My favorite beer is Himmerod abteibier (abbey beer). Aside from that, it’s probably Chimay blue.

The beer that the monks drink is much weaker than the stuff sold commercially. However, I think you have the right idea. Never tried Grimbergen, so i guess I’ll add that to my list. Flanders is awesome! I think next spring it will be many dark ales and frieten while the race goes by. Can’t wait.

I like Orval, Duvel, Westvleteren and a whole bunch more. Non-Belgian: Weihenstephaner.

is this post labeled Off Topic?!

Not necessarily in any specific order.

Some crazy old German that used to forage for mushrooms in Toas Ski Valley said it was high in electrolytes and it stuck in my head. Besides, it was damn tasty so I didn’t care if he was bs’ing just trying to get me in his restaurant (The Bavarian) for a beer and apple strudel. Twist my arm.

and I agree with ted, this should not be considered Off Topic

but I will say that I was terribly disappointed when one of my locals dropped Racer 5. So much so that I think I’m going to try and brew a clone, next weekend.

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one of our local micros Wasatch Brewing/Utah Brewers Coop, is doing a double hopped IPA at 9%. It’s a nice balanced IPA. Otherwise it’s the stout that is on tap…

Firestone-Walker’s Union Jack, Russian River’s Pliny the Elder, Mad River Double IPA, Lagunitas, Hop Stoopid but really enjoy pretty much everything they produce. I’ve also got some PBR in the fridge.

…although in the past two weeks I’ve been drinking quite a bit of this:

Really? It has a finish like middle-school boy’s pe locker room . . . ;-)

Beyond the obvious choices, I tried a triple wheat from some Kansas City brewery this summer that was an amazing summer beer.

It’s been amazingly belgian here the last coupld of days, so it might have to be a sankt bernardus.

After my little trip to the classics this year, I have been drinking nothing but Belgium brews, which is quite expensive when you’re living in the middle of America. I meant to do a post on the beers I drank on my trip, but never got around to it, nor have I actually gotten around to any type of race report. Maybe in the offseason. As for my favorite Belgium brews:

1. Karmeliet
2. Westvleteren
3. Valeir
4. Chimay Bruin
5. Quintine Blonde

which is Indy’s own Belgian-style brewpub, is now bottling their stuff. Cool!

Probably won’t taste the same without the frites, though.

Chimay Blue
Chimmay Tripel
Newcastle Brown Ale (I know I sound boring, but it’s always good)

I’m becoming a fan of Harpoon (which is local for me). I like their IPA, Brown ale and Oktoberfest. Not sure how it ships, but the brewery is only a short crit away for me.

Off-Off Topic- Been a Grey Goose fan for years, but had a vodka last night that blows it away. It’s called Glacier and it’s a potato vodka distilled in Idaho. Excellent flavor, crisp finish and 0 ill effects the next day.

Racer 5 (isn’t Racer X a Titus bike?) awesome hoppy beer.
Trumer Pils – brewed in Salzburg and Berkeley. Truly fine Pilsner right here in the U.S.

tried Oud Beersel Geuze. Very odd beer… the carbonation was a bit intense and the fruit was sharp. Fun though.

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If I go International, then is it Dead Guy from the Rogue Brewery at the moment.

Love the brown stuff. Leffe blonde is my favorite Belgian beer these days. I even found a bar that has it on tap. Problem is the place is an Irish bar which pours a nice pint of Guinness. Ah, choices… Chimay and other Belgian beers are nice, but too strong to drink regularly. I tried Saison Dupont, a saison style Belgian farmhouse ale recently. It was good, but very mineraly. Like licking a piece of granite. My go to beer of late though is Fat Tire.

Jever. Unfortunately it’s five times as good from tap in Germany but the bottled stuff isn’t half bad either.

Pretty much anything brewed by Stone, but I’m particularly fond of Arrogant Bastard.