Beer

While I was in Belgium, I tried out the local beers. I thought I’d keep a bit of a list of ones I’ve tried and sort them roughly into beers I like vs. beers I don’t like. Of course this is completely subjective, and I tend to prefer the paler ales but I have grown to like darker stuff too (thanks, living in Belgium, for that! :).

Now I'm in the UK, I should probably keep a list of the ales I've tried and liked, for future reference too :)

Belgian Beers I Like

• Duvel
• Cuvee des Trolls (blonde)
• Faro (lambic – dark and spicy)
• Chimay Tripel (Trappist blondeish)
• Forestinne Ambrosia (amber)
• Forestinne Mysteria (blonde)
• St Feuillien (blonde)
• Delirium tremens (blonde)
• Pecheresse (peach beer, 2.5%, the “girly” beer apparently, though lots of men drink it!)
• Rochefort Trappist (triple)
• Leffe (triple)
• La Chouffe (blonde)
• Barbar (honey beer which is quite nice, unlike the Floris series, which is gross)
• Framboizette (a locally produced Raspberry Lambic which is very tasty)
• Grimbergen everything
• Duvel (blonde)
• Gulden Draak (dark)
• Duchesse de Bourgogne (dark)
• Blanche de Namur (local blonde)
• Maes, Jupiler and Stella are all quite nice light, low-alcohol (hah, for Belgium; they're still 4-5% though) summer quenchers. I quite enjoy them.

Beers I’m So-So About

• Brugge Tripel

Belgian Beers I Don’t Like

• Leffe (blonde)
• Super des Fagnes
• Floris beers. Sorry, but they're far too sweet and not much like beer.

UK Beers I Like

• Tring: Death or Glory, Colley's Dog, Brock Bitter (?)
• Fullers: ESB is the best here, I rather like it. There was a spring ale on tap at my local, Spring Sprinter. That was pretty good too.
• Doom Bar
• Boddington's isn't bad if that's all there is.
• ... more to come when I remember to take notes! :)