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Festive Ales – Santa’s Steaming Ale
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Festive Ales – Crazy Cranberry
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Marston’s Pedegree
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This picture is a rare non rainy view of my tomatoes and peppers.
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Soggy July Blog Test
Of Cats & Cherries
matter as the acid cuts straight through the thirst, just site the very
Welsh like weather in Antwerp.
Secondly, De Koninck (The King), Winter Koninck, dark, full of flavour and
warming. Gently sippable and in a wonderful glass. Classical music playing
in the background.
So I wanted to a Geuze ( a mixture of old & young Lambic) and this was the
result Brouwerij Fonteinen Oude Geuze (6% by volume), slightly acidic, as
you would expect and very thirst quenching and should be on Dr Tiki’s
wedding list. Still raining!!
Brussels Tasting – Day 2 – Part 1
this morning. Rodenbach Grand Cru, it has a lot more bite than the vanilla
version. At 6% it tastes a little bit like a winter warmer. Very moreish and
ruby red. A relaxing drink.
Again, ignore the glass. Still on the Flemish ales, this time Liefmans
Goudenband – Gold Riband. Smooth and dark, not tasting the 8% by volume that
it is. This should be a sipping ale but it goes down far too smoothly. Comes
in corked, paper covered bottle. For a spring evening, it works.
Now for Wallonia and a Saison, you have to try them to know them. This one,
Saison Dupont, is bottle conditioned. Slightly cloudy and dry, it comes in
at 6.5% by volume. Good for the mildness of global warming.
Echt Kriekenbier, I would guess from the spelling, Flemish. All I can say is
wow, subtle cherry taste, 6.8% and a rather wonderful glass. That’s my lot
for tonight apart from some Belgian chips. Antwerp tomorrow!
Brussels Tasting – Day 2 – Part 2
Ostende – Cream & Rain
300 beers as it doesn’t open until 16:30 on Mondays, Argh!! Nevermind as
it’s Rodenbach all the way in one of the many cafes. Lots of cream on the
coffee too.
Despite what it says on the glass it’s Brugge Tripel and while it may look
like a lager, it has a 8.7% bite. It’s a lot lighter than other triples I
have had but with the Herald Tribune & DLT it’s doing the business :-).
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