Best beer/belgian ale/barley wine EVER

[A5]

St. B is 10% according to the bottle I drank last night 😀

St Bernardus FTMFW.

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: Indolent
you can buy these beers in America?

yes. World Market and Whole Foods often carry a variety of Belgian ales, as do many bars.

 

[patentman]

Originally posted by: TheVrolok

Originally posted by: Majesty
The Delirium Nocturnum is better, IMHO. 😉

Agreed.

Originally posted by: Indolent
you can buy these beers in America?

Heck yea, you need to find your nearest beer bar and open yourself up to the world of beers! 🙂

Originally posted by: BurnItDwn
Some Additional favorites include: Chimay Blue, Westmalle Tripel, Orval, Ommegang Three Philosophers, Allagash 4, Allagash Interlude, St Bernardus Abt 12, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout
And my favorite non belgian style ales are: Rogue Chocolate Stout, Rogue Old Crusty, Goose Island Imperial IPA, and Three Floyds Robert The Bruce Scottish Ale (which I think is way underrated)

I used to drink the Rogue Mocha Porter a lot, if you like chocolate stouts, have you ever tried Young's Double Chocolate Stout? I switched to that after Rogue's got boring.

While we're on the topic of non-belgians, I have to recommend someone try Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel. It's basically a cross between a Belgian, and an IPA. Very interesting taste, but quite good.

Oh, and whoever was talking about St. Bernardus Abt 12, that stuff is definitely awesome, but I don't think it's 10.5 .. thought it was 8.5? I do love my Belgian beers though .. fantastic stuff. I'm a HUGE Unibroue fan. Anything they make, I'll drink. Technically not from Belgian, but they make Belgian styles.

For those of you who consider yourself Beer aficionados, I invite you to take a look at this bottle menu (ok, GeoCities is being lame, once I get home I'll stick the menu on some other space, it's worth a look) from the bar where I work (3 beers on cask, 32 on tap, 200+ in bottles) and see how many you've had. I can say that I've pretty much had damn near everything on the list. Tons of good suggestions if you're looking for new tastes too.

I just had a bottle of Judgment Day from Lost Abbey the other day.. and wow, that was a beer (and 10.5%).

This thread makes me wanna have an ATOT meet at The Brickskeller 😉

Speaking of non-Belgians beers, anyone ever tried Shipyard porter? That is good stuff. Heck, anything put out by Gritty Mcduff's brewery in Maine is pretty good.

 

[davew0670]

Originally posted by: Dunbar
The best high alcohol beer I've tasted is St. Bernardus Abt 12. It's surprisingly smooth for having so much "oomph" (10.5%). All barleywine beers I've tried are awful.

got 3 stb 12's in the fridge right now.


I've also turned into a trappist ho. Great beer that kills the wallet.


dfh 90 min is a great beer. The 120 is an ass kicker.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: rdubbz420
dogfishhead make a good IPA. it's about 10%. they also have one that is 24%, it's way too bitter.

their 90 min and 120 min IPA's are amazing and their spring beer Aprihop is one of the best beers I ever had (was very sad to find out i couldnt get a case yesterday) ... Weyerbacher also makes a very good IPA called Double Simcoe IPA extremely hopy and delicious

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: patentman
So I went to happy hour on the firm's tab today. Nice belgian restaurant with a huge beer selection. Found the best beer I've ever tasted in my life in the Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor. Sweet and Malty with a hint of Caramel and almonds, it was a real treat to drink. When I got up I discovered it was a very strong beer too (~10% alcohol by volume).

Anyone else had this beer? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it.

my roommate has an unnatural man love for lambiacs... I am sure he has had this ...

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Indolent
you can buy these beers in America?

just need to find the right distributor.

 

[FoBoT]

there are many good Belgium beers

try Palm sometime

 

[TheVrolok]

Originally posted by: SirStev0
my roommate has an unnatural man love for lambiacs... I am sure he has had this ...

1) Learn to quote more than once in a post and post fewer times in a row.

2) You need to learn what "lambic" actually means; then you'd probably stop considering them 'girly' beers. Sure, framboise/pomme/etc. are nice palate clearing beers, but they are lambic FRUIT beers. There are plenty of lambics (gueze, etc.) that are in no way fruity. They're simply more acidic and less hopy beers.

3) Newb.

4) Zeno's soon?

Originally posted by: A5
St. B is 10% according to the bottle I drank last night 😀

St Bernardus FTMFW.

Yeah, I was off; I just grabbed my St. B Abt 15 60th anniversary tin and it lists the ABV at 11%. Heh, $20 dollar beer, but you get to keep the tin (750ml)! Win!