the glasses for that are pretty fun
Although it's a dangerously easy drink, particularly for someone with habits honed in the north east of england.

Piraat!

Do they have Grolsch Kanon? that's a deceptively strong beer - it's like having your spinal cord cut...and very rare outside Twente.

The other sign of a true Belgian beer bar is Scottish Beers that we've never even heard of, have thistles on the bottle and are mindblowingly strong.

Proost!
(cheesehead, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 22:21, 1 reply)

Is it
the 'Jacobite Ale', halfway down the page that you are referring to?

www.traquair.co.uk/breweryales.html

Lovely beer, very honeyed, and strong. I can normally get them in Peckhams.

Oddbins used to be great for beer, but has went seriously downhill, in fact it's been shit for years.

Re the 24 bottles of Aventinus. Where did you buy them from? I have just been browsing Beermerchant.com, looking at the Trappist Rochefort 10 ( a real bargain at £2.50) and the Liefmans Kriek. I was told the brewery had went bust, as i can't get them at all up here, only these crappy look-a-like beers called Bacchus. But they are shit, too sweet. The Liefmans has the most wonderful sharpness, what a beer. In fact up until recently i could get the Liefmans Kriek AND Framboise on draught at a pub in Glasgow. Not anymore though :(
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 22:35, closed)

Gordon's Scotch Ale
Was what I was referring to. As Scottish as me, I reckon.

Can you not get Mort Subite? The best BEST kriek beer is Liefmans Goudenband mixed 50/50 with Kriek - Goudenband is a heavy lambic beer without a fruit taste, and it transforms the Kriek into a skull-splitting, orgasmic beer. Tends to be expensive because Rehills tends to sell each bottle for £3, so that's £6 for a beer. But until the Westvleteren monks open a filial in the NE, that'll have to do. Oddly, our Tescos does very wel for beer, good trappist selection.
(cheesehead, Thu 26 Feb 2009, 8:00, closed)

Yes,
I've tried the Goudenband, but never even considered mixing it with the Kriek. I will endeavour to put this right!
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Thu 26 Feb 2009, 8:44, closed)

Oh god I need to go drinking with you
Assuming you're in Scotland, then Centraal Bar in Edinburgh was decent the last time I went there - is.gd/kW8V

www.beerangel.com delivers to the UK. Their English is a bit dodgy (I use the german language version 'cause that's where I am) so if you need help just gaz me!
( admiral crunch holds the newsreader's nose squarely, Thu 26 Feb 2009, 9:23, closed)