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The Foreign Beers


Trappist
Rochfort 6: 7.5%
The single, lovely and surprisingly drinkable. Rare, even in Belgium.
Rochfort 8: 9.2%
Light to dark classic ale, full of flavours, milder than its big brother.
Rochfort 10: 11.3%
This ale needs to be drunk in front of a roaring log fire with cheese. Full of flavours.
Westmalle Tripel: 9.5%
Lighter coloured full flavoured ale, excellent.
Orval: 6.2%
All its own flavours with a back taste of oranges.

Lambic
Cantillion Geuze: 5%
Sharp, tart and sour. Fantastic.
Cantillion Kriek: 5%
The kick of real fruit cherry and sour.
Cantillion Rose de Gambrinus: 5%
Mix of Cherry and raspberry, again really sour.
Girardin Black Label Geuze: 5%
Lovely Geuze, not so sharp but sooo drinkable.
De Cam Geuze: 5.5%
Fantastic offering from this relatively new Lambic brewer/blender.
Girardin Framboise: 5%
Edging toward the sweet, full of raspberry flavour.
Hansens Geuze: 6% S
Sharp, tart and sour, slightly more subtle than Cantillion.
Hansens Kriek: 6%
Again, sour and full of the flavour of cherry.
Drie Fontainen Geuze: 6%
Places itself between Cantillion and Hanssens, fantastic.
Drie Fontainen Kriek: 6%
Again, full sour hit of real cherry.

Belgian ales and others
Kerkom Blond: 5.5%
Tasty, aromatic Blond ale.
Kerkom Bruin: 5.5%
Very tasty dryish brown ale.
Kerkom Tripel: 8%
More like a trappist, fantastic.
Proef Reinaert Grand Cru: 9%
Mix of flavours in this fantastic Grand Cru, strong!
De Doller Extra Export Stout: 9%
Gives Guinness a good kicking.
Echte Kriek: 6%
Lightly sour brown-beer-based Cherry beer.
Bolens Bierken: 8.5%
Gorgeous honey ale.
Moinette: 8.5%
Classic blond ale, enjoy.
Saison Dupont: 6.5%
One of the few surviving real Saison beers. Fantastic.
De Ranke XX Bitter: 6.2%
Hops Hops Hops and more Hops. Yum.
Bosteels Kamerlit Tripel: 8%
Classic strong light ale.
Strubbe Houten Kop: 6.5%
Lovely pale ale.
Carocole Nostradamus: 9.5%
One of the ultimate dark beers. More please.
Van Steenberge Bios Oud Bruin: 5.5%
One of the few remaining examples of this classic beer style.
Paeleman Echt Kriekenbier: 5%
Sourish brown beer based on cherry beer.
T'Smije Honingbier: 6%
Another fantastic beer with honey.
T'Smijse Dubbel: ?%
One of the best Dubbels available. Yum.

Dutch
Leeuw Valkenburg Wit: 4.8%
All time classic citric Wheat beer. Refreshing. Lovely.
Christoffel Blond: 6%
Pilsner-style Blond, with classic nose.
Haarlem Old Ale : 10%
What a real old ale should be, dark & flavoursome.
Haarlem Barley Wine: 12%
Really strong barley wine. Full of flavours.
T'ij Coloumbus: 9%
Classic dark strong ale from the original Amsterdam Micro brewery.
Volentlam Oster Dark: 9.5%
New beer to us. Looks good.
Schoonlaptje : 6.5%
Beer with blackcurrants. Strong with full flavour.
Schans Blond Bier: 6%
Classic Dutch blond beer.
Texel Blond Bier: 5%
New offering from this brewery.
Parel Wheat Beer: 5.7%
Slightly more towards the bubblegum style flavour than Leeuw.

German
Schneider Aventinus: 8%
The classic dark German Wheat beer.
Mahrs Weisenbok: 7.2%
Cross between a Weisse and a bok. Lovely beer.
Augustiener Hell: 5.2%
Classic Helles, light and refreshing.
Muhlen Kolsch: 4.8%
Fantastic Kolsch beer.
Fruh Kolsch: 4.8%
Classic Kolsch beer.
Weltenberger Kloster Barcok Dunkel: 7.2%
Strong dark interesting beer.
Weltenberger Hefe Weissbier Dunkel: 5.2%
Dark Wheat beer. Yum.
Schlenkerla Rauchbier: 5.1%
The smoked dark beer, like eating a beefburger, yum!
Jever Pils: 4.8%
Lovely hoppy Pilsner beer, old favorite.
St Georgian Kellerbier: 4.9%
Darkish kellerbier with a beautiful flavour.
Herren Pils: 4.8%
Not as hoppy as lever, cross between Augustiner and Jever.
Augustiner Maximator: 7%
Dark strong beer.
Urige Alt: 5%
Classic beer in the Alt style from Dusseldorf.
Fuchshen Alt: 5%
Micro brewery in Dusseldor£ as good as Urige.
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Northern French
Escelbeque Blond: 6.5%
Classic northern French blond beer
Gavroche: 8.5%
An old favorite returns. Strong ale from Northern France.

Draught
Leeuw Valkenburg Wit: 4.8%
See above
Drie Fontainen Lambic: 5%
The base beer for production of all styles of Lambic. This is fantastic.
Augustiner Helles: 5.2%
Classic German helles, better on draught.
Echte Kriek: 6%
Slightly sour brown based cherry beer
Jopen Hoppenbier : 7.2%
Really hoppy light beer.
Schlenkerla Rauchbier: 5.2%
Draught version of the bottle. Even better on draught?
Reissdoif Kolsch: 4.8%
Beautiful Kolsch, slightly drier than the others.
Uriege Alt: 5%
This classic from draught. Yum.


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