There is not much I know about this beer - so please help if you do. While in Prague we saw these Belgian beers in a fridge. Perhaps only made for export? I have not seen the Biere du Boucanier yet in Belgium. 11%. Update: according to the comments this is actually Belgian Beer no. 166 Piraat. I will however leave it as a 'new' beer as this is probably the export version. Then again, who is counting? :)
8 comments:
Hello there,
Some more info on this beer. I've never seen or heard about it before.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48/7975
Take care,
ABN
As the link above suggests, it’s Boucanier not Boutanier.
The Delirium Café has it:
http://www.anaesthesic.be/delirium/carte/belgian.php?lang=fr&alpha=b
We can find this in São Paulo, Brazil.
I could buy this in Berkeley, CA and they also had it at the European Beer Festival in Copenhagen in Septermber.
I brought a bottle of it home from one of my business trips to Eastern Europe. I had never seen it in Belgium either and thus was sceptical at first. But the fact that it is brewed by Van Steenberge made my try it.
That was some months ago, and I can hardly remember what it tasted like. I just know that I did not like it. There must be reasons why it is not sold in Belgium and why the brewery does not list it among its products...
In Italy it's quite famous, they also have a website:
http://www.biereduboucanier.be/
Actually it IS sold in Belgium (I'm Belgian, so I know :) )
Although it is also called "Piraat" which is Dutch for, you guessed it; Pirate.
Joris Stirk
Bière du Boucanier is not Piraat, they are two different beers. Boucanier is Golden, Piraat is amber. Owner of the Boucanier is Icobes b.v.b.a. Owner of the Piraat is Van Steenberge.
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