The Belgian Bomb

This is a big one. A huge one to be exact.  The starting gravity was 1.130!  With a projected final gravity of 1.034 this brew will be roughly 12.5% abv.  If I play a few tricks I can probably get the final gravity down a bit more which will reduce the perceived sweetness and boost [...]

Nosradamus

A dark brown, ruby-reddish, “worn leather jacket” coloured beer. It’s well carbonated and kind of cloudy with a thick head that dissipates to the perimeter. It smells like a lemon tree. The flavour of this warming, strong Belgian ale is very complex. It took a few sips to appreciate it. At first it seemed to [...]

Honey Imperial Stout

This is my first homebrew, so I thought I’d make something that packs a punch! This is a modified recipe from the book “The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing”. Emma picked this book up for me at a rummage sale for something like 25 cents — and it’s great! It includes everything from how to [...]

Grand Reserve Clone Bottling

Not sure why the video is so blurry. I blame Ioni. Anyway, you get the idea.   The process:     The result: The aftermath: The tragedy:

St. Bernardus Tripel

As with most Abbey beers, there’s a lot of history behind St. Bernardus. Basically, this is as close to being a Trappist beer as you can get… without officially being called a Trappist. In fact, St. Bernardus was considered to be one until 1992 when the other 7 elite Trappist Monasteries decided that beers could [...]

Bacchus Vlaams Oud Bruin

I’ve decided that I’m going to wait a while before I do a review of my home brew. I want to allow a few more days for secondary fermentation before I slap a rating on it. I think doing a review after only a week and a few days is a bit premature. Conditioning the [...]

Maredsous Triple

I don’t think I could have possibly consumed this beverage under any more of a perfect atmosphere. Campfires, at least in my perspective, seem to bring out the personalities of beer best. Perhaps it is something to do with being outside? Perhaps it has something to do with the ancient traditions of open air fermentation? [...]

Palm Belgian Amber Ale

Are you serious? This is considered an average beer in Belgium? I am making this assumption purely on the fact that these beers are available in 6 packs. You would never see any of the other completely incredible Belgium brews such as Chimay, Westemalle or Rochefort in 6 packs. Then again, you can find Leffe [...]

La Chouffe – Ardenne Stong Beer

La Chouffe – Ardenne Strong Beer is an 8% wonderful surprise in the beer world.  At first glance you might think this is some silly child’s drink from the cute-cute label depicting an elf gathering herbs and flowers.  However, this elf is collecting these herbs and flowers to make a seriously amazing beer.   It has [...]

Augustijn Blonde

Beer 2 of 6 in the Exclusive Belgian Ales 6-pack imported from Belgium. This beer has a high foaming head off of the pour with medium to loose bubbles.  It has a large aroma of fruit that smells of a powerful edelweiss/hefeweizen beer and even has a strange hazy cloudiness in completion.  The high bubble [...]