Tasting Notes
18 articles
Tasting Notes Belgoo Bloemekei IPA — the Marols bouquet with a zwanze wink
The most floral Belgian IPA from Sint-Pieters-Leeuw owes its name to a Marols word that means both « bouquet of flowers » and « fart » — a zwanze wink from Jo Van Aert, a former sales rep turned master brewer. Exotic dry-hop, lychee, grapefruit, passion fruit. Doctor Beer tastes.
Tasting Notes Patton Le Général — the amber ale of the 75th Ardennes anniversary
At Rolley, in the very farm where Patton decorated McAuliffe on 30 January 1945, a certified-organic amber ale marks the 75th anniversary of the Liberation. Doctor Beer tastes this brewed page of history, born from the alliance between the Ferme du Château de Rolley and Ardennes brewery Lupulus.
Tasting Notes St. Bernardus Kombine — when Watou meets Freising
Kombine 2025: an unfiltered Helles from St. Bernardus and Weihenstephan, the world's oldest active brewery. Three firsts for the Watou house, a fully assumed style oxymoron, and a meeting that spans a thousand years of monastic history. Doctor Beer tastes.
Tasting Notes Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel — 2022 vintage, four years in the cellar
Four years in the shadows of a Bruges cellar have transformed the first Belgian Quadrupel into a masterpiece of patina, candied dark fruit and port-like depth. Doctor Beer awards a sovereign score to this Brouwerij De Halve Maan legend.
Tasting Notes Triple Moines — the Meuse valley in a glass
Seven kilometres from the Notre-Dame de Leffe Abbey, the Brasserie du Bocq has been brewing from Purnode a Belgian Tripel whose kinship with its great sister of Dinant feeds a legend murmured from café to café. Doctor Beer tastes the 2024 Triple Moines.
Tasting Notes Witz Bio — the neo-orthodox Belgian wit manifesto
An organic wheat beer brewed in Brussels with wheat and oats — and no added spices. A quiet slap at the Hoegaarden orthodoxy from Brasserie de la Senne, Brussels' guardian of bitterness and brewing authenticity. Doctor Beer tastes.
Tasting Notes Big Nose — Novabirra
Big Nose by Novabirra: Emanuele Corazzini's Belgian Triple, 9%, brewed at De Ranke. Three malts, Nugget and Willamette hops, dry-hopped with Alsace Triskel.
Tasting Notes Blonde de Blaugies (BDB) — Brasserie de Blaugies
Blonde de Blaugies (BDB): the farmhouse triple blonde from Brasserie de Blaugies, 8%, unfiltered and bottle-refermented. Floral, cereal, spicy.
Tasting Notes Boon Millésime 2020 — Oude Schaarbeekse Kriek
Boon Millésime 2020: an Oude Schaarbeekse Kriek from Brouwerij Boon, lambic and Schaerbeek cherries. Ruby red, cherry, oak and vanilla.