Grimbergen Double

Name: Grimbergen Double
Manufacturer: Grimbergen
Country: Belgium
Media: bottle
Type: cloister beer

Appearance: average, frothy head, diminishing, dark amber color

Aroma: dark and full aroma

Flavor: a bit alchoholic to start with, followed by a beautiful, full-bodied long lasting flavor

Palate: medium body, oily texture, surprisingly lively carbonation (for an abbey beer...)

Overall: As you have probabaly already gathered, I'm enamoured. A good dark cloister beer, sitting comfortably together withe several of the more aknowledged Trapist beers.

Grade: 16

Place/date: Home on the range - 04 August 2009

St Bernardus Abt 12

Name: St Bernardus Abt 12
Manufaturer: St Bernardus
Country: Belgium
Media: bottle
Type: cloister beer

Appearance: average, frothy head,

Aroma: heavy malty with coffe, caramel and oak

Flavor: moderate sweet initial flavor, followed by a heavy and longlasting sweet flavor

Palate: medium to full body, creamy texture, lively carbonation, moderate alchoholic finish

Overall: An average Belgian cloister beer, which only means that it's better than most other beers in my humble opinion...

Grade: 16

Place/date: O'Leary's Sportsbar, Copenhagen - 5 june 2009

Lindeman Apple

I was at the restaurant Möllan in my hometown, the southern Swedish town of Malmö, and found that they had added the above pictured Belgian beer to their menu. Being inherently suspicious of lambic(having had some really bad experiences in this area) I nevertheless jumped at the opportunity to try something new, as I (almost always) do. And to my surprise, this was an interesting new acquaintance. Maybe it was the sun and the warm summer temperature, but I really enjoyed the coolness of this beer. Well, it really tastes more like a soda, maybe with a more adult theme to it. Anyway, it was really refreshing, with a clear taste of apple mixed with the sour theme of a lambic. Not really a beer as far as I am concerned, but a refreshing drink for a summer's night.

Oh, and I was at this restaurant in order to plan a tryp to several micro breweries in Denmark this weekend. I will try to get everything to work by then, so that I can send reports here frequently.