Obviously everyone has their own taste, but persoanlly I think its overrated. I don't mean their bog standard pils like Maes, but the hyped up over-expensive trappist etc beers like chimay, leffe and the more obscure ones. Like czech beer 5 years ago, we seem to be told that they're the best and everyone automatically believes it - they're too strong and thick for a sesh, plus often the taste is quite sour and overpowering.
1
chrisyboy
Like czech beer 5 years ago????
Behave Smeds, Belgian Beer has been celebrated for hundreds of years! We used to trade tin and pasties with them for it. Just because it's only now reached you Norwich shandy drinkers doesn't make it new.
2
big_iain
Leffe is not designed for big sessions! Belguin beers have such range that there is one for every occasion. Stella is pretty good for a sesh, but the real big boys enjoy Satan which gets its name from the leading villain in a popular novel called "The Bible"
3
vinnyd
After the first four or five bottles of Chateau Margaux 1996 I find it loses its luster pretty fast.
4
nerb
The thick ones are for one or two, not a sesh.
There's plenty of other types and they were "discovered" in the UK long before Czech beers came out from behind the Iron Curtain.
Come back and try them when your palate's grown up a bit.
5
tonya001
"After the first four or five bottles of Chateau Margaux 1996 I find it loses its luster pretty fast. "
As many as that! :)
9
northernbabe
Very wrong number 9. Very wrong.
But than again 40000 years in the history of earth is 'young' so I don't know what terms you are talking of.
In fact the Belgian beer drinking tradition is not always so much about the beer itself, but the way it is served. And each and every unique beer has its own way. Some turn to rubbish if not properly served.
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