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July 2nd 2008: Two new American heavy-hitters on our shelves: Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron and Pizza Port Hop-15. The former is a 12%ABV dark ale that was aged in 10000-gallon oak barrels, which were specially built by Dogfish Head - it is very delicate and complex beer, with flavors like caramel, vanilla and cinnamon. The latter, Hop-15, is less delicate, a monster of a Double IPA that's about the closest you can get to pure hop oil. Well, to be fair, it also has a strong malt backbone but the hops definitely steal the show here. Both beers are available in very small quantities only..
July 2nd 2008: We have a couple of new rarities for sale. A few bottles of Westvleteren 8 and 12 dating from 1995, and six 1.5 liter magnums of Rochefort 8. The Rochefort 8 magnums were brewed only once in a 500-bottle batch and, needlessly to say, Westvleteren from 1995 isn't very easy to come by either, so don't sleep on this if you are interested! Contact us for pricing.
June 8th 2008: Now in stock: the already-legendary new beer from De Struise Brouwers, Black Albert. An imperial stout weighing in at 13% ABV, with a bitterness of 100 IBU and a color of 160 EBC. Incredibly concentrated stuff, but with a really soft body which makes it surprisingly smooth & easy to drink.
The first batch of Black Albert was brewed specifically for a festival at Ebenezer's Pub in Maine, and immediately received rave reviews: beer-rating website Ratebeer.com lists an average rating of 4.47 out of 5, and the average score at Beeradvocate.com is currently at 4.73 out of 5 (surpassing even the famous Westvleteren 12).
In addition. Pannepot, Pannepeut & Pannepot Grand Reserva 33cl's are all back in stock.
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June 6th 2008: Loads of new beer on our shelves! We have a few unusual new Belgian beers, as well as some rare Dutch ones and a few British classics. We present you..
Alvinne's Podge Imperial Stout
A 10.5% Imperial Stout by Belgian cult-brewery Alvinne, originally brewed for beer-personality Chris "Podge" Pollard but also available to the general public now. Although it is not as colorful as Podge's attire (its pitch-black), it is complex and a real sipper. It is on the sweet side (I'm pretty sure the Podge analogy stops here?) of the stout spectrum, and you'll find flavors such as vanilla, berries, milk chocolate, aniseed, and liqourice.
Bie Zatte Bie
From Brouwerij de Bie: the Zatte Bie. Strong, dark and very malty. Dried fruit flavors and honey on the finish, combined with a crisp body and quite a bit of carbonation. Not sticky in the least, this beer is surprisingly drinkable for such a fruity and malty beer.
Black Sheep Ale
This classic English Bitter from the Black Sheep brewery is a subtle malty beer with a nice hoppy finish. Silky-bodied with soft carbonation, this is very drinkable.
Boelen's Bieken
Brouwerij Boelen's flagship beer, this is a strong ale brewed with honey. Quite sweet, but with a very nice floral & herbal backbone that balances it out. One of the best honey-beers currently on the market.
Caledonian 80 Shilling
Great ale from Scotland's Caledonian Brewery. Absolutely amazing how much flavor is packed into this 4% beer. Very soft, barely carbonated, but with a real cavalcade of malty flavors: there is caramel, coffee, honey, heather, vanilla, toasted bread, all balanced out with a subtle hop-backbone.
Cantillon 50N 4E
The legendary cognac-oak-aged Cantillon. This lambic was aged for two years on second fill Cognac casks, and is very mellow for a Cantillon. The lambic picked up all sorts of flavor from the casks, you'll find vanilla, leather, ripe apples, guava and more. One of Cantillon's most successful and complex efforts, and one of the most successful oak aged beers ever made.
***The following Cantillon's are back in stock: Broscella GC, (plain) Geuze, Iris, Lou Pepe Kriek & Framboise, Rose de Gambrinus, St Lamvinus, and Vigneronne.***
Crombé Oud Kriekenbier
Obscure kriek from Brouwerij Strubbe. Real traditional style kriek, mouthpuckering with very pure cherry flavors. Awesome bottle too, with an almost-kitsch '50 label. Definitely one of the better krieks available.
3 Horne Wiegeleir Grand Cru
An odd beer from Dutch Brouwerij 3 Horne. Brewed with Australian hops, orange peel, and apricot (amongst other, mundaner ingredients), this is a top-heavy beer that feels much heavier than its 10%, with malty and fruity flavors. Orange, apple, apricot, peaches but also spices like licorice and white pepper will jump out of your glass. Some will hate it, some will love it, but you have to give 3 Horne some credit for making something as outlandish as this.
Elgoods Black Dog
A lush English Mild from Brewery Elgoods. Very light at just over 3%, but with some surprising malty flavors. There is some burnt sugar, some heather, and a crisp peppery hop-bite. Refreshing and flavorsome, one to drink by the pint.
Fuller's 1845
A classic ale from London-based brewery Fullers. Relatively strong at 6.3%, this is a rich and full-bodied beer. Raisiny, with some caramel and cinnamon - some have described it as a liquid christmas cake. Don't worry though, this is very drinkable: flavorsome and fullbodied without getting cloying or sticky in the least.
De Graal Slock
The most bitter beer from Belgium brewery De Graal so far, this is made with three different strains of American hops. There's lots of that juicy USA-hopbitterness, with a bready malt backbone. At 50 IBU this is hardly a hopbomb but the bitterness and smooth maltiness come together exceptionally well. Balanced and rounded.
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer
The well-known Innis & Gunn, a strong & rich ale aged on former whisky-casks. Very oaky, lots of vanilla. Not much carbonation, a full body and a detailed, complex flavor make this a sipper.
Kelham Island Pale Rider
A nice British pale ale from Kelham Island Brewery. Crisp and slightly citric, this is really thrist quenching. American hops were used as flavoring hops, making it even more zesty and grapefruity.
Klein Duimpje Honing Porter
Dutch brewery Klein Duimpje has brewed this honey porter, a very roasted bitter porter with added honey. Bittersweet indeed. Light without becoming watery, try drinking this chilled on a hot summer day and be suprised how refreshing a beer like this can be!
De Molen Amarillo
A punchy IPA from Dutch cult-brewery De Molen. Brewed with Amarillo hops, loads of them. The first sip is like drinking pine resin, and so is the second. After the hop-assault you'll find a really thick malt-backbone, with caramel and raisins. A huge beer for Dutch standards, and dare we say, even for American IPA standards!
De Molen Amerikaans
A 4.5% ale dryhopped with Amarillo. Tastes not unlike a saison, with some nice peppery and floral flavors. Crisp, light, but flavorsome.
De Molen Donder & Bliksem
De Molen's pilsener: similar in style to many Czech pilseners, perhaps a bit hoppier. A well made, clean and bitter pilsener.
De Molen Engels
Cask-conditioned 5% beer, an emulation of traditional English bitters. Refreshing yet surprisingly refreshing. Fruity and zesty with citric flavors, backed up by caramel and bread flavors from the malt, with all sorts of spices sprinkled on top.
De Molen Hamer & Sikkel
A porter with a classy image of a hammer & sickle on the bottle. Well the only hard work you'll have to do is to pop the champagne cork off. This is a very smooth porter, not much roasted or bitter flavors but rather lots of baked dark fruit and vanilla.
De Molen Stoombier
De Molen's steambeer: perhaps De Molen's best thristquencher to date? Uncomplicated beer, bittersweet & very more-ish. Nice singular flavors, quite herbal and spicy, with a bone-dry finish.
De Molen Storm & Averij
Hophead territory again: no pine and grapefruit flavors here though, because the used hop-strains are very European: Premiant as bittering hops, Saaz for flavoring, then some more Premiant for dry hopping. Peppery bitterness galore, this is like a classical Bohemian pils on steroids.
This concludes the list of the new beers from De Molen, but the familiar beers Boreft's Stout, Pek & Veren and last but not least Rasputin are back in stock. These beers will no doubt fly off the shelves, and we can only look forward to what Menno Olivier - who runs the whole brewery on his own - brews up next.
June 1st 2008: The new batch of Pannepot has arrived! This '2007 vintage' comes in 75cl bottles, but we'll have it in 33cl's too soon. The 75cl bottles of the 2006 batch are all gone, so if you order a Pannepot 75cl you'll get the 2007 version.
May 23th 2008: Dupont's excellent winter-seasonal Avec Les Bons Voeux has sold out quickly last christmas, but we have managed to get our hands on another few crates. This complex & spicy saison comes highly recommended, an excellent dry & hoppy alternative to the stronger Belgian tripels. Bottled in corked 37.5cl bottles.
May 18th 2008: Now on sale: Watou's Witbier, a refreshing Belgian wheat beer from Brouwerij Van Eecke. It is unusually hoppy for a Belgian wheat beer, with citric and bready flavors. Only 90 cents for a bottle, and 15 euro for a crate of 24!
May 9th 2008: Back in stock: De Dolle Brouwers' Boskeun! De Dolle Brouwers' spring-seasonal never disappoints. Strong blond beer with flavors of peppery hops and coriander, but also vanilla and almonds - chill it slightly and it'll be stunning: enough complexity for sipping but also enough crispness for quaffing.
Keep track of our news with our RSS feed:
July 2nd 2008: Two new American heavy-hitters on our shelves: Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron and Pizza Port Hop-15. The former is a 12%ABV dark ale that was aged in 10000-gallon oak barrels, which were specially built by Dogfish Head - it is very delicate and complex beer, with flavors like caramel, vanilla and cinnamon. The latter, Hop-15, is less delicate, a monster of a Double IPA that's about the closest you can get to pure hop oil. Well, to be fair, it also has a strong malt backbone but the hops definitely steal the show here. Both beers are available in very small quantities only..
July 2nd 2008: We have a couple of new rarities for sale. A few bottles of Westvleteren 8 and 12 dating from 1995, and six 1.5 liter magnums of Rochefort 8. The Rochefort 8 magnums were brewed only once in a 500-bottle batch and, needlessly to say, Westvleteren from 1995 isn't very easy to come by either, so don't sleep on this if you are interested! Contact us for pricing.
June 8th 2008: Now in stock: the already-legendary new beer from De Struise Brouwers, Black Albert. An imperial stout weighing in at 13% ABV, with a bitterness of 100 IBU and a color of 160 EBC. Incredibly concentrated stuff, but with a really soft body which makes it surprisingly smooth & easy to drink.
The first batch of Black Albert was brewed specifically for a festival at Ebenezer's Pub in Maine, and immediately received rave reviews: beer-rating website Ratebeer.com lists an average rating of 4.47 out of 5, and the average score at Beeradvocate.com is currently at 4.73 out of 5 (surpassing even the famous Westvleteren 12).
In addition. Pannepot, Pannepeut & Pannepot Grand Reserva 33cl's are all back in stock.
June 6th 2008: Loads of new beer on our shelves! We have a few unusual new Belgian beers, as well as some rare Dutch ones and a few British classics. We present you..
Alvinne's Podge Imperial Stout
A 10.5% Imperial Stout by Belgian cult-brewery Alvinne, originally brewed for beer-personality Chris "Podge" Pollard but also available to the general public now. Although it is not as colorful as Podge's attire (its pitch-black), it is complex and a real sipper. It is on the sweet side (I'm pretty sure the Podge analogy stops here?) of the stout spectrum, and you'll find flavors such as vanilla, berries, milk chocolate, aniseed, and liqourice.
Bie Zatte Bie
From Brouwerij de Bie: the Zatte Bie. Strong, dark and very malty. Dried fruit flavors and honey on the finish, combined with a crisp body and quite a bit of carbonation. Not sticky in the least, this beer is surprisingly drinkable for such a fruity and malty beer.
Black Sheep Ale
This classic English Bitter from the Black Sheep brewery is a subtle malty beer with a nice hoppy finish. Silky-bodied with soft carbonation, this is very drinkable.
Boelen's Bieken
Brouwerij Boelen's flagship beer, this is a strong ale brewed with honey. Quite sweet, but with a very nice floral & herbal backbone that balances it out. One of the best honey-beers currently on the market.
Caledonian 80 Shilling
Great ale from Scotland's Caledonian Brewery. Absolutely amazing how much flavor is packed into this 4% beer. Very soft, barely carbonated, but with a real cavalcade of malty flavors: there is caramel, coffee, honey, heather, vanilla, toasted bread, all balanced out with a subtle hop-backbone.
Cantillon 50N 4E
The legendary cognac-oak-aged Cantillon. This lambic was aged for two years on second fill Cognac casks, and is very mellow for a Cantillon. The lambic picked up all sorts of flavor from the casks, you'll find vanilla, leather, ripe apples, guava and more. One of Cantillon's most successful and complex efforts, and one of the most successful oak aged beers ever made.
***The following Cantillon's are back in stock: Broscella GC, (plain) Geuze, Iris, Lou Pepe Kriek & Framboise, Rose de Gambrinus, St Lamvinus, and Vigneronne.***
Crombé Oud Kriekenbier
Obscure kriek from Brouwerij Strubbe. Real traditional style kriek, mouthpuckering with very pure cherry flavors. Awesome bottle too, with an almost-kitsch '50 label. Definitely one of the better krieks available.
3 Horne Wiegeleir Grand Cru
An odd beer from Dutch Brouwerij 3 Horne. Brewed with Australian hops, orange peel, and apricot (amongst other, mundaner ingredients), this is a top-heavy beer that feels much heavier than its 10%, with malty and fruity flavors. Orange, apple, apricot, peaches but also spices like licorice and white pepper will jump out of your glass. Some will hate it, some will love it, but you have to give 3 Horne some credit for making something as outlandish as this.
Elgoods Black Dog
A lush English Mild from Brewery Elgoods. Very light at just over 3%, but with some surprising malty flavors. There is some burnt sugar, some heather, and a crisp peppery hop-bite. Refreshing and flavorsome, one to drink by the pint.
Fuller's 1845
A classic ale from London-based brewery Fullers. Relatively strong at 6.3%, this is a rich and full-bodied beer. Raisiny, with some caramel and cinnamon - some have described it as a liquid christmas cake. Don't worry though, this is very drinkable: flavorsome and fullbodied without getting cloying or sticky in the least.
De Graal Slock
The most bitter beer from Belgium brewery De Graal so far, this is made with three different strains of American hops. There's lots of that juicy USA-hopbitterness, with a bready malt backbone. At 50 IBU this is hardly a hopbomb but the bitterness and smooth maltiness come together exceptionally well. Balanced and rounded.
Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer
The well-known Innis & Gunn, a strong & rich ale aged on former whisky-casks. Very oaky, lots of vanilla. Not much carbonation, a full body and a detailed, complex flavor make this a sipper.
Kelham Island Pale Rider
A nice British pale ale from Kelham Island Brewery. Crisp and slightly citric, this is really thrist quenching. American hops were used as flavoring hops, making it even more zesty and grapefruity.
Klein Duimpje Honing Porter
Dutch brewery Klein Duimpje has brewed this honey porter, a very roasted bitter porter with added honey. Bittersweet indeed. Light without becoming watery, try drinking this chilled on a hot summer day and be suprised how refreshing a beer like this can be!
De Molen Amarillo
A punchy IPA from Dutch cult-brewery De Molen. Brewed with Amarillo hops, loads of them. The first sip is like drinking pine resin, and so is the second. After the hop-assault you'll find a really thick malt-backbone, with caramel and raisins. A huge beer for Dutch standards, and dare we say, even for American IPA standards!
De Molen Amerikaans
A 4.5% ale dryhopped with Amarillo. Tastes not unlike a saison, with some nice peppery and floral flavors. Crisp, light, but flavorsome.
De Molen Donder & Bliksem
De Molen's pilsener: similar in style to many Czech pilseners, perhaps a bit hoppier. A well made, clean and bitter pilsener.
De Molen Engels
Cask-conditioned 5% beer, an emulation of traditional English bitters. Refreshing yet surprisingly refreshing. Fruity and zesty with citric flavors, backed up by caramel and bread flavors from the malt, with all sorts of spices sprinkled on top.
De Molen Hamer & Sikkel
A porter with a classy image of a hammer & sickle on the bottle. Well the only hard work you'll have to do is to pop the champagne cork off. This is a very smooth porter, not much roasted or bitter flavors but rather lots of baked dark fruit and vanilla.
De Molen Stoombier
De Molen's steambeer: perhaps De Molen's best thristquencher to date? Uncomplicated beer, bittersweet & very more-ish. Nice singular flavors, quite herbal and spicy, with a bone-dry finish.
De Molen Storm & Averij
Hophead territory again: no pine and grapefruit flavors here though, because the used hop-strains are very European: Premiant as bittering hops, Saaz for flavoring, then some more Premiant for dry hopping. Peppery bitterness galore, this is like a classical Bohemian pils on steroids.
This concludes the list of the new beers from De Molen, but the familiar beers Boreft's Stout, Pek & Veren and last but not least Rasputin are back in stock. These beers will no doubt fly off the shelves, and we can only look forward to what Menno Olivier - who runs the whole brewery on his own - brews up next.
June 1st 2008: The new batch of Pannepot has arrived! This '2007 vintage' comes in 75cl bottles, but we'll have it in 33cl's too soon. The 75cl bottles of the 2006 batch are all gone, so if you order a Pannepot 75cl you'll get the 2007 version.
May 23th 2008: Dupont's excellent winter-seasonal Avec Les Bons Voeux has sold out quickly last christmas, but we have managed to get our hands on another few crates. This complex & spicy saison comes highly recommended, an excellent dry & hoppy alternative to the stronger Belgian tripels. Bottled in corked 37.5cl bottles.
May 18th 2008: Now on sale: Watou's Witbier, a refreshing Belgian wheat beer from Brouwerij Van Eecke. It is unusually hoppy for a Belgian wheat beer, with citric and bready flavors. Only 90 cents for a bottle, and 15 euro for a crate of 24!
May 9th 2008: Back in stock: De Dolle Brouwers' Boskeun! De Dolle Brouwers' spring-seasonal never disappoints. Strong blond beer with flavors of peppery hops and coriander, but also vanilla and almonds - chill it slightly and it'll be stunning: enough complexity for sipping but also enough crispness for quaffing.
May 2nd 2008: A few more beers from USA brewery Flying Dog have been added to our assortiment: the thick and malty Road Dog Porter, and the crisp and light In-Heat Wheat Hefeweizen. PS.. we also have a few bottles of Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA on sale for our regular readers, email us if you are interested...
April 6th 2008: Just in: Kindl's Berliner Weisse, a beautiful example of the rare & old Berliner Weisse style. It used to be a widespread spring- and summertime beer in the Berlin of the late 19th and early 20th century, although it is much less common nowadays. With a low alcohol percentage (3%ABV) and a zesty, sour & citric taste it is unlike other German white beers. Kindl's Berliner Weisse is an authentic Berline Weisse: Kindl's brewery was dismanteled during Stalin's regime & was shipped off to the USSR, but has recently been rebuilt in the original style and still uses equipment very similar to the equipment that was used over a century ago.
