Foreign Beer List
Most of these beers were available in 2008.
Amber/Dark Beers
| Alvinne Podge Stout |
B |
10.5% |
33cl |
Massive stout brewed for famed beer hunter Chris “Podge” Pollard. |
| Caracole Nostradamus |
B |
9.5% |
33cl |
I predict: dark and intoxicating! |
| Fassla Zwergla |
D |
6.0% |
50cl |
Marzen amber lager from Bamberg |
| Huvila Porter |
Fin |
5.5% |
50cl |
Full-bodied with roast coffee and chocolate notes. |
| Klein Duimpje Imperial Russian Stout |
Nl |
8.5% |
33cl |
Excellent example of this style. |
| Rochefort 8 |
B |
9.2% |
33cl |
Classic dark trappist beer. |
| Schlenkerla Marzen |
D |
5.4% |
50cl |
The smokiest of the Bamberg beers. |
| Sierra Nevada Anniversary Ale |
USA |
5.9% |
35.5cl |
Full-bodied and fruity pale ale. |
| Strubbe Ichtegems Grand Cru |
B |
6.5% |
33cl |
In the style of Rodenbach. |
| Witnica Black Boss Porter |
POL |
8.5% |
50cl |
Increasingly rare Polish porter. |
Blond/Pale Beers
| Anchor Steam Liberty Ale |
USA |
6.0% |
35.5cl |
Classic dry-hopped ale, much copied, rarely equalled. |
| Augustiner Edelstoff |
D |
5.4% |
50cl |
Fresh hop flavours with a touch of maltiness. |
| Binchoise Blonde Tradition |
B |
6.5% |
33cl |
A good example of the style that Leffe fails to be! |
| Coopers Sparkling Ale |
Aus |
5.8% |
37.5cl |
Excellent pale ale (served cloudy). |
| Dochter Van De Korenaar Noblesse |
N(B)L |
5.5% |
33cl |
Crisp new blond beer from the Belgian enclave of Baarle-Nassau. |
| Dupont Biolégère |
B |
3.5% |
25cl |
Light blond organic saison beer with great hoppy character |
| Duysters Loterbol |
B |
8% |
33cl |
A hazy blond ale with an aroma of sweet malt and pears. |
| Fruh Kolsch |
D |
4.8% |
50cl |
Soft, delicate golden ale from Koln. |
| Glazen Toren Saison D'erpe-Mere |
B |
6.9% |
75cl |
Sturdy and hoppy saison. |
| Graal Slock |
B |
6.5% |
33cl |
Carl Kins’ hybrid American/Belgian pale ale. |
| Hofbrouwerijke Blondelle |
B |
8,0% |
33cl |
Spicy blond with a full malty taste. |
| IJ Plzen |
NL |
5.0% |
33cl |
Hoppy and aromatic with a refreshing bitter finish. |
| Jever Pils |
D |
4.9% |
50cl |
Dry and refreshing with pronounced Tettnang hop aroma. |
| Ranke XX Bitter |
B |
6.2% |
33cl |
Ultra-hoppy pale ale (65 EBU). |
| Rulles Blonde |
B |
7.0% |
75cl |
Fruity hop aroma, mild taste with a bitterness of 25 EBU. |
| Schimpfle Losch-Zwerg Wurzig |
D |
5.2% |
33cl |
Spicy (hoppy) beer from the dwarf firemen! |
| Snab Maelstrom |
B/NL |
9.2% |
33cl |
Superb American style double-IPA brewed for the SNAB perfectionists at Proef in Belgium |
| Taras Boulba |
B |
4.5% |
33cl |
Cracking hoppy pale ale currently brewed at Ranke. |
Fruit/Honey/Herb etc
| Boelens Bieken Honingbier |
B |
8.5% |
33cl |
Nicely-balanced honey beer |
| Boon Oude Kriek |
B |
6.5% |
37cl |
Intense cherry flavour from 300g/L |
| Cantillon Lou Pépé Framboise |
B |
5.0% |
75cl |
The brewery’s finest cuvee, “for Grandad”. Superb. |
| Cantillon St Lamvinus |
B |
5.0% |
75cl |
Using Cabernet Sauvignon grapes from Bordeaux. A beer/wine hybrid indeed! |
| Dupont Cervesia |
B |
8.0% |
75cl |
No hops but a gruit of 14 herbs instead. Wonderful! |
| Girardin Framboise 5 |
B |
5.0% |
37cl |
Raspberry juice on lambic base |
| Girardin Kriek |
B |
5.0% |
37cl |
Cherry-juice on lambic base. |
| Graal Gember |
B |
8.0% |
33cl |
Subtle, ginger-flavoured blond tripel. |
| Hanssens Oudbeitje |
B |
6.0% |
37cl |
The only REAL strawberry beer on the market. Sharp and refreshing. |
| Regenboog Sleedoorn |
B |
7.0% |
33cl |
A sloe beer - to be drunk as fast as you like! |
| Regenboog Smisje Speciaal |
B |
10.5% |
33cl |
A beautifully balanced pumpkin beer – to be drunk before midnight, or else... . |
| Schelde Schoenlappertje |
NL |
5.0% |
33cl |
Fresh blackcurrants fermented in a high quality blond ale. |
| Snab Koning Honing |
NL/B |
7.5% |
33cl |
The king of honey beer recipes brewed at Proef. |
Wheat Beers
| Caracole Troublette |
B |
5.5% |
33cl |
My favourite Belgian wheat beer. |
| Ellezelloise Saisis |
B |
5.9% |
33cl |
A hoppy mix of saison and wheat beer styles. |
| Fassla Weizla |
D |
5.0% |
50cl |
Bamberg wheat beer. |
| Hofbrouwerijke Hofelf Tarwetripel |
B |
7.5% |
33cl |
A new strong wheat beer. |
| Mahrs Hefe Weisse |
D |
5.0% |
50cl |
Another excellent Bamberg wheat beer. |
| Mommeriete Special Weizen |
NL |
5.2% |
30cl |
A new Dutch wheat beer in the German style? |
| Schneider Weisse |
D |
5.0% |
50cl |
Classic dark wheat beer. |
| Strubbe Vlaskop |
B |
5.0% |
25cl |
Quenching white beer using unmalted barley. |
| Silenrieux Joseph Spelt |
B |
5.4% |
25cl |
Using spelt, an ancient variety of wheat. |
| Silenrieux Sara |
B |
6.0% |
25cl |
Dark beer using buckwheat – not just for pancakes! |
Lambic Beer
| Cantillon Iris |
B |
5.0% |
37cl |
An all-malt and dry-hopped lambic. |
| Drie Fonteinen Oude Geuze |
B |
6.0% |
37cl |
My favourite Geuze. Superb! |
| Ranke Cuvee |
B |
7.0% |
75cl |
Refreshing blend of hoppy pale ale and Girardin lambic. |
Draught Beer
Various draught beers will be available throughout the festival. Please check boards for availability.