Here my very short, but hopefully growing list for the best Belgian Beers I have come across untill now (80 Points and up). The list comprises of Beers I tasted since taking notes and scoring them, but in my mind the list is infinitely longer. So I still have a lot to retasting to do, and foremost write notes about. So here is, in part, random order:
- Westmalle Tripel 9.5% ABV (88 Points)
- Rodenbach Grand Cru 6% ABV (88 Points)
- Tongerlo Tripel 8% ABV (87 Points)
- Tongerlo Prior Tripel 9% ABV (85 Points)
- Grimbergen Optimo Bruno 8% ABV (84 Points)
- Mc Chouffe 8% ABV (84 Points)
- Petrus Aged Pale 7.3% ABV (84 Points)
- Corsendonk Agnus – Tripel 7.5% ABV (83 Points)
- Special Roman 5.5% ABV (83 Points)
- St-Feuillien Blonde 7.5% ABV (83 Points)
- Zottegemse Grand Cru 8.4% ABV (83 Points)
- Grimbergen Goud 8º 8% ABV (82 Points)
- Oud Zottegems Bier 6.2% ABV (82 Points)
- Gouden Carolus Classic 8.5% ABV (81 Points)
- La Guillotine 8.5% ABV (80 Points)
- Duchesse de Bourgogne 6.2% ABV (No score yet)
- Affligem Tripel 9.5% ABV (No score yet)
- Lindemans Faro Lambic 4.0% ABV (No score yet)
Here is my top 5, no order.
Boon Marriage Parfait
Rodenbach Vintage (Grand Cru if vintage isn’t available)
Orval
Chimay White
Westvleteren 12
Now you’re talking! These I all know. The first four I have here, and Westvleteren well, a bit hard to come by. You could google “Brouwerij De Molen” in the Netherlands, that should be good stuff and luckily for me a local retailer has a deal with these guys so a lot of this is available now!
I was given a free bottle for teaching a beer by someone who brought back a case from the brewery. It was worth the hype.