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craig1985 said:What am I drinking? Why that would be Sapporo. Yet it says on the bottle, 'Product of Canada'.
craig1985 said:What am I drinking? Why that would be Sapporo. Yet it says on the bottle, 'Product of Canada'.
craig1985 said:Debate is raging on another forum I visit, which is better, lager or ale?
L'arriviste said:Going up to my favourite drankenhandel in Winksele on Saturday to take back the empties and stock up for the silly season. Any requests?
Scott, Jeff, slowoldman, et al, please recommend me some new ideas will you? Obviously, suggestions must be available in Belgium.
We like the thicker brews mainly, but I want to hear about anything you've got that isn't already on my (lengthy) list.
Hugh Januss said:Ale is for drinking, Lager is for rinsing out the glass between Ales.
slowoldman said:I'm flattered, but to be honest, you're a Cat 1 asking a Cat 5 for advice.
craig1985 said:I have just found that a bottle shop near where I live sells Amstel Gold, Henninger, and La Trappe. Looks like I will send a fair of money in there.
Scott SoCal said:Le Trappe dubbel and quadruppel is, well, in a Trappist sense, DIVINE.
craig1985 said:I have just found that a bottle shop near where I live sells Amstel Gold, Henninger, and La Trappe. Looks like I will send a fair of money in there.
craig1985 said:I would only buy Amstel, well because of the certain race that they sponsor. Have you two tried Überbraü, and if so, what did you think? I had it for the first time last night and I didn't mind it.
L'arriviste said:Well, I almost choked on my banana this lunchtime when I learned that the monks of Westvleteren were reportedly considering a temporary commercial sales deal to fund repairs to the monastery.
For those who are somehow unaware of it, Westvleteren 12 is widely believed to be the world's finest beer. It is brewed by monks on a not-for-profit basis and therefore cannot be resold by commercial outlets.
The deal would put Westvleteren's finest on sale in branches of the supermarket chain Colruyt for a limited time only.
Needless to say, I had reason to be excited, not least because there's a Colruyt a couple of streets from my place.
But then the doubt set in: Colruyt's beer selection is - for want of a better word - crap, which makes a Westy tie-in a bit of a strange prospect. Then I learned that the story originates from Het Laatste Nieuws, the less-than-reliable tabloid that brought you such gems as Patrick Lefevere: 30 Years of Dope.
Watch this space...