This week we decided to test three Belgian beers. There were some very surprising results and our master of tasting James left us completely stumped. During the blind test we rubbished two of the beers, and liked two. The rubbished beers turned out to be the Carlton and the Leffe. This led us to drop Carlton from the gold standard list. The Stella on the other hand, was unanimously voted the best drinking beer and will be a strong contender for the boat trip. The Grimbergen was a very different style beer and although it was nice to drink, we were unsure if it offered more than a standard style beer.
More in depth tasting notes below:
Carlton:
- Not much on the palette
- Slightly bitter after taste
- Very bland
Leffe:
- Frothy
- Honey
- Full taste
- Strong nose
- Medicinal after taste
Stella:
- Pleasant
- Light, good summer drinking
- Balanced
Grimbergen:
- Very dark- Strong nose
- Very sweet
- Not sure when you would want to drink it
Gold standard to date:
Coopers
Bitburger
Stella
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