I recently spent a week in Belgium with three friends, visiting breweries and tasting beers. Without further fanfare or detail, here’s a list of everything I tasted and my favorites (somewhat subjective, I’m sure, depending what I was eating with them and so on):
My very favorites:
- Westvleteren Bruin 12 (draft)
- Westvleteren Bruin 8 (draft)
- Pannepot Old 2006
- Slaapmutske Donker 2007
- Gouden Carolus Classic
- Tripple Van De Garre (draft)
- Gulden Draak (draft)
- Pannepot Reserva 2008 Oak Aged
- Orval 6-month aged
- Rochefort 10
- Inter-Pol Swartz Milk Stout
- Inter-Pol Witte
- Liefmans Goudenband
- Pannepot 2009
- Drie Fonteinen Faro (draft)
- Drie Fonteinen Lambic (draft)
Other excellent beers:
- Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze
- Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek (draft)
- Brasserie Dupont Moinette Blonde (draft)
- Rochefort 8
- Boon Oudekriek Mariage Parfait
- Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoot
- Cantillon Kriek
- Boon Oude Kriek 2006
- Bacchus Oud Bruin
- Westvleteren Blond (draft)
- Pannepot 2010
- Orval
- La Trappe Dubbel (draft and bottle)
- La Trappe Witte (draft)
- MacChouffe Porto (draft, apertif)
- Boon Oude Geuze Mariage Parfait
- Hemel & Aarde
Good, or interesting, but not my favorites of the trip:
- Cantillon Kriek (draft)
- Cantillon Geuze (draft)
- LaChouffe (draft)
- Houblon Chouffe (draft)
- De Ranke Noir De Dottignies
- Drie Fonteinen Oude Gueze 1997
- Kwak
- Oude Kriek Hanssens Artisanaal
- Tangerlo Bruin
- Moinette Bruin
- Val-Dieu Tripel
- St Bernardus Tripel (draft and bottle)
- St Bernardus Witte
- De Witte Van Celis
- Mamelokker
- Bellegems Bruin
- Gouden Carolus Trippel
- Westmalle Dubbel
- Westmalle Tripple
- McChouffe (draft)
- La Trappe Isidor (draft)
- La Trappe Trippel (draft)
- La Trappe Quadrupel (draft)
- St Feuillien Saison
- Tilburg’s Dutch Brown Ale
- St Bernardus Prior
- Westmalle Dubbel
- Brugge Trippel
- Geuze Giradin
- De Ranke Bitter XX
- Boom Oude Gueze
- Straffe Hendrik Brugge Trippel
- De Ranke Noir De Dottignies
- Straffe Hendrik Brugge Quadrupel
- Nostradamus
- SNAB Pale Ale
- Hemel & Aarde aged in 1972 scotch barrel
- Texelse Trippel draft
Not as good:
- Brugge Zot
- Kasteel Bruin
- Leffe 9(o)
- Carlsberg
- Smisje Guido
- Bornem Dubbel
- Gandavum Dry Hopping
- Jupitel
- La Trappe Blonde (draft)
- La Trappe PUUR (draft)
- Primus
- Straffe ‘n Toeback
- Wiecske Witte
- Heineken Oud Bruin
- Kriek Max
- La Trappe Witte (bottle)
- Palm
- Chouffe Picon (draft, apertif)
- Heineken
- Hoegarden
- Ongelovige Thomas
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