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Heinekens Again
I agree completely. I think that Orval is perhaps the best example of a Belgian ale that is consistently skunky after its journey to the US, and which many U.S. consumers are too intimidated to criticize. I have had so many bad...
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An Austin Beer Thread
D’Achouffe La Chouffe D’Achouffe Mc Chouffe Duvel LeFebvre Blanche de Bruxelles Lindeman’s Framboise Orval Westmalle Dubble Westmalle Triple Rochefort 8 Rochefort 10
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Good place for great beers and good food for beer geek's birthday (definitely NOT Father's Office, please!!)
reviewed over 88 different Belgian beers on tap at Lucky Baldwin’s, and they have a good 20 Belgians on tap at any one time, way, far beyond the usual Chimays, Deleriums and Orvals. They will almost certainly have no tap at...
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what are the predicitions on the next food craze?
not knowing, these are basically the same beer. Instead they will able to point to the beer list that includes Orval, Chimay, Rochefort, Victory, Stone, Allagash, Jolly Pumpkin, Mahr’s, or De Dolle to name but a mere few of...
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Help finding Belgian beer......
I used to get Orval at the Wine House in Westwood. They had the largest selection of Trappist beers that I’ve ever seen. See ya Steve Link: http://www.hotdogspot.com
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Amsterdam restaurants other recommendations
in cafes : Orval, Rochefort and Westvletern (sic). Indonesian: I recommend skipping the expense of Tempo Doeloe. We ate there once and only saw other tourists there. Small portions for big money (25ish a person). For a...
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Chimay on tap
of Orval at the monastery’s restaurant, just down the road from the abbey.
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Hopleaf
Cru Kwak (draft) Raftman Schlenkerla Rauchbier Anchor Steam (draft) Victory Pils (draft) De Ranke Kriek La Duchesse de Bourgogne (draft) Orval and some others Ive forgotten
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What food gifts did you make / buy this year ?
boxes of small loaves of Gramercy Tavern Ginger Bread(made with orval beer instead of Guinness) cream cake (from the 1950 Betty Crocker Picture Book....easy and Soooooo Delish) Nigella Lawsons fudge from Domestic Goddess Chocolate...
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Worst Beer Ever?
Miller Chill... there was a guy trying to give away six cases of it on Craigslist here. I don’t know if he was ever successful... Orval - I was trying to build a collection of the duckpin shaped bottles for homebrewing. No...
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Beneluxx Tasting Room
Soft Orval (Belgium) $1.75 Cottswold – English cheddar style with chives $1.43 Firm to Hard Prima Donna Gouda $1.36 Roomano Gouda 5yr $1.63 Mahon Reserva $1.44 Sottocenere $2.12 Piave Vechhio $1.60 SHEEP Soft La Serena $2.04 Semi Soft
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Buying Beer as a Gift
: Duvel, Orval, Celebrator, many hefeweizens (e.g., Paulaner, Weihenstephaner), and some IPAs (Smuttynose is a fine local choice). Throw in a bottle of Rochefort 10 if you want to add something prestigious but possibly...
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Belgisch Bier bij Kaseys / Bière Belge chez Kaseys
Beers from Trappist breweries Westvleteren, Westmalle, Rochefort, Achel, Chimay and Orval can regularly be found at larger liqour stores such as Binny’s and Sam’s Wine. And as other posters have indicated, both the...
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Your most amazing cheese moment (that was all about the cheese)
into something even more delicious. It was yummy, amazing, and delish, in popular CH speak! I’m sure it would be killer with, say, a glass of Orval. (What isn’t...) So: Share the names (and origin) of cheeses that...
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Is Albany NY a Chow Free Zone?
is filled with Orval, Duvel, Chimay and more quality brews. As always, “your mileage may vary”, but there’s a lot to look for in and around Albany.
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