I know its not your vacation beer, but there are plenty of Belgian blonde/golden ales available in the US that are of equal or better quality. Duvel is one of the most popular of the style. Others are Witkap Pater stimulo, La...

and The Fat Belgian has Delirium Tremens Blonde Ale on tap - http://www.thefatbelgian.com/

they serve these and many more). If you know nothing about beer, ask the server or bartender. They have everything from True Blonde (a light blond ale) to Moose Killer (a 12% alcohol barley wine) and all kinds in between. They...

's Double Blonde South Hampton’s Irish Ale Red Hook’s ESB Wagner Valley Maple Porter Stoudts IPA I always miss these things – it’s no fair! Link: http://www.brazenheadbrooklyn.com/

that is best fresh and doesn’t travel well. Most that I have had were just boring blonde ales without any kind of hop character. Oops, didn’t mean to reply to JK specifically.

notes with a nice edge. I’ve since seen this at City Beer. Brigand: (bottle) Castle Brewery, Van Hansbrouck. Very nice strong blond ale (9%). Weird label (odd picture of a brigand). Tripel Van de Garre: (tap) sweet, but dry....

the Caroline’s blonde ale, so I ordered a 5-ounce for $1.50 too. The fish was done nicely, made with Alaskan haddock, in a light and non-greasy batter. The chips are still battered, but made from thicker cut, mealy potatoes...

for dessert – the meals, with a glass of house wine and a couple blonde ales, came to $105 without taxes and tip. Not bad for the quality it represented. Thanks for the tip!

sliced sweet onions. Wonderful). We paired the appetizers with three different beers, one of which I can’t remember. The Estate and the SN Blonde - a very mild, pale-colored ale — both were perfect for the variety of dishes...

and Half Honey Brown Black Honky: Half Guinness and Half Goose Island Honker’s Ale Black Magic: Half Guinness and Half Magic Hat #9 Black Negra: Half Guinness, Half Negra Modelo Black on Blonde, aka, Blonde Redhead'...

and Mash, Italian Sausage Pizza was huge and everything it should be. The beers brewed on the premises were also sampled, Brown Ale, Pilsner and American Blonde whwere all as good as anthing sampled the previos night at the...

One option is an American pale ale. Enough hops to cut through the fat without overpowering, the fruitiness will go well with the gaminess of the lamb, and you probably already have some in your fridge. A Belgian pale would bring...

socks off, but it was really nicely battered and fried. Normally I drink tails at Green Street, but wow, they’ve got a GREAT beer list, too. I had an Abita Turbodog and DC had a really great Cisco blonde ale.

that tries to be a fine dining restaurant and comes up short. nice waiter but totally forgettable. next day, ate at south padre brewing company. their blond ale was boring and their burger was sad. was so bummed out, i didnt even...

Here’s the link to BA’s (not very informative) description of the style. But you can peruse the list of available saisons. They vary a lot I think. A fairly universally loved saison from Ommegang, Hennepin, to me is...