What's your favorite Beer?

[Black Orchid]

Thank you Mega but Trowbridge seems to be the armpit of West Wiltshire and here the stock representing Belgium is only  Leffe and Duvel but Hey we're leaving and have a plan hatching to visit Brussels to savour some quality [emoji12]

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[Black Orchid]

@Seul:

Not a beerman, but I àm Belgian so…

Tripel Karmeliet or Duvel...

@Seul ?

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[Seul]

Beerwise, I've gotten smarter… That's it though...

[Megatron1505]

It's been an emotional journey 

[Black Orchid]

Ok, that's enough for me

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[Black Orchid]

@Seul done a bit of research and found this little beauty in bristol which is only a short drive from trowbridge

http://www.corksof.com/detail.php?line=Beer&type=Belgium

planning on popping round there tomorrow to pick up a selecton of belgium beers; Karmeleit Tripel, Chimay Blue @Megatron1505, Delirium, Kwak and Gulden Draak

[Megatron1505]

Rochefort 10
Chimay Blue
Mariage Parfait
Delerium Tremens

Job done 

[Black Orchid]

Wow, thank you Mega [emoji12]

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[Megatron1505]

imho those are the best beers on that list, with the R10 being a personal favourite of mine. The Marriage Parfait is a little sour, but no so much as the other Gauze in their stock, a great introduction to Lambics.

[Chris]

Rodenbach Grand Cru is also a solid pick up.  Good example of a sour red.  Concur on Mega's suggestions.

[jdl1279]

Second the Rochefort10, albeit pricey here, it's seriously awesome!!! Chimay Blue is also pretty tasty. Wish there was a better Belgian selection here, not that we lack good brews, just that there's something seriously special about the good ones.

[urbanwoodsman]

Recent beers

[Seul]

@Black Orchid

Boon Geuze , Mariage Parfait
Dupont Saison 33cl
Rodenbach Grand Cru 33cl
Achel Blonde 33cl
Rochefort No 6 33cl
Orval 33cl 6.2%
Westmalle Tripel (tasting notes) 33cl
Rochefort No 8 33cl
Chimay Blue, 33cl
Rochefort No 10

If you buy all these, you'll have a good idea of what Belgian beer is about… There's blond, saison, sour, Flemish Old Brown, triple, quadrupel, and amber... In all kinds of alc %... Enjoy!..

PS: please don't buy Kwak...

[Black Orchid]

Thanks for all that guys, some good ones to look out for and try [emoji4]

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[Seul]

Of course, being a beer nerd, I'd like to replace these with…

@Seul:

Boon Geuze , Mariage Parfait => unfuckwithable
Dupont Saison 33cl => Fantôme saison
Rodenbach Grand Cru 33cl => Struise Aardmonnik
Achel Blonde 33cl => Dolle Boskeun
Rochefort No 6 33cl => unfuckwithable
Orval 33cl 6.2% => unfuckwithable
Westmalle Tripel (tasting notes) 33cl => Dolle Dulle Teve
Rochefort No 8 33cl => Pannepot Reserva
Chimay Blue, 33cl => Pannepeut
Rochefort No 10 => Pannepot Grand Reserva

[Megatron1505]

Agree with all except the last 2, and you know I love Pannepeut.

[Seul]

I always underestimated the Pannepot Reserva… But I finally came round after having had two 2010s that were superb...

I might have to give the Pannepeut another go as well...

[Megatron1505]

I just find that R10 and Chimay Blue are more consistently good.

[Seul]

I've never had a bad Pannepot…

[Seul]

@urbanwoodsman - you asked me to give you a list of US beers I'd like… This is very hard for me, as I only know of a couple I really want... Plus I have no idea how hard some are to find, or how much they cost... It's different over there, it seems... Here even the rare beers don't cost much... Struise beers are around 2-3 €, big bottles of theirs don't cost more than 11-18€... Cantillon big bottles cost 10 €. Westvleteren can easily be bought outside of the bar of the monastery for about 3 € for the XII... There are, of course, exceptions...

Anyway... Here we go... I'll try and keep it a bit organised...

*** Bourbon County**

• easy: anything but the coffee stout… 

*** The Bruery:**

• White Oak
• Smoking Wood Rye Barrel
• Black Tuesday Imperial Stout
• Chocolate Rain
• Sucré
• Rue d'Floyd
• Grey Monday
• Melange (doesn't matter what
• Bois (preferably New American Oak)

Plus tons more… Anything that's +10%, not too smokey, and not too sour...

*** Sierra Nevada**:

• BA Narwhal Imperial Stout
• BA Bigfoot
• BA Maple Stout

*** Founders:**

• Bourbon Barrel Imperial Stout
• Bolt Cutter Barley Wine
• Canadian Breakfast Stout

*** AleSmith:**

• Speedway Stout
• Barrel Aged Speedway Stout (doesn't matter what it's aged in)
• Old Numbskull
• Old Numbskull Barrel Aged (again: doesn't matter in what)

Cigar City:

• basically any of their imperial stouts or barleywines
• Life is Like… (Mikkeller collab)

*** Cigar City:**

• Extremely Angry Beast
• Porcine Unidragon

*** Dark Horse:**

• Bourbon Barrel Aged Plead the 5th
• 3 Guy off the Scale Old Ale
• Bourbon Barrel Monster 29

*** Jack's Abby:**

• Cocoa-Nut Barrel Aged Framinghammer
• Baby Maker Lager Wine
• BA Saxonator Dunkles Doppelbock

*** Jester King:**

• Rodeo (Mikkeller collab) any version
• Black Metal Farmhouse
• Encendía

*** Lost Abbey:**

• Highway to Hell
• Number of the Beast
• Deliverance
• The Angels Share (also Bourbon Barrel Aged and Grand Cru)
• Serpents Stout ( and Bourbon Barrel Aged)
• Older Viscosity
• Cuvee de Tomme
• Churchill's Finest Hour

*** Prairie Artisan Ales:**

• Bomb! Any damn bomb: Double Chocolate, Barrel Aged, Pirate, Christmas,..
• Bible Belt (Evil Twin collab)
• Vanilla Noir
• Pirate Noir

*** Evil Twin:**

• Aun mas a Jesus
• Aun mas Cafe Jesus
• Torst Back Room
• Yin & Yang
• Auld Yin
• Disco Beer

*** Three Floyds:**

• Dark Lord (any version)
• Bourbon Barrel Aged Moloko
• Baller Stout
• Behemoth (any version)