went to belgium with my dad recently. Got a whole list of gooduns but unfortunately not on me off the top of my head Belgian beers: pannepot chimay blue, red, white westvleteren 12 (arguably the best beer in the world) St. Bernardus acht Brugge Zot Blonde or Brune Oerbier Arabier black albert (****ing takes your head off) de koninck and my personal favourite - Delirium tremens whisky's Bowmore legend (despite not being aged it is exquisite) Jura origin Glenn Moray 12 year old (a highlander but still nice) woodford reserve bourbon (amazing) liqueurs: amarro (not to be confused with ammaretto) have it with tonic, it's heavenly nocino (made with the husks of walnuts but amazingly sweet and goopy if thats your thing) limoncello (this is more common but still nice) Thats about it for now.
DT is very drinkable and it's got pink elephants on the bottle. If you're very lucky, you may find a DT glass, which also has pink elephants on it.
Delirium Tremens is a good shout - nice stuff. I'm drinking a lot of Brugge Zot Blonde at the minute. Westvleteren is effectively impossible to get outside of Belgium though, and even inside, it isn't exactly easy. I'm quite surprised you had some actually - I presume you went to the monastery to get it? Other real trappists to consider are Westmalle, and if you aren't convinced by the sweetness, try Orval, which is a bit of a halfway house, good introduction to trappist Ales.
Can't have been that great than, can it? I did just that last year....it's not bad, but not THAT good. Just very rare
http://www.sintsixtus.be/eng/brouwerij.htm See section on resale Hence I would not want to buy from anyone other than the monks as I disagree with exploiting them. £12 a bottle compared to 40 euros for 24 from the brewery? What is advertised on beerboxx is effectively grey market.
Amarula... It's a little odd, and you may/may not like it... but its worth a try... It also available in miniature [assuming anywhere near you seells miniatures] if you don't want to buy a whole bottle...
Didn't know you could buy it direct, obviously I'd say go for that because it's cheaper. But they are brewers. They're a business, you're not exploiting them by buying their product elsewhere.
They sell only to end-customers. No resellers, no middlemen. I mean you have to physically drive there and promise a monk to not resell ;-) Beerboxxx get's you bad karma
That stuff is quite literally cheap as chips here... maybe not cheap, but a bottle of Absolut will set you back a good bit more than a bottle of Amarula. It's somewhat similar to Bailey's though. Best served with Ice Cream or on ice. Some like it on crushed ice, but that's a bit p!sswiddle for me, It's not all that strong anyway. If you want a ******* of a drink: sweet white wine with kool-aid or red wine with Coke. The cheaper the better. Loads of people here drink that and get all bad-drunk on it (you know - NOT fun drunk, but just rotting in the corner looking for fights drunk). It's drinkable, if you don't have front teeth and are dating your sister.
@specofdust: You commented about porters and stouts, I'm rather fond of them! Stout and porter are actually the same thing, it's just that stout is generally used to refer to the darker, closer to black varieties. They are brewed with a darker malt which gives a distinct, burnt under taste to many of them. The majority also tend to be less sweet, heavier and a touch creamier than a traditional bitter or pale ale. Typical flavours are chocolate or coffee, some have almost a peat flavour to them as well. A few to look out for and try would be Orkney Dark Island (gorgeous and my favourite!), Bateman's Salem Porter, Titanic Stout and Harviestoun Ola Dubh (particularly for Islay whisky fans, quite a smokey, peaty taste). One I haven't seen for years but used to enjoy a pint of was Samuel Smiths Imperial Stout. Milk stouts like Mackeson's are a different breed, they're made using lactose so tend to be quite sweet as it doesn't ferment. Not my thing but popular with some people. If you like Islay whiskies (Laphroaig and Lagavulin etc) then Bowmore is worth a try as well. Very pleasant, typical peaty flavour. I'm also quite partial to Speyside malts like Aberlour (my usual tipple), Cardhu, Glenfarclas (I had some of the 105 once - delicious!) and Tamdhu. That reminds me, I need to get Lincoln soon - they have a wonderful little emporium called "The Whisky Shop" which has a couple of hundred different varieties Something I developed a taste for in the past is Bessenjenever - Dutch redcurrant gin. Lovely stuff, just pour it over ice and enjoy.
Elevator Brewing Company - Pretty much anything they brew. EdWort's Apfelwein, I made this last winter. It is for sure one of my favorite drinks. I got it to 17% alcohol.
