

Van Honsebrouck, Kasteel Triple from Belgium

11% gold colour with a good head, the aroma is sweet alcohol and fruitcake, taste is sweet fruits, I like this beer very much but only drink it occasionally, a bit too strong for everyday use.

Rochefort, Trappistes 10 from Belgium

11.3% deep brown colour with a quickly fading head, sweet fruity aroma, fruity caramel malt taste and very strong alcohol mouth feel.

Grolsch, Kanon from Holland

11.6% gold colour with a thin head, grass aroma, sweet malt taste and a very strong alcohol and slightly sticky mouth feel.

Malheur, 12 from Belgium

12% very dark with a good head, sweet malt aroma, very sweet malt, fruit and toffee taste, the high alcohol is not apparent at first but lingers after you swallow.

De Gayant, La Bière Du Démon - 12° de Plaisir Diabolique from France

12% gold colour with practically no head, sweet floral aroma, fizzy sweet alcohol taste, not the best beer in the world but at the time it was the strongest I had at that time.

Dubuisson, Bush Ambrée from Belgium

12.0% amber colour with a good head, nice fruity aroma, fruity caramel taste, not just strong, tasty as well.

Grain d’Orge, Belzebuth from France

13.0% light amber colour with a thin head, sweet malt aroma, taste is sweet and strong.

De Gayant, 13 No Way franc France

13% gold colour with no head, sweet malt aroma, strong alcohol taste, not nice.

John Martin, Gordon Finest Titanium from Belgium

14% deep gold colour with no head, sweet malt aroma, sweet warming alcohol taste. This is the strongest beer I have had to date, it was more like having a whisky than a beer, I will not be buying it again.

Beer Glasses two

These next glasses are rearer than the first ones but I still have three, all slightly different.

Kasteel, Belgium



Van Honsebrouck, Kasteel Triple, 11% gold colour with a good head, the aroma is sweet alcohol and fruitcake, taste is sweet fruits, I like this beer very much but only drink it occasionally, a bit too strong for everyday use.  There is also the equally strong Bruin and the slightly weaker Rouge.