Hello everyone!
I already mentioned it in my previous blogpost, I really love beer. As I live in belgium, I have plenty of beers to choose from. Today, I will talk about which ones are among my favourites. Although there aren't really much beers that I don't like, but yes, there are a couple. Keep in mind that taste is something personal so it's not because I like a certain beer that you will like it as well or the other way around. Anyway, let's start with my favourite brown beers.
Among my favorite brown beers is definitely a Chimay bleu. It's a dark brown beer. chimay is one of the authentic trappists, which tells us that it's made inside the walls of a trappist monastery. It has an alcohol percentage of 9%, so not just like a normal lager but higher. It's often a mistake when foreigners drink such strong beers in Belgium. They aren't used to it and end up wasted.
Coincidence or not but this beer has a blue etiquette as well. It's another strong dark brown beer. Its alcohol percentage is even higher as it has 10% alcohol. It's told that it's the beer which assembles the most to Westvleteren, which is one of the most hard to get beers in Belgium. Another good use is to utilize it in 'Stoofvlees', it's a meat stew, typical for Flanders. Atleast my parents in law, utilize it therefor and their stoofvlees tastes really good.
In a next post, I will talk about some other good Belgian beers. I prefer to keep talking now about these favorite brown beers. In the past, I didn't like brown beers, but step by step, I learned to appreciate their taste. Nowadays, I prefer to combine them with my dessert. As these beers are often having some hints of caramel in their taste, they are great in combination with some sweet desserts. In terms of combining them with a main dish, I would go for Stoofvlees. Like, what is better than combining a certain beer in your main dish while drinking it as well.
As mentioned, these beers are quite strong, so be prepared and don't drink them when you have to drive a car. I have been there as well. Enjoying the sun while drinking a brown beer or two or three or... and after a while I realized that I was getting tipsy. I didn't have to drive, I never drink and drive, but still my head went like 'Weeee'. When I meet foreigners and show them our Belgian beer culture, it's often a mistake they make. They drink our strong beers as if it's like the lagers and pils from their country. I can assure you, these stronger beers get you drunk way faster than a pils!
Thanks for reading! I am curios which brown beer is your favourite one? Let me know in the comments. I am now off to enjoy a good beer while sun is still shining! :D
