BSF at GBBF 2001 Belgian and Dutch Bar

Here you will find the

BSF Programme entry for 2011

Belgian & Dutch bar:

Draught Beers:

Belgian Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Cantillon	Lambic 2 Years Old	5.0%	Dry and lemony, the basic ingredient of Gueuze.
Cantillon	Lou Pepe Kriek	5.0%	Dry, aromatic, deep rose coloured, pure unblended Kriek.
Boelens	Prinsesken	6.5%	Hazy yellow-amber with a pinkish shine; good, dense, whipped egg-white head. Strawberry nose as in ice cream or yoghurt flavouring. Faint sweet-sourness, the taste impression is malty, as in pale pilsener malt, with a background of strawberry flavouring.
De Ranke	Saison de Dottignies	5.5%	Hoppy, spicy, flowery aroma. Good balance of malt and hops and a dry finish.
Drie Horne	Bananatana	7.0%	Whole bananas and sultanas fermented in an amber ale of character.
Girardin	Kriek	5.0%	Delicate cherry flavour, refreshing, with a background lambic taste.
Girardin	Lambiek	5.0%	Slightly lemony with a slight sourness, the basic ingredient of Gueuze.
Kerkom	Bink Blond	5.5%	Fruity flavour with an ultra bitterness.

Dutch beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Christoffel	Blond	6.0%	Unfiltered, unpasteurised bitter pilsner from The Netherlands.
De Molen	Hot & Spicy	10.2%	A Smoked Imperial Stout with Madame Jeanettes. These are chilli peppers from Suriname.
De Molen	Op & Topp "Brett"	4.5%	Complex aroma of malt and citrus fruits. The flavour is fairly sweet with a lactic tartness with a hoppy finish.
De Molen	Tsarina Esra Reserva	11.0%	Dark brown in colour with an aroma of caramel, chocolate, dried fruit and liquorice. The taste is more dark chocolate with a light peat smokiness, tobacco and a warming sweetness. This version has undergone extra maturation in a huge wooden barrel from which it will be directly served.
Emelisse	Black IPA	?	No tasting notes available.
Emelisse	Imperial Russian Stout (Jack Daniels)	11.0%	This IRS has been matured in an ex-Jack Daniels whiskey barrel. Coffee in the aroma with vanilla and bourbon notes. Warming with bitter coffee notes, well balanced.
Emelisse	Imperial Russian Stout (Laphroaig)	11.0%	This IRS has been matured in an ex-Laphroaig whisky barrel. Phenolic and smoky on the nose. Well-bodied with a background sweetness and lots of smoke in the flavour.
Ij	Plzen	5.0%	Hoppy, fruity aroma. On the tongue it is hoppy and aromatic with a refreshing bitter finish.
Prael	Johnny	5.7%	Mildly spicy with a biscuity maltiness. Citrus and grassy notes in the finish.

Italian beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
White Dog	Boot Hill	5.5%	From the only Italian brewery producing cask-conditioned real ale this is a well-balanced English IPA with long bitter finish. Naturally hazy as no finings are used.
White Dog	Born to be Mild	4.2%	No tasting notes available.
White Dog	Darker Shade of Pale	5.8%	A dark IPA, quite hoppy, slightly bitter.

Bottled beers:

Blond Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Achouffe	Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel	9.0%	Starts with an aroma of malts and citrusy hops. The taste is very much like a tripel with sweet fruit and a light pepperiness, along with a mellow hoppiness.
Alvinne	Extra	7.0%	Floral, fruity nose. Citrusy flavour, oranges, bitter with a dry finish.
Bellevaux	Blonde	7.0%	The aroma is very fruity with some yeasty notes. The taste is also fruity with some flowery notes.
Brootcoorens	Angélus Blonde	7.0%	Light hoppy aroma, sweet malty and yeast flavour.
Cazeau	Touray Blond	7.2%	Malty, hoppy aroma with some yeasty notes. The flavour is fruity, peppery with a slight sharpness.
De Dolle Brouwers	Arabier	8.0%	Spicy, yeasty aroma. The flavour is both tart and bitter with a nice malty sweetness.
De Ranke	Hop Harvest	8.0%	Very hoppy, citrusy and spicy aroma. The flavour is bready with yeasty notes and a hoppy bitterness.
Dupont	Saison Dry Hopping	6.5%	Fruity, hoppy aroma with notes of hay. The taste is citrusy, bitter with a light spiciness.
Hofbrouwerijke	Blondelle	7.0%	A spirited and spicy blonde with a full-mouthed malty taste and a light scent of flowers.
La Rulles	Blonde	7.0%	Brewed with Pilsener and amber malts this beer has a light biscuity flavour with a soft bitterness.
Prael	Mary	9.6%	Sweet, malty aroma with notes of caramel. The flavour is quite sweet and fruity with warming alcohol coming through.
Ramses	Den Dorstige Tijger	6.6%	Hoppy aroma with some caramel malt. Slightly fruity flavour with a fairly bitter finish.
Schelde	Hop Ruiter	8.5%	Hop Ruiter has a full, almost rustic malt body, and pairs Belgian yeast-driven flavours with American assertive hoppiness. It is dry hopped, with two noble varieties which add complexity, delicacy and a bit of funk.
Struise	Svea IPA	7.0%	The aroma has notes of pine and peaches. The flavour is slightly sweet, fruity with a moderately bitter finish.
Van Den Bossche	Lamoral Degmont Tripel	8.0%	Fruity nose with a slight yeastiness leads into a fruity, spicy flavour and a mild bitterness.
Vicaris	Tripel	8.5%	Spicy, citrusy aroma. The flavour is mildly spicy with fruity, yeasty notes.
Zennebrouwerij	Jambe de Bois Tripel	8.0%	Fruity, lemony aroma. Sweetish malt flavour with fruity, peppery notes.

Lambic Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Boon	Oude Kriek	6.0%	Traditionally made kriek with unusually intense fruit making it sweeter than most.
Cantillon	Gueuze Bio	5.0%	The real thing, sour and dry, citrus with a slightly bitter finish. Brewed using only organically grown cereals.
Cantillon	Rose De Gambrinus	5.0%	Delicate pink colour, raspberry aroma, astringent mouth feel, and sour flavour.
De Cam	Oude Geuze	6.5%	Very pale hazy orange, a bit like witbier; huge, fluffy white head. Yoghurt, horse blanket, lemony, some wet wood, grapefruit, pineapple. Tart, but not very outspoken. Again pineapple, wood, lactic acid. Very mild gueuze, but unsweetened. Very refreshing, light tartness, very little acid burn. Long lactic-sourish aftertaste. A very good 'beginners' gueuze - beginners with the real stuff.
Drie Fonteinen	Oude Geuze	6.0%	Orange-coloured, distinctively dry and lemony with a delicate bitterness in the finish.
Oude Beersel	Oude Kriek	6.5%	Slightly fruity aroma with some sourness. Cherry clearly present in the flavour with a good sourness and a complex bittersweet finish.

Wheat Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Glazen Toren	Jan de Lichte	7.5%	Brewed with barley and wheat malts as well as oats and buckwheat. The aroma is yeasty with notes of coriander. The flavour is more fruity, citrusy with a light spiciness.
Grain D'orge	Witte Kosberger	5.0%	Light, easy-going wheat beer with an aroma of lemon and spice. The flavour is more yeasty and spicy, a very refreshing beer.
Gulpener	Korenwolf	5.0%	A balance between German style and Belgian style wheat beers. It is a superbly refreshing, highly drinkable beer. Elderberry flower, coriander and orange peel are added to give an alluring aroma.
Ij	Ijwit	7.0%	Coriander and orange peel in the nose. Well-balanced taste in both sweetness and sourness and a nice citrusy flavour.
Silly	Titje	4.7%	Citrusy, flowery aroma. Lots of liquorice and coriander in the flavour with a slight tartness.
Texelse	Texels Wit	5.0%	This beer has a lemony, sour aroma and a taste is grainy and citrusy.

Porters & Stouts:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Dupont	Monk's Stout	5.2%	Hints of coffee in the aroma. The taste is of roasted malt, coffee, spices with a slight sourness.
Emelisse	Espresso Stout	10.0%	Lots of coffee in the aroma. The flavour is more coffee with dark chocolate and a long bitterness with a hint of hops.
Hofbrouwerijke	Hofblues	5.5%	This beer has a mocha aroma with a subtle touch of sweetness. The slightly roasted and bitter taste makes this stout a very enjoyable drink.
Jopen	Extra Stout	5.5%	The aroma is predominantly light roasted malt. More roasted malt in the flavour with hint of coffee with a slightly dry finish.
Kleine Duimpje	Xtreme Baltic Coffee Choco Mocca Porter	9.0%	Roasted malt mocha and coffee on the nose. The flavour is more coffee with chocolate and more roasted malt ending with a bitter finish.

Trappist Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Achel	Trappist Blond Extra	9.5%	No tasting notes available.
Orval	Orval	6.2%	Unique orange colour with peppery dryness and slight tartness, strong dry hop character.
Rochefort	10	11.3%	Hyper-strong, mouth-warming, mystical ale with fig like aroma. A real nightcap!

Fruit / Honey / Spice Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
3 Horne	Bananatana	7.0%	Whole bananas and sultanas fermented in an amber ale of character.
3 Horne	Myrtilleir	7.0%	Beer fermented with myrtille berries, known as bilberries in the UK.
Bellevaux	Framboise	4.8%	Perfumey, raspberry aroma. Medium sweetness but with a slight sharpness and a distinct raspberry flavour.
Boelens	Bieken	8.5%	Light and not-too-sweet honey ale, a BSF favourite.
Boelens	Prinsesken	6.5%	Hazy yellow-amber with a pinkish shine; good, dense, whipped egg-white head. Strawberry nose as in ice cream or yoghurt flavouring. Faint sweet-sourness, the taste impression is malty, as in pale pilsener malt, with a background of strawberry flavouring.
Brasserie des Geants	Ducassis	3.0%	Natural beer with added blackcurrants. Sweet and sour on the palate with blackcurrants dominating.
Brootcoorens	Désir	9.0%	Brewed with 9 different spices, this beer has a spicy, citrusy aroma. Bitter-sweet spicy flavour.
De Molen	Mout en Mocca	10.0%	Lots of coffee in the aroma with hints of ash/smoke. Lots and lots of coffee in the flavour along with some bitter chocolate notes.
De Ranke	Kriek	7.0%	Fresh cherries are macerated in a well hopped beer then mixed with Girardin Lambic.
Fantôme	Chocolat	8.0%	Hazy golden colour with mild cocoa aroma and a flavour of fruit and spice.
Girardin	Framboise	5.0%	Raspberry sweet with a tiny balancing lambic sourness.
Strubbe	Crombe Oud Kriekenbier	6.5%	Lots of cherry in the aroma along with a light sourness. Lots more sour cherries in the flavour along with some woody and acidic notes.
Verhaeghe	Echte Kriekenbier	6.8%	An oak-aged Flemish brown beer in which whole cherries have been steeped giving a nice balance of sweet and tartness A classic example of the style.

Italian Beers:

Brewery	Beer	ABV	Description
Amiata	Bastarda Rossa	6.5%	Brewed with chestnuts this beer has an aroma which is malty with chestnuts notes. The flavour is slightly tart, malty with a light woodiness.
Amiata	Contessa	6.5%	Piney, fruity, floral aroma. Medium-sweet maltiness, citrus fruits and a dry finish.
Brùton	Momus	7.5%	Belgian Dubbel style. Sweet aroma with dried fruits and light yeast notes. The flavour is malty, fruity with a dry finish.
Birrificio Italiano	Amber Shock	7.0%	Strong, original version of a bock, full-bodied and rich in fruity flavours.
Birrificio Italiano	Tipopils	5.2%	Award-winning pils with a gentle, long, dry hoppy finish.
Birrificio Lambrate	Imperial Ghisa	8.2%	Smoke and roasted malts and hints of chocolate in the aroma. Moderate smoke in the flavour, coffee, chocolate and dark fruits in the flavour.
Birrificio Lambrate	Porpora	7.5%	Porpora is an interesting Bock hopped with Styrian Golding, Perla and Cascade and dry hopped with Styrian Golding.
Elav	Celtic Mater	4.5%	No tasting notes available.
Elav	Grunge IPA	6.3%	No tasting notes available.
Endorama	Malombra	6.7%	Made with hops Sorachi Ace, perfumed and harmonious.
Endorama	Milkyman	4.2%	Beer with hints of coffee, chocolate, and a sweet softness from the addition of lactose.
Extraomnes	Zest	5.3%	The nose is dominated by citrus fruit resembling grapefruit and bergamot. Light-bodied with an initial maltiness and leads into a refreshing bitterness.
Opperbacco	TriplIPA Special Edition	7.8%	This special edition is bottled with fresh Simcoe hop. Caramel and tropical fruit in the aroma. The flavour is sweet and very hoppy with a distinct bitter finish.
Opperbacco	Tripping Flowers	6.3%	Imperial Pils in style. The aroma is fruity and yeasty, the taste is spicy and slightly bitter.
Revelation Cat	3YO Laphraoig	7.0%	No tasting notes available.
Revelation Cat	3YO Marsala	7.0%	No tasting notes available.
Revelation Cat	West Coast Double IPA	9.0%	Fruity, piney aroma. Medium-bodied with a complex flavour including grass, orange, pine resin and a nice bitterness.
Revelation Cat	West Coast IPA	6.5%	This beer is an IPA brewed as they do on the US West Coast. Clean, clear, dry hop juice. Dry-hopped with Summit hops.
Revelation Cat	Cream Ale	5.0%	A Cream Ale inspired by the pre-prohibition America. Brewed with Mikkel of Mikkeller (Denmark).
Revelation Cat	South Pacific Ale	6.2%	No tasting notes available.
Revelation Cat	Mad Walloper	6.0%	No tasting notes available.