I'm fortunate enough to heading to Belgium in April, and for the last few weeks I've been ready CamRA's Good Beer Guide to Belgium. It's a nice little book, but whenever I page through I start jonesing real bad for a Belgian ale. Oh man.
Here's a recent Trappist ale I had the pleasure of drinking:
Trappist Achel 8° Brune
Brouwerij der St.Benedictusabdij de Achelse
Dubbel
B+ / 3.9
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | drink: 4.5
Picked up a single at Abe's for $5.25. Not a bad monk-made beer. This is a fine abbey ale. Very smooth flavors and very drinkable. I would have liked a little more pop from the taste, but the caramel and spice are quite pleasing to the senses. I might like to see what a couple years of cellaring could do. If it weren't cost-prohibitive (at least for me), this would be a dangerous beer.
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