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Belgium
Belgium - Trappist Beers
Only six breweries can classify their beers as "Trappist" and five are from Belgium. They are strong, fruity top-fermented ales and are all brewed in the monastery premises. The beers can be dark or golden in colour
| Chimay Red Cap Chimay White Cap Chimay Blue Cap Chimay Première Chimay Cinq Cents Chimay Grande Reserve (corked) Chimay Grande Reserve (magnum) Westmalle Dubbel Westmalle Tripel Orval Rochefort 8 Rochefort 10 La Trappe Dubbel La Trappe Tripel | 7.00% 6.00% 9.00% 7.00% 8.00% 9.00% 9.00% 7.00% 9.00% 6.20% 9.20% 11.30% 6.50% 8.00% | 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 750 ml 750 ml 750 ml 1500 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330ml 330ml | £1.69* £1.85* £2.08* £3.99* £4.29* £4.49* £14.49 £1.59* £2.09* £1.69* £2.09* £2.59* £1.49* £1.79* |
Belgium - Abbey Beers
Many abbeys have brewing traditions and license their beers to be brewed by commercial companies. Similar in style to "Trappist" beers in the double (dark and malty) and tripel (highly fermented golden beers) style.
| Affligem Dubbel Affligem Tripel Corsendonk Agnus Corsendonk Pater Leffe Dubbel Leffe Blonde Leffe Tripel St Bernardus Pater 6 St Bernardus Tripel Witcap Tripel | 7.0% 8.5% 8.0% 8.0% 6.0% 6.6% 8.4% 6.0% 7.5% 7.5% | 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml | £1.59* £1.79* £1.89* £1.89* £1.63* £1.63* £2.05* £1.59* £1.79* £1.59* |
Belgium - Brown Ales
A dark brown style with a distinctive sweet and sour flavour. A Flemish speciality and Liefmans make the defining classic of the style Goudenband, although there are many differing dark beers. Once a year, the Liefmans brewery adds cherries to Goudenband and, after a further period of maturation, Liefmans Kriek results. After bottling, it is matured further and a deliciously smooth, dark and distinctive beer emerges. A raspberry version, Frambozen, is also made, again based on the brown ale but sweeter and more delicate.
| Liefmans Kriek (tissue-wrapped) Liefmans Kriek (magnum) Liefmans Frambozen (tissue-wrapped) | 6.5% 6.5% 4.5% | 375 ml 1500 ml 375 ml | £2.19* £14.69 £2.19* |
Belgium - Red Ales
A deep red burgundy colour with a tart, almost sour, taste makes this one of the world's most unusual beer styles. Aged in oak vats for a couple of years, Rodenbach is the definitive example.
| Rodenbach | 5.0% | 250 ml | £1.19* |
Belgium - Saison Ales
A beer style from the French-speaking Walloon region of Belgium. The beers are refreshing and crisp with a lot of flavour.
| Saison Silly | 5.0% | 250 ml | £0.99 |
Belgium - Strong Golden Ales
Whilst the golden colour of this style suggests they may be lagers, they are complex and strong top-fermented ales. Duvel, the Flemish for the devil, is the most well-known. Deceptive in their strength as all are light in palate.
| Delirium Tremens Duvel Duvel (corked) Duvel (magnum) Hoegaarden Julius Lucifer Piraat | 9.0% 8.5% 8.5% 8.5% 8.8% 8.0% 10.5% | 330 ml 330 ml 750 ml 1500 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml | £1.89** £1.69* £4.79 £14.49 £1.89* £1.69* £1.75* |
Belgium - Wheat Beers (Wit/Blanche)
The term "white" is applied because of the pale colour and natural cloudiness. Belgian wheat beers, unlike the German Weissbier, are generally spiced with coriander, cura¸ao and orange peel.
| Hoegaarden Wit Watou Wit | 5.0% 5.0% | 250 ml 250 ml | £1.09* £0.99* |
Belgium - Fruit Wheat Beers
An interesting blend of 'Wit bier' with extracts to give a refreshing, light, low-alcohol drink, made by Florisgaarden. Very quirky and unusual.
| Passion Fruit Ninkeberry (miexed fruits) Fraise (strawberry) Griotte (cherry) Chocolate Honey | 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 3.0% 4.5% | 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml 330 ml | £1.39* £1.39* £1.39* £1.39* £1.39* £1.49* |
Belgium - Belgian Ales
Beers of conventional strength. The Belgian equivalent to a German 'Alt' beer or an English Pale Ale. A more traditional everyday drinking beer than many Belgian beers.
| Straffe Hendrik Blonde | 6.0% | 250 ml | £1.19* |
Belgium - Regional Speciality Beers
Generally known as "Streekbieren" as so many Belgian beers defy categorisation. They are all top-fermenting ales, but many are so distinctive as to create their own style!
| Flemish Pale | |||
| Bruegel | 5.2% | 330 ml | £1.39* |
| Hoegaarden Gran Cru | 8.7% | 330 ml | £1.85* |
| Hoegaarden Gran Cru | 8.7% | 330 ml | £1.85* |
| Flemish Dark | |||
| Forbidden Fruit | 8.8% | 330 ml | £1.89* |
| Kwak | 8.0% | 330 ml | £1.59* |
| Oerbier | 7.5% | 330 ml | £1.69* |
| Wallonian Pale | |||
| Floreffe Tripel | 7.5% | 330 ml | £1.69* |
| La Gauloise - Blonde | 7.0% | 330 ml | £1.49* |
| Wallonian Amber | |||
| La Gauloise - Ambree | 6.5% | 330ml | £1.42* |
| Wallonian Dark | |||
| La Gauloise - Brune | 9.0% | 330 ml | £1.79* |
| Crocks (stone bottle) | |||
| St Sebastiaan Grand Cru | 7.6% | 500 ml | £3.89 |
Belgium - Belgian Imported British Ales
The British ales became popular in Belgium during the war. These beers are brewed in Britain and bottled in Belgium as they are thought to be too strong for the home market.
| John Martin 'Special Export' Guinness | 8.0% | 330 ml | £1.79* |
Belgium - Lambic Beers
The most unusual beer style in the world, the beers are made from a mash containing a proportion of wheat where no yeast is added to the wort. Fermentation depends on wild yeasts in the atmosphere. Brewing of "Lambic" is only done in a small area near Brussels, by only a dozen or so brewers. When fruit is added, a further fermentation occurs resulting in a champagne-like beer.
| Timmermans Lambic Blanche Timmermans Cassis Timmermans Pêche Timmermans Framboise Timmermans Kriek Timmermans Gueze Timmermans Faro Timmermans Caveau | 4.5% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 5.0% 4.0% 5.5% | 250 ml 250 ml 250 ml 250 ml 250 ml 250 ml 250 ml 375 ml | £0.93* £1.29* £1.29* £1.29* £1.09* £1.09* £0.99* £1.79* |
* Includes 9p bottle deposit
* * Includes 29p bottle deposit
Belgian Beer Glasses
| Duvel glass Chimay glass Hoegaarden glass | £2.59 £2.59 £2.59 |
