A practical lesson In Belgian Beer

[unclepumble]

I keep meaning to try a few more belgian beers and a few more of the more difficult to get british beers, & I was looking at The Beer Emporium on the web a few weeks back, and noticed it was just down the road (6miles from me).
I went for a browse this afternoon and came back with this little lot.

I can well reccomend the shop if you can get to sandbach I was like a kid in a sweet shop, they have around 400 different bottled beers in stock and some very special ones too.

Now I need to read up on the belgians and fathom out what I am drinking, I know about the orvals and the cantillon kreik (never tried the cantillion but I hear its one of the best lambics you can drink and the 2007 is a really good year hope so I have paid less for a bottle of a good red wine).
Never had a gueze or any of the others so should be a good practical lesson
:drunk:
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[Moley]

13 bottles?


No of course I'm not superstitious, never had an issue with 13, touch wood.


Could turn out to be an expensive little shop UP ?
I don't suppose they have many at “four for a fiver”.

Many of those got reclaimable yeasts?

 

[unclepumble]

13 bottles?


No of course I'm not superstitious, never had an issue with 13, touch wood.


Could turn out to be an expensive little shop UP ?
I don't suppose they have many at “four for a fiver”.

Many of those got reclaimable yeasts?

No but I did get 5% off because I hit the discount spend level hence 13 beers didn't have any more cash in my pocket.

As for reclaiming the yeast, I'm putting most of the empty bottles in my neighbours recycling I don't want Brett in my garage.

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[Dieseljockey]

Well done you jammy bugger :clap:
wish I had a shop like that down the road from me....love the Belgian beers... :party:

 

[Ceejay]

Great Odin's Raven! That's some selection!

 

[snail59]

Nice selection UP :thumb:

This has set me wondering. I have a large Beer warehouse close to me. I have had a quick check of there on line store and of the British Beer's you have selected they stock NONE. They do have over 150 UK Breweries Listed (that's breweries not Beer's). They list Beer's from 63 countries. I'm now wondering will I have time to try them all :grin:

 

[unclepumble]

Nice selection UP :thumb:

This has set me wondering. I have a large Beer warehouse close to me. I have had a quick check of there on line store and of the British Beer's you have selected they stock NONE. They do have over 150 UK Breweries Listed (that's breweries not Beer's). They list Beer's from 63 countries. I'm now wondering will I have time to try them all :grin:

The british beers i selected were just a drop in the ocean of what the emporium had in it, it really is a great beer shop, i can see me spending quite a bit of time browsing in there

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[snail59]

i can see me spending quite a bit of time browsing in there

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I do the same in HERE. If your ever near Kings Lynn in Norfolk I recommend a visit.

 

[Tony]

Now that is a sight for sore eyes! Wonderful... and good plan with disposing of the bottles too.


Mmmmmm Jaipur!

So which ones have been sunk already?

 

[rickthebrew]

Looking forward to your tastings :drink:

 

[topgear]

How strange!!! I thought Orvill was green :rofl:

 

[unclepumble]

Looking forward to your tastings :drink:

supped a load of them yesterday, whilst brewing, didn't write notes, but If you can get hold of a bottle of Cantillon Lou Pepe Kreik 2007 do so it is a stunning beer, well worth sharing over dinner, of course I didn't share a drop :twisted: and by the time of pitching yeast last night I was a little :drunk: .

The Mort Subite Gueze is a very very nice beer too, a lovely sour beer very well balanced, and very moreish.

The orval i don't need to review dry brett beer, very easy drinking.

no horseblanket, leather or mustyness for me in any of the brett beers, just pure enjoyment.

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[rickthebrew]

sounds great and the best part of any beer is the drinking bit :thumb:

 

[mysterio]

Agreed the Lou Pepe Kriek is a stunning beer, best fruit beer in the world that i've tried and one of the best sour beers.

 

[richc]

Looks a good shop, must fit in a visit next time I'm in the area...

 

[luckyeddie]

If you like the Mort Subite, try to get your hands on a bottle of Boon Geuze Mariage Parfait.

 

[unclepumble]

I went to visit again today, to see what other belgian beauties I could find.

Unfortunately they don't open mondays


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[steve963]

1 min walk from my house that shop, will go in and try a few of the ones you picked. That many in there its difficult to decide!

 

[micmacmoc]

Great Odin's Raven! That's some selection!

heh! That has to be a stranglers/cope album? would be a dream collaboration. mort subite...its been too long. Lovely collection, jealous? Hell yes! Enjoy them mate.

 

[unclepumble]

They all went down a good while ago, have been in again since on that occasion I had.

2 750ml bottles of Cantillion organic Gueuze (another stunning beer from cantillion, think i prefer the Mort Subite though)
1 750ml Kreik de rank (Nice fruit beer, not a patch on the Lou Pepe though)
2 DUCHESSE DE BOURGOGNE, Flemish red ale (a Nice sour ale if a little sweet, I thorougly enjoyed it though)
1 3 Monts Flanders Golden Ale, (this was a great biere de guarde, if you dont do sours, but you do do good beer try this you won't be disapointed)

I also tried a French (english style brown ale) can't remember the name but it knocked the spots of most English brown ales I have ever drunk.
All the above were supped in the great outdoors whilst camping the other week, great beers sampled in excellent country surroundings,

I think I might be popping into the emporium on my way to the spring thing on friday, just for a couple of interesting samplers in the name of research you know.

1 min walk from my house that shop, will go in and try a few of the ones you picked. That many in there its difficult to decide!

That would be dangerous for me I'd be skint, its not far though I'm only in congleton.

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