For all my beer loving buddies: Here's one for ya with real balz

[3db]

I don't think I would have liked it in my earlier days, espically my college days. But now, I could easily quaf one these down with a meal.

 

[gmichael]

I bet it's great to make chili with.

 

[jcl]

I made beer a few times when I was younger. It was surprisingly good. I had gotten a pretty inexpensive beer making kit from a local store, and used ingredient kits that they sold. Never got into it seriously enough to try and concoct my own recipes. One thing I do remember was that the bottle washing was a bit of a pain. I switched to using the mini kegs and that worked out really well. Until the time I let the beer ferment a little too long and a keg burst in our basement storage room. That's the last time I made beer....

 

[3db]

Sounds like the making of an "alien" movie.

 

[panteragstk]

Are you sure it was Belgian? I personally think Tripels are the best beers in the world, and I don't recall ever seeing one with cherries or cherry juice. Of course there are so many Belgian beers maybe there is one, but I haven't drank it, just the usual suspects, Karmeliet, Westmalle, and perhaps my favorite Val-Dieu.

Regarding "Belgian Quadrupels", I'm not sure there is such a thing. There are quads, but they are not Belgian. I think the term quad started in Holland.

But, +1 to Ommegang. Their Hennepin is the first non-Belgian "Belgian style" that I ever enjoyed, and it took a damn long time to find one. Over here, it is a very high value IMO, because it's like maybe 85% as good as some of my fav Belgians, but at less than half of the cost. (Usually about $2.50ish a bottle.) I know a super beer nerd that also prefers the Abbey Ale, but having bought a number of both, give me the Hennepin every time.

I have plans to start brewing my first beers later this year, and I don't even know if it's in the realm of possibilities for me, but if it was remotely possibly to do a bottle fermented tripel, I'd feel like I was an alchemist who succeeded in turning lead into gold! (After all, the going rate for most all of the brands is about $6 for a bottle of less than 11.2 oz or whatever it is.)

It was this one. Not very good. Big fan of the Trappist ales though.

 

[j_garcia]

That is taking beer nuts a bit too far.