Wake up the Sun: 6.0 – It is a bit like a sour and there is a long bittersweet like aftertaste. Overall it fits the ideal of a sun shiny beer.
Price Average: $11
Wake up the Sun: 6.0 – It is a bit like a sour and there is a long bittersweet like aftertaste. Overall it fits the ideal of a sun shiny beer.
Price Average: $11
Sun Juice Belgian Summer Ale: 6.0 – It fulfills the requirements of a summer ale by being light and easy to drink. The overall taste though is on the blander side, so it’s not a ‘great’ summer ale.
Price Average: $12 for 6-pack
Website: http://stonycreekbeer.com/
Cuvee Van de Keizer Beer: 3.0 – That’s too many words. Like as a beer that’s so much. Sorry the last sentence wasn’t about the name, but the beer itself. There’s so much going on, but overall there’s a cloying sweetness that you can’t escape from. It’s like being stuck in a sugary black hole – it’s astounding and so much is intriguing, but you will die of sugar.
Price Average: $13
Website: http://www.hetanker.be/en
Pauwel Kwak: 7.0 – That is a proper Belgian strong ale. Its nutty and meaty characteristic are well met here. I also have to comment on the frankly ridiculous glassware it comes in. Overall though this is likely my favorite of this list so far.
Price $12
Website: http://bestbelgianspecialbeers.be/en
Count: 44/71
Victory Twelve: 5.5 – We were pleasantly surprised by our other Victory Brewing Company experience – which as an IPA that was actually – good. Here however they have gone for a beer to be complex and luxurious. In that respect they have succeeded – this is complex in flavor, and in texture. It’s not heavy, but it is potent. The problem though is that while all that is true – it’s not a great beer. If given the option I’d likely never have it again – which sure you can make your beer ‘intoxicating’ but it needs to be good overall to survive.
Price Average: Victory Twelve $9
Website: http://www.victorybeer.com/
Duvel Belgian Golden Ale: 6.0 – Poor slowly when you do this because this is a seriously bottle conditioned head-y beer. However I love the lingering aftertaste from this beer – it’s kinda like what brewers try to pass off as nuts and bananas. For the record we are now more than 1/4 of the way done and this is the highest so far (just barely beat last week’s Dos Equis)
Price $4 (375mL bottle, which is not pictured above)
Website: http://www.duvel.com/
Count: 14/71
Gandavum: 4.5 – A bit too mild for a belgian ale lacking the nice sweetness or sharpness of flavor. There’s depth here but overall it’s not spectacular.
Google Shop Average: Gandavum $13
Website: http://belgianexperts.com/beers/special-selections/gandavum/
Hades Belgian Style Ale: 5.0 – It’s got a nice taste to it, but it lacks a distinct character, flavor, or power to it that basically makes it kind of average.
Google Shop Average: Hades Belgian Style Ale $19 for Sampler 12-Pack
Website: http://greatdivide.com/
Honing: 5.5 – Now this is certainly one of the few beers with honey, and even fewer one that actually tastes like honey was actually involved. However while it has a nice taste, it’s just not that magical combination that you would want a Belgian Ale and a Mead to have an amazing baby.
Google Shop Average: Honing $ (We can’t find a price, we’ll update if we learn it)
Website: http://www.tapbrewingcompany.com/
Plum Island Belgian White: 5.5
Another unfiltered Belgian White beer made with Coriander and Orange Peel. This is something that has become commonplace for most beer companies to do and is about the fifth new one I have tried. Though it may be boring, it doesn’t mean it isn’t good. Sold in cans which makes it one of the best beers I had ever had from a can. Fairly average but good.
Google Shop Average: Plum Island Belgian White $10 (12oz Can 6-Pack)
Website: http://www.nbptbrewing.com/