Foreign Beer List

Most of these beers were available in 2008.

Amber/Dark Beers

Beer Country ABV Size Description
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

Beer Country ABV Size Description
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

Beer Country ABV Size Description
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

Beer Country ABV Size Description
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

Beer Country ABV Size Description
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.

 

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