Belgian Beer no.224: Saison d'Erpe Mere

Next beer, same brewery. The Saison d'Erpe Mere. I remember something a little biter about this beer. A 6.9% blond beer, yellow and hazy with bitter aftertaste. Not my favourite in De Glazen Toren bunch.

Belgian Beer no.223: Cuvée Angélique

May. May isn't really computer friendly. Belgium sees a lot of days off in May (a Thursday there, a Monday here) which translates into a lot of long weekends. None of them spent at home in front of the computer. We've been to the Netherlands. We've been to France. We're off to the Czech Republic. So not much time left for beer blogging ... BUT: here Belgian Beer 223.

Cuvee Angelique. In case you're lost, we're still at the Zythos Festival.

Cuvee Angelique is a hazy brown coloured beer, with a creamy white head. At 8.5% quite a strong beer. Malt taste. Some toast. Fruits? Probably all a matter of taste. A nice beer. From Brasserie De Glazen Toren.

Belgian Beer no.222: Ondineke

The second beer tried at De Glazen Toren was the Ondineke. A 6.9%, light yellow a little sparkling and with a heavy head. Again, citrus notes, quite dry and a soft bitterness to it. Not a bad beer.

Belgian Beer no.221: Jan de Lichte

A new beer/ brewery stand. Again, no idea before Zythos of the existence of these beers. The brewery? De Glazen Toren. The first beer tried? Jan de Lichte. The name gives away the beer (a little): a light beer, slightly hazy and with hints of sparkle. The beer is a 7% fairly citric beer, with a slight bitterness to it. I liked it. But not over the top.

Trivia: Jan de Lichter was the 'boss' of a famous robbers gang, end of the 18thC. He was killed at 23.

Belgian Beer no.220: Hofnar

Now this ... this ... this is my new favorite beer. Yep. It happened. I found a new one. From the Brasserie 't Hofbrouwerijke. Try saying that.

Anyway, it's not the name that counts. The beer. And trust me this beer is absolutely great. We tried the Hofnar, an amber 9% beer. Somehow fruity, with very longer lingering taste, apparently of 'whiskey malt'. Who am I to aruge with that?

Fantastic beer. Now all I have to do is : try the other beers from 't Hofbrouwerijke to see if I find another favorite. And try to find Hofnar somewhere in Brussels.

Belgian Beer no.217, no.218, no.219: Valeir Blond, Valeir Donker, Valeir Diver

Neverending!

The Valeir beer range from Brasserie Contreras. The blonde, the dark and the divers.

The blonde - love it. Check Belgian Beer no. 105

The dark - nice, 6.5%, sweet, rich. Not too bad.

The divers - 8.5%, fruits and spice, somehow bitter I would say. Matter of taste I guess.

Belgian Beer no.216: Mars

Still at the Brasserie Contreras stand, still at Zythos. This time around the Mars beer. A 6.5% amber beer, slightly sweet (caramel?).

Apparently a March (Mars) beer, only brewed in spring, using flowery water. Whatever that is.

Belgian Beer no.213, no.214, no.215: Tonneke, Contra Pils, Extra

Three beers from another brewery this time, the Brasserie Contreras. This explains as well the numbers I would guess 213 to 215.

Tonneke: a 4.8% amber beer, fairly aromatic and soft if that is possible . Easy to drink.

Contra Pils: a 5% light blond beer, again very easy to drink and quite fresh. Probably best in summer.

Extra: another 6.5%. Don't remember this one though, sorry.

Another beer from the Brasserie Contreras previously reviewed here, the Valeir Beer.

Belgian Beer no.212: Sasbrau

I wish I would remember more about this one. The Sasbrau Leroy (on the left). A very light blond at 5%. Not too great as I don't remember it ... or maybe it is?

This is it for tonight, Brussels time. More tomorrow. Good night!

Belgian Beer no.211: Bruin Leroy

The Bruin Leroy. Obvious I would say. They call this 'table beer' ... sort of like the French have the table wine. And at 1.8% I can honestly say we didn't even feel it. Soft drink? Beer? Who knows.