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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:26:37 PM EST
 Including, but not limited to, Lambic of course. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:30:18 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:30:25 PM EST
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I'm not sure if I count as an aficionado, and I'm also not sure how "widely available" it is, but I like Westmalle Dubbel, and I can sometimes find it out here in the boonies.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:30:59 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:38:33 PM EST
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I lived in Belgium for 3 years and tried a lot of beer. Now that I'm back in the US, I'd recommend the following:
Chimay Grand Reserve or Blau if you can find it.  St Bernardus Abt 12 is about as close to Westvleteren 12 as you can get without actually having it.  The New Belgian Brewing Trippel is a very good substitute and is readily available and much less than $7 a bottle. It's brewed in the US but punches way above its weight. I can find it at my local Walmart all the time. NBB's 1554 tries really hard to be a dark Belgian Ale, but I just can't get into it. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:38:55 PM EST
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Rochefort 6
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:47:40 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 3:51:44 PM EST
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Hoegaarden
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:39:42 PM EST
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BUMP
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:49:34 PM EST
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I'll have to try the ones mentioned above. I like Leffe and Duvel. I'm glad nobody has mentioned Stella yet.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:53:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This variety pack is great. They are all really good. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/8660/VanSteenberge_sampler_2019_png-3323307.JPG Piraat is very very good. Not dark or red but still a strong trippel style. Gulden Draak to me is the standard baseline to judge up or down other Belgian trips and quads. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 5:55:52 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll have to try the ones mentioned above. I like Leffe and Duvel. I'm glad nobody has mentioned Stella yet. If you can find Orval, go for it. It's really tasty, but may be hard to find. Anything Chimay is good, except maybe the Green, didn't care for it. St Bernardus in all forms is good, 12, 8, 6 One of these day's I'll set out all of my beer glasses and post some pics. I have a few. I took this pic at a local grocery store. This is a smaller collection  |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:15:48 PM EST
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I know it isn't Belgian, but I dig the New Belgium Triple. It is easier to find than some of the other beers mentioned here, but if I can find them, I'll pick some up.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:16:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Leffe is meh for me. Duvel is a legit triple. If you can find Orval, go for it. It's really tasty, but may be hard to find. Anything Chimay is good, except maybe the Green, didn't care for it. St Bernardus in all forms is good, 12, 8, 6 One of these day's I'll set out all of my beer glasses and post some pics. I have a few. I took this pic at a local grocery store. This is a smaller collection https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/88214/Belgian_Beer_Store-3236787.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I'll have to try the ones mentioned above. I like Leffe and Duvel. I'm glad nobody has mentioned Stella yet. If you can find Orval, go for it. It's really tasty, but may be hard to find. Anything Chimay is good, except maybe the Green, didn't care for it. St Bernardus in all forms is good, 12, 8, 6 One of these day's I'll set out all of my beer glasses and post some pics. I have a few. I took this pic at a local grocery store. This is a smaller collection https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/88214/Belgian_Beer_Store-3236787.jpg What part of SC, and what grocery store? I've never seen a selection like that at Publix, Kroger or the local liquor store. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:19:39 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What part of SC, and what grocery store? I've never seen a selection like that at Publix, Kroger or the local liquor store.  Sorry, should have said that!
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:40:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'll have to try the ones mentioned above. I like Leffe and Duvel. I'm glad nobody has mentioned Stella yet. Fuck dude! Stella is so nasty that the after taste lasts 3 days. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:45:10 PM EST
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chimay cinq cent
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:46:13 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Rochefort 6https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/489357/IMG_6786_png-3323301.JPG I’ll see you and raise, 
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:46:32 PM EST
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Sorry to all the beer snobs, but I like this!
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:49:12 PM EST
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Quote HistoryThis. Trappiste Rocheforte 10 for the quadrupel win. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:50:07 PM EST
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Quote HistoryIs that a Rochefort served in an Orval glass?!?! Belgian Blasphemy!
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:53:00 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:54:49 PM EST
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Westmalle Tripel. Rochefort, any of them. Chimay Blue if you're in the mood for something thick and chewy. St. Bernardus---all of them, and yep, the 12 too. Not a big Orval guy, but people like them. Be in the mood for something overtly hoppy.
Lambics, Frank Boon's Gueze, De drolle something-or-other. Lindemans for sweet fruit lambics. Cantillon, the one I had, unimpressed. Hard to be, admittedly, as long as I waited to try it. (E.g., Haut-Brion didn't make it. 'Yquem sure as hell did, though.) Anyway, for my favorite of them all, Rodenbach, grand cru or not. Just so Goddamned refreshing and delicious. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:55:58 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:56:03 PM EST
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delirium trimmens and duvel
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:56:32 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is that a Rochefort served in an Orval glass?!?! Belgian Blasphemy! Hey man, stock photo. A beer so good you could drink it out of an old shoe. |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 6:59:15 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:00:12 PM EST
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Also, not sure where you are in Virginia, but Wegmans has a good selection of Belgians.
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:00:29 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sorry to all the beer snobs, but like this! https://i.ibb.co/N9ds0gF/623-CE781-23-B3-456-C-B114-4-B836019-EA6-B.jpg  |
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:01:24 PM EST
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Posted: 9/15/2024 7:50:00 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is that a Rochefort served in an Orval glass?!?! Belgian Blasphemy! Quote HistoryQuoted: The glasses were something that surprised me when I spent some time in Belgium. Seems like it would really limit the number of beers a restaurant or bar can carry, which is probably the point. |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 5:46:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The glasses were something that surprised me when I spent some time in Belgium. Seems like it would really limit the number of beers a restaurant or bar can carry, which is probably the point. If a bar runs out of clean glasses they won't serve the beer until they have the correct glasses to serve it in. If you go to a zoo in Belgium and go to the restaurant in the zoo, they will have beer, good beer, and will have the correct glasses lined up for your enjoyment. Some of the glasses have wooden stands because they can't stand on their own. Kwak is a good example. Interesting story of why the glass is the way it is https://belgianbeers.co.uk/beer-blog/why-is-kwak-beer-served-in-such-a-unique-glass/  |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 5:57:16 AM EST
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Several savvy and complex gentlemen in this thread. Unsure if it's considered Belgian style, but Dragon's Milk White is a very tasty stout.
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Posted: 9/16/2024 6:28:57 AM EST
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Do they make any IPA’s?
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Posted: 9/16/2024 6:30:10 AM EST
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Posted: 9/16/2024 6:30:54 AM EST
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Posted: 9/16/2024 6:39:42 AM EST
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Saison DuPont is the classic farmhouse ale. It has that unique horse blanket flavor that you may have heard mention of. It’s a very good representation of the farmhouse style.
Duchess de Bourgogne is a Belgian sour, however it is slightly different from the sours you will find here in the US. It is a sour cherry however the finish is more of a balsamic flavor and trust me, it’s effing good. A sipper for sure. |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 6:40:49 AM EST
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My wife went to Brussels and found a beer festival going on and all I got was an empty glass
  Attached FileI drink Afflingem regularly over here. |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 6:47:15 AM EST
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 All the copies are revolting; Blue Moon should only he used to flush clogged RV shitter drains. |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 7:54:04 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife went to Brussels and found a beer festival going on and all I got was an empty glass https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/239278/1000004608_jpg-3323811.JPG I drink Afflingem regularly over here. |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 8:00:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryAh , someone with class ! |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 8:02:51 AM EST
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Posted: 9/16/2024 8:05:44 AM EST
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Just go to Belgium and do this..,,
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Posted: 9/16/2024 12:23:56 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Gouden Carolus classic is great beer. Het Anchor brewery where it's brewed is in Mechelen (or Maline in French), where Belgian Malinois dogs originated. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: My wife went to Brussels and found a beer festival going on and all I got was an empty glass https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/239278/1000004608_jpg-3323811.JPG I drink Afflingem regularly over here. Cool, thanks for the info My wife said it was great and she's the typical wine mom who doesn't drink beer |
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Posted: 9/16/2024 12:25:06 PM EST
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Posted: 9/16/2024 1:26:19 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do they make any IPA’s? Nope. They make good beer. 
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Posted: 9/16/2024 1:30:46 PM EST
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