I've sampled more than my fair share of Belgian ales this year, so I was psyched to find that the latest Zappa beer was a Belgian Tripple Ale. I like it. It's been a hard week and I expect to have more than my fair share of these this weekend.
When the Absolutely Free beer came out a while ago, I sent them thank you letter. They replied and told me they were doing one for a bunch of the releases.
I suggested also they do a Slayer beer for each of their major releases.
Check out the new Stone Brewing Co. Vertical Epic Ale.
Its a cross betwwen a Belgian and and West Coast style ale. Fruity odd yeast strain meets big hops. Yummy! Very smooth and malty. Should be really good when it comes to age in four years.
I'm still getting a handle on the whole Belgian thing, seems there's about 8 different types of Belgian ales. True Belgian ale fans probably drink imports, but I've been sticking with the western microbrews for the most part. Think globally, drink locally. My favorites so far are
1) Lagunitas: We're only in it for the money
2) Avery Salvation in the 22 oz bottle.
3) Avery White Rascal
4) Pranqster
5) Cru D'or
Didn't like the Avery Karma as much, and the Russian River Damnation was one that I was really looking forward to but was a bit of of a dissapointment, but maybe I was having an off day.
The Anderson Valley Brother David Doubel and Triple brews are pretty good, as is Green Flash's Triple. Just picked up some Bison Brewing Belgian Ale at Bevmo at a good price, but haven't tried that yet.
The Anderson Valley Brother David Doubel and Triple brews are pretty good, as is Green Flash's Triple. Just picked up some Bison Brewing Belgian Ale at Bevmo at a good price, but haven't tried that yet.
* Firestone Walker Little Opal
* Ommegang Rare Vos
* Marin Brewing Company Blond
* Iron Springs Barley Wine-oak chippped
* Lagunitas Saison
* Stone Cali-Belgique
I bought a few of the Zappa Belgians by mistake, thinking it was the next in a long line of tasty ales. I was wrong and I am way :meh: on Belgians. I even went to Belgium, but me no likey.
I keep hearing about Green Flash but haven't seen it at any of the regular places I go.
I need a new beer store in Marin, anyone know of a place in San Rafael with a large selection that stores their beer cold? The dogfish head ipa that I got from San Rafael Bevmo last week was skunked, that was a major bummer after hearing about that one for so long....
I stopped in at Marin Bev outlet for the first time a month or so ago. I talked to Charles for a while about why Lagavulin has gotten so damn expensive the last few years. Seems like a good place and the beer selection was good but not overwhelming.
Hmmm, an 18 minute walk from the office and there's a bus to Marin that leaves from the doorstep. Nothing like riding the bus full of commuters with a brown paper bag :thumbsup: Thanks for the tip.
Wow, some great beers mentioned in this thread! :thumbsup:
I haven't tried the latest Zappa, but sounds encouraging. I'll be dropping by my local tonight for a bottle or two.
When I first got into Belgians, of course I went for the Trappist classics, and for good reason. But lately I've really been enjoying the domestic interpretations.
- North Coast Pranqster and Brother Thelonious.
- Ommegang, especially their Hennepin saison.
- The Anderson Valley Brother David's dubbel and trippel are really quite delicious.
- I also really like New Belgium's 1550. A strange beer, kinda like a black ale with Trappist yeast fermented on the cold side. Probably brewed as a mistake the first time, but it turned out so well it's become a regular.
I know I'm missing some, but dang...I'm thirsty. Is it beer thirty yet?
I went out on a job today, and got to talking with the customer about wine. She asked me if I wanted a bottle of red her friend had brewed up and I said "SHORE!!"
Problem is, it didn't have a label, so I had to attach one of the Soul Cycle stickers I got in the mail today. :thumbsup:
Westmalle Tripel is indeed a good one, I grew up not too far from the place where they brew that. They're one of the only 5 or 6 'Trappist' beers in Belgium (there are a whole bunch of 'pseudo' Trappist or abbey beers though). The Belgian monk species that brew beer all belong to the (catholic) Trappist order, hence the name.
If you like the Westmalle, you may want to try the Westvleteren 12. If you can get your hands on it at least. The Westvleteren monks are pretty hardcore and cap their annual production. No money in the world can convince them to increase it.
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