Belgium: Day One

[reverendjim]

As some of you may know, I've just been to Belgium for a couple of days. So, this'll be me writing about that then? Er, no. This'll be me writing about a trip back in November. Yes, I'm that crap at keeping this stuff up to date. So...

Comments

[randy_byers]

"Beer is the answer" was the motto of the bar. It was probably in the menu somewhere. I think beer is a better explanation than 42, at the very least.

[reverendjim]

Ah, you'd think I'd remember that, especially as I've just been there again. Did I mention I'd been to Belgium?

Amongst the fine stuff they had on tap was the Jandrain-Jandrenouille VI, a wheat beer, but I didn't get around to that. I may well crack open a bottle of the IV Saison that came back with me tonight though. I seem to be on a bit of a saison roll.

[randy_byers]

I love saison rolls. Very yeasty.

[erikvolson]

And it is a good answer, too!

My beer today was merely ok - the raspberry hefewiezen that's become the stock beer for my group. I could have gotten a Budwieser for free, but it was too expensive.

[reverendjim]

That sounds perfectly decent as a "merely OK" beer. They'd have to pay a lot before a Budweiser becomes not too expensive.

Incidentally, have you come across Stillwater brewery? I had an excellent beer from them this week. Brewed in Baltimore by the looks of it.

[erikvolson]

I haven't, but I'll look for it.

Yes, the raspberry hefe is a perfectly decent beer, calling it ok isn't fair. Almost everything Schalfy makes is fine beer, except when they decide to do a spiced beer. Those are not good, at least to my pallet.