Its a very good belgium beer..however hard to come by in Canada.

crack teesh* sound of a beer opening….mmmm

is a nice Belgian “white” beer in a 11.5 oz can. I bought it at first after I saw its name plastered all over the Ghent Wevelgem barriers, and it turned out to be a nice, refreshing brew. Probably better for warm weather drinking. Think of a Bud on EPO. Stella Artois is similar, but a bit more refined.
Duvel is certainly a classic and widely distributed, its got more of the richness that I think many people usually associate with Belgian beers. Leffe and Chimay are also classics.
My wife is a big La Chouffe fan, after she read that Tommeke had a soft spot for it. It comes in many styles and is recognizable by a Gnome on their bottles.
Personally, I have not met a Belgian beer that I didn’t enjoy.
Recently a place called the Trappist opened in Oakland. It is a must do for Belgian beer fans. They have about 12 beers on tap (Mostly Belgian or Belgian style) 150 beers by the bottle (mostly Belgian or Belgian style) and about 60 different glasses from various breweries. Fully authentic.
My most memorable Belgian beer was the one Grahm Watson bought me in Kortrik on the eve of Ghent Wevelgem 2007. But I’m not braggin or anything;)

is good.

Westmalle is really good (dubbel and trippel). Orval is weird—with a finish vaguely reminiscent of a locker room.

All the Chimay’s are pretty good. West Vleteren is almost unobtainable and legendary.

It’s maybe a little heretical, but Ommegang is REALLY good (and Belgian-owned).

And, for a desserty sort of beer: Floreffe is a nice chewy sort of beer.

so good. I haven’t tried the 8 or the 12, but the 10 is crazy good.

We also have a Belgian restaurant/brew pub in town that makes its own Belgian-style beers. Yummy. And frites.

are what I’ve been mostly drinking. I’m pretty new to the witbiers, but I’m enjoying them a lot.

im hoping they will help with my riding the cobbles, my head will be that sore i won’t feel my legs!

Although i always have stella in the fridge !

Not too heavy, not too strong, perfect amount of that unique Belgian zing. Stella is growing on me, but only because as the “Coors Light” of Belgian beer, I can drink a lot of them without speaking Flemish… Chimay blue is just wonderful stuff. And not to go all negative, but Piraat tastes like a pirate’s ass.

My understanding is the use of a belgian yeast with lots of west-coast hops. I’ve had a few with the most recent being a new one from Stone called, “Super-cali-belgo-istic” (if I got that right?)

I like a good wit beer too, but hate the sour stuff.

Has this ridiculously wonderful interactive website thingy. Check it out here

Call me mundane, but it is just so damn good.

Only better when served by some Belgian cutie from the tap at a cafe in the shadow of the Cathedral in Geraardsbergen.

Brussels was the first place I lived when I moved to Europe.

And I lived for weekend drives to beautiful trappist monasteries (monastery is Belgium coe for Brewery).

I still may end up retiring at one.

Wake up, pray, brew, pray, drink some beer, rinse and repeat.

The most amazing thing in Belgium is that even the smallest bar has a matching glass (branded and unique shape) for every single beer on offer.

Belgium beer = flavour

so, thanks for the review. Their names are actually ‘Ichtegems Oud Bruin’ (Old Brown from Ichtegem; according to Dutch spelling rules it shouldn’t really have an apostrophe …) and ‘Houten Kop’ (Wooden Head). All three are from the same brewery, the first 2:

http://www.brouwerij-strubbe.be/start/pagina/ichtegem/en
http://www.brouwerij-strubbe.be/start/pagina/houtenkop/en