Belgian Beer no.203: Ultrabrune

Some people absolutely love this beer. I like it. Maybe you will love it? Who knows.

The Ultrabrune is another beer from Brasserie d'Eucassines. A very dark brown hoppy beer, with hints of coffee, and at 10% a serious Belgian beer.

Belgian Beers Boutique

Some more news for you:

- after celebrating 200 Belgian Beers on this blog, some of you asked when / if there is any http://www.belgian-beers.eu/ merchandise available? Hmmm ... never thought about it. But I got working and now you can have a go at a T-Shirt, a Mouse Pad or a Magnet. Your choice :) Let me know what you think and if you would like to see more products, perhaps, sometimes in the future? Do you like them? At all?

- remember the world beer (photos) domination? Well I have news, the book is on its way, and my photos are in. Will keep you posted as soon as I know more.

More:

- if you linked to me and I didn't link back, let me know! I will link back as soon as I get the chance, promise!

- and if at any point you come across Belgian Beers mentioned in the news or print or wherever please let me know.

I guess that's about it for today... Have a good (beer) weekend everyone.

Belgian Beer no.202: Cookie Beer

The first beer from the Zythos Festival. Actually, it was the last one we tried but the way they uploaded on the blog makes this the first. Anyway, bla, bla, bla.

Cookie Beer by Brasserie d'Ecaussinnes. I think we might have visited this brewery. First time we tried the Cookie Beer though.

And here is my dilemma: I absolutely love speculoos. And I love beer. The two together? Not so sure. Don't get me wrong. I got all excited when I saw the combination and thought it was a great idea. I mean, hello?, bring together two Belgian trademarks - must be a match made in heaven.

Well, erm, no! Somehow it just didn't work. At 5% not a strong beer, but I wasn't sure I am eating/ drinking: cookie ... beer ... cookie ... beer. A little bit too confusing.

Zythos Beer Festival

Zythos. Of course!

With a Belgian Beer Blog, of course we went there. And of course we drank a lot (!!!) of Belgian beers. Good thing we were two and the glasses were small and the Belgian public transport was a-ok. So be prepared for a lot of beer reviews to come from Zythos and a new, favorite Belgian beer.

Belgian Beer no.201: Abbaye de Malonne Brune

Another Abbaye, another beer. Abbaye de Malonne and it's brown beer. We tried this beer close to Namur (where the abbey is located). A nice, slightly spiced beer, high in fermentation and at 6.3% easy to drink.

(Note: the beer is brewed in collaboration with the Brasserie Lefebvre.)

Belgian Beer no.84 - revisited

Super des Fagnes, revisited.

200 Belgian Beer, 200 Belgian Beers, 200 Belgian Beers

Another milestone!

Here is to 100 more :)

Belgian Beer 200: Carabier

A new category of 'no comment' beers. Still Belgian, but won't be buying them anytime soon.

Here the Carabier, a beer brewed specially for Colruyt (a supermarket chain in Belgium).

And we got 200!!!

Brewery Visit: Fantome

Time for something a little bit different. Sort of been there, done that. I think what surprised me most about the Brasserie Fantome was that :

1. very small. Sort of a living room and lots of beer boxes.
2. most of their production is made for export, so we could barely get our hands on some left-overs (no kidding) beer bottles. We bought everything they had left in the living room/ shop!
3. we left.

A few more details: the brewery was created in 1988, is entirely family owned, and produces quite a few beers all sold in 75cl bottles. Which will be soon enough reviewed here as well.

Again, there is a lot of beer out there ...

Belgian Beer 199: Palm Speciale

A little bit of history: in 1904 the Belgian brewery schools organized a 'brew a heavy, over 5%, beer' contest. Sort of. The beers that won were given the name of 'speciale' (or 'ale'). Palm Speciale was one of them. A light beer by today's standards, the Palm Speciale is 5.2% and a nice , slightly hopped beer. Brewed by Palm, of course.

(Hey, one more to go and we reach 200! Who would have thought ... kind of gave up on the recipes in the meantime ... but if you are looking for food ... )