Belgian Beer Primer

Decoding the world’s most acclaimed (and confusing) brews.

Please help me find Orval cheese in Manhattan. They are great!!! Tks.

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of Belgian ale I’ve seen in the area. (Yea Orval!) The grand opening is tomorrow at noon, with a wine tasting and apps. Nice to see this type of store opening in Worcester – I hope there are enough people interested to...

Orval was the first thing that came to mind. The flavors, to me, are elusive, shifting, and intriguing. Sometimes the hop bitterness seems forward, other times citrus, sometimes a kind of funk that’s hard to place....

be carried by all stores, though (only 4-5 of the are exported, IIRC). Rochefort, like La Trappe, was always in limited quantities and somewhat seasonal though. At least from my experiences in California. Am I the only one that...

I am hoping to buy my boyfriend some rare beers for a christmas gift, and I’m wondering if anyone has suggestions on where to buy in the DC area. Also, to clarify I’m not talking about beer like Chimay or Orval, more...

the Sunday buffet to Sysco or Orval Kent). Had a lovely brunch at Baleen but it’s been awhile for me so I don’t know how it is currently. Plan to find out in the next month though. LMF

verde stew. Cafe 28 has one of the better foreign and domestic micro brew selections in town, with Bell’s and Stella Artois on tap, and Ayinger Weisse, Orval, and Hoegaarden to name a few. If someone has eaten dessert...

Although I don’t know that this is the case in at their locations in the District, the Whole Foods in Clarendon stocks at least ten different Belgian ales (Chimay, Corsendonk, Leffe, Lindemans, Orval etc.), with new...

My husband is a Belgian beer lover. His fav is Orval and in second place is Leffe Blonde. Does anyone have any recommendations for any other Belgian (or Dutch/French/German) beers that are somewhat like these two? They...

Brawley’s in Charlotte just got a big shipment of Belgians (Orval, Westmalle, Duvel) and others. Chimay is available in all of the wine/beer shops and even in Harris Teeter here.

A colleague at work just got rid of a great sampler of beers, but I’m afraid they might be 5 years old or even more. There’s some Lindeman’s lambic, Orval, Ommegang, etc. — I guess I can just open them and...

Tremens! All Belgian beers are half-price, and they have Orval, which I like but rarely see in Washington).