Rodenbach Grand Cru, Bink Brown, buffal, Arend dubbel and valier donker!

5 great beers!

Buffalo was a nice tasty blond,  it will bring you a smile and the taste will surprise you.

Rodenbach Grand Cru is an excellent beer, with a redish-brownish color, it gets your attention immediately. That color hints a wonderful taste and that is exactly what you get when you drink it! "A blend of 1/3 young beer and 2/3 of beer aged 2 years in large oak vats. The more important proportion of oak matured beer contributes to its fruity taste, complexity and intensity. The finish is worthy of a great wine."

Bink is also tasty, a good dark beer, though people say is an amateur beer
http://www.brouwerijkerkom.be/en/the-bink-beers/d/detail/bink-brown

Arend dubbel and Valeir Donker were both quite tasty!, still not in the top of the list but both of them are worth tasting!

Papegaei and Judas

Papegaei, This beer is not that common apparently... but it has a nice taste, nothing really shocking or special, but is good enough to make a night better!

Judas is one of my favorites, it is a simple blond, not to fancy but perfectly balanced, it gives you all you expect from a beer! This one is a good choice! Good to offer to someone that does not like heavy beers but does not want to be face to face with the evilness of Jupiler or stella artois!

Pannepot

"In the early 1900s, the village of De Panne, close to the French border, was famous for two things -- the ‘Pannepots,’ or fishing boats, that could be seen along the coast, and the unique dark ale enjoyed by the local fishermen. Our Old Fisherman’s Ale is a tribute to these hardy sailors and their rich, flavorful brew. Unfiltered. Unpasteurized. Bottle-conditioned in 33cl and 75cl." GOOOOODDD stuff ..... a hidden wonder!

St Bernardus 12!!!!

One of my favorites , for me it is definitely a master piece. It has 12 degrees of alcohol, when you taste it for the first time you do not believe it, it is sweet with a taste of caramel, very very nice....
Some people say it is quite close to the legendary Westvleteren 12, all I can say is that they may be right.

If you have the chance to taste this beer when in Belgium, I will say go for it! do not hesitate!

Fort Lapin , Augustijn

Fort Lapin Quadrupel!

"Dark full malty beer brewed with 4 malts and 2 Belgian hops Hallertau  Mittelfrüh and Mercure. Addition of 5 herbs" 

http://www.brugsbierfestival.be/en/brouwers/fort_lapin/fort_lapin_10_quadrupel-1319.html

What can I say, I am very easy for this beers, I liked it, nice 10 % of alcohol.

About Augustijn, this one is a good beer, a bit standard i will say, but still nice! Definitely worth having. 

Westmalle tripel is one of the classics, definitely better than augustijn, it is also a trappisten, therefore it has a good quality, good stuff!

Oerbier

Oerbier was good! a sweet dark beer, not that well known with a bit of character on its own.
http://www.dedollebrouwers.be/

I definitely will have this one again, actually I have had it twice already.....

Piraat tripel hop was a very good choice! I am not a fan of Piraat... too much alcohol not that much of a taste and a outstanding hangover ... but Piraat triple hop seems to be much better... can not say anything about the hangover yet, but definitely the taste is much better than the normal piraat!
It is not tripel karmeliet though....

Witkap pater and The Gem of the crown !!!!

Any night with Westvleteren ought to be good!
No way to go wrong there,
This one is the Gem of the crown,
the light at the end of the road,
the hand that pull the string!

To get one of these you have to drive east
https://maps.google.be/maps?q=Donkerstraat+12,+B+-8640+Westvleteren.&ie=UTF-8&ei=N0F2Uv3AJomatAaOw4CIDg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAg
Call to make a reservation, and be lucky
http://www.sintsixtus.be/eng/brouwerij.htm

or....... you can buy it in a good bar.....(really good one)
About the taste, what can I say,
a bit of malt in your tongue, together with a touch of alcohol,
blended in a dark sweet taste.... simplicity makes me happy!

This is definitely a most try at some point!


About the Witkap Pater, the competition was tough so a comparison will be unfair
however it is a good beer.... one more gold coin in a pirate treasure!