Foreign Beer
Beers listed are those that will be available from the start of the festival on Thursday 29 April. As with any beer festival, stocks will tend to reduce over time and so the full range is unlikely to be available on succeeding days.
Draught Beers from Belgium and the Netherlands
| Anker | Gouden Carolus Christmas | 10.5% |
| Dark and spicy, brewed in late August and matured for a few months to develop the flavour |
| Binchoise | Belgoo Arboo | 8.1% |
| Dry-hopped amber triple, brewed with barley malt and four different kinds of hop |
| Caracole | Troublette | 5.0% |
| High quality wheat beer with coriander and orange |
| Contreras | Valeir Extra | 6.5% |
| A complex IPA |
| Proefbrouwerij | Troubadour Blond | 6.5% |
| Hoppy, with a hint of spice |
| St Bernardus | Prior 8 | 8.0% |
| Dark with rich malty and fruity flavour |
| St Feuillien | Grisette Fruits des Bois | 3.5% |
| A burgundy-coloured beer tasting of wild berries and fruits of the forest |
| Van Eecke | Poperings Hommelbier | 7.5% |
| Blond and very hoppy |
| Van Honsebrouck | Brigand IPA | 6.5% |
| Hoppy, amber coloured IPA |
| Van Honsebrouck | Kasteel Blond | 7.0% |
| A hint of honey in the aroma and taste, although no honey is added |
| Van Honsebrouck | Kasteel Rouge | 8.0% |
| Kasteel bruin with cherries added to produce a fully flavoured beer which is neither sweet nor sour |
| Verhaeghe | Echte Kriek | 6.8% |
| Flemish red-brown ale with real cherries |
Bottled Beers from Belgium and the Netherlands
DARK/AMBER
| Abbaye des Rocs | Brune | 9.0% |
| Full bodied beer with a fruity flavour |
| Anker | Gouden Carolus | 8.5% |
| Dark, caramelly burnt sweet ale |
| Arcense | Hertog Jan Grand Prestige | 10.0% |
| Dark and strong, sweet and fruity in taste with a bitter finish |
| Caracole | Ambree | 7.5% |
| Fruity amber beer with added orange rind |
| Caracole | Nostradamus | 9.0% |
| Winter ale with chocolate and port flavours |
| Duvel Moortgat | Maredsous 8 | 8.0% |
| Complex abbey 'dubbel' with fruity flavours |
| Halve Maan | Brugse Zot Dubbel | 7.5% |
| Ruby red, with a rich aroma and hint of bitterness |
| Huyghe | Delirium Nocturnum | 8.5% |
| Complex, with notes of cherry and chocolate, and a bitter aftertaste |
| Koningshoeven/Leyerth | Urthel Donker Parlus Magnificum | 7.5% |
| Dark brown beer with a roasted malt taste and a large rich foam head |
| Palm | Rodenbach Grand Cru | 6.0% |
| An excellent sweet/sour Flemish red ale - an acquired taste! |
| Proefbrouwerij | Boerken | 9.5% |
| Dark brown ale, fruity with notes of caramel |
| Schelde | Strandgaper | 6.5% |
| Amber beer, recommended as an accompaniment to mussels,Amber beer, recommended as an accompaniment to mussels., |
| St Bernardus | Abt 12 | 10.0% |
| Rich, smooth and full-bodied |
| St Christoffel | Christoffel Robertus | 6.0% |
| Chestnut in colour, malty in taste |
| Timmermans/John Martin | Gordon Scotch | 8.6% |
| Scotch Ale with a full-bodied sweet finish |
| Van Eecke | Het Kapittel Dubbel | 7.5% |
| Sweet and fruity |
| Van Honsebrouck | Brigand IPA | 6.5% |
| Hoppy, amber coloured IPA |
| Vapeur | Cochonette | 9.0% |
| Unfiltered amber with chicory roots |
BLOND
| Anker | Gouden Carolus Tripel | 9.0% |
| Heavy spicy blond triple |
| Binchoise | Blonde | 6.2% |
| Light-gold in colour, slightly cloudy, an easy drinking beer |
| Caracole | Saxo | 7.5% |
| Fruity, hoppy blond named after the inventor of the saxophone |
| Contreras | Valeir Blond | 6.5% |
| Clear, orange-coloured beer, hoppy and spicy |
| Dolle Brouwers | Arabier | 8.0% |
| Refreshing dry-hopped triple |
| Dolle Brouwers | Boskeun | 10.0% |
| Complex triple, brewed for Easter |
| Dubuisson | Cuvee des Trolls | 7.0% |
| Sweetish, with dried orange rind added |
| Dupont | Saison Dupont | 6.5% |
| Refreshing and hoppy, the Saison style was originally brewed in Wallonia to refresh farm workers during harvest |
| Duvel Moortgat | La Chouffe | 8.0% |
| This blond fruity beer is now available in small bottles |
| Halve Maan | Brugse Zot | 6.0% |
| Zot (fool) was the nickname given to the inhabitants of Bruges in the time of Maximilian of Austria |
| Graal | Graal Tripel | 9.0% |
| Fruity and spicy |
| Lefebvre | Hopus | 8.3% |
| Brewed with five different types of hops |
| Legendes | Gouyasse Tradition | 6.0% |
| Malt and fruit aromas, with a hint of lemon |
| Legendes | Gouyasse Tripel | 9.0% |
| Light blond triple |
| Proefbrouwerij | Boerinneken | 9.5% |
| Blond hoppy triple, malty and fruity |
| Ranke | XX-Bitter De Ranke | 6.2% |
| Very hoppy, very dry blond ale |
| Ranke | Guldenberg | 8.5% |
| Dark and hoppy blond with floral notes, slightly cloudy |
| Ryck | Arend Blond | 6.6% |
| Spicy with a hint of sweetness |
| Van Eecke | Kapittel Blond | 6.5% |
| Sweet, easy-drinking blond |
| Van Eecke | Poperings Hommelbier | 7.5% |
| Blond and very hoppy |
| Van Honsebrouck | Brigand | 9.0% |
| Fully flavoured and slightly bitter |
| Van Steenberge | Gentse Triple | 8.0% |
| Blond, spicy triple |
| Van Steenberge | Piraat | 10.5% |
| Complex and spicy. Not as hoppy as most IPAs |
| Zenne | Taras Boulba | 4.3% |
| Bitter and refreshing |
| Zenne | Zinnebir | 6.0% |
| Hoppy, initially malty, developing into a bitter aftertaste |
FRUIT
| Anker | Boscoulis | 6.5% |
| Margriet blond with juice of fruits of the forest added |
| Caulier | Bon Secours Framboise | 7.0% |
| Flavoursome, sugar-free raspberry beer |
| Caulier | Bon Secours Myrtylle | 7.0% |
| A sugar-free beer with fruits of the forest |
| Duvel Moortgat | Liefmans Kriek | 6.0% |
| Full-bodied cherry beer |
| Legendes | Du Cassis | 3.0% |
| Unsweetened, with real blackcurrants |
| Silly | Pink Killer | 5.0% |
| Amazing, thirst-quenching wheat beer, with pink grapefruit juice. Not as silly as it sounds! |
| Van Honsebrouck | Kasteel Rouge | 8.0% |
| Kasteel bruin with Piedmont cherries - an excellent fully flavoured beer which is neither sweet nor sour |
| Verhaeghe | Echte Kriek | 6.8% |
| Flemish red-brown ale with real cherries |
HONEY
| Lefebvre | Barbar | 8.0% |
| Blond ale with honey |
LAMBIC (Sour Beers)
| Boon | Framboise | 5.0% |
| Sweet and sour raspberry lambic |
| Boon | Geuze | 6.0% |
| An excellent sour geuze |
| Cantillon | Geuze | 5.0% |
| Sharp and superb! |
| Drie Fonteinen | Kriek | 5.0% |
| Sour, with Schaarbeek cherries |
| Girardin | Geuze Fond Black | 5.0% |
| Dry, sour and refreshing |
| Hanssens | Oude Kriek | 6.0% |
| Excellent cherry beer |
| Hanssens | Oudbeitje | 5.8% |
| Lambic beer, with wild strawberries |
| Timmermans | Framboise | 4.0% |
| The raspberries counteract the sourness of the lambic to give a sweet beer |
| Timmermans | Peche | 4.0% |
| Peach beer with just a very slight bitterness |
PILS
| Verhaeghe | Pils | 5.1% |
| Bitter-tasting pils, with a malty flavour |
STOUT/PORTER
| Guinness | Special Export (Belgian Version) | 8.0% |
| Extra strong version, brewed in Ireland for the Benelux countries and France |
| Legendes | Hercule Stout | 9.0% |
| Black, flavoursome stout named after the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot |
| Proefbrouwerij | Troubadour Obscura | 8.2% |
| A mild stout with a malty, roasted taste and a complex aftertaste |
TRAPPIST
| La Trappe | Quadrupel | 10.0% |
| Slightly sweet and pleasantly bitter; ripened in oak barrels |
| La Trappe | Tripel | 8.0% |
| Hoppy and fruity, with coriander |
| La Trappe | Witte Trappist | 5.5% |
| The world's first and only trappist wheat beer |
| Orval | Orval | 6.2% |
| Golden-coloured Trappist beer with a unique flavour |
| Rochefort | 8 | 9.2% |
| Complex dark beer, fruity and malty |
WHEAT
| Gulpener | Korenwolf | 5.0% |
| With elderbery flower, coriander and orange peel, named after the endangered local wild hamster or corn wolf |
| La Trappe | Witte Trappist | 5.5% |
| The world's first and only trappist wheat beer |
Draught Beers from Germany
BLOND/AMBER
| Andechser | Hell | 5.2% |
| Andechser | Spezial | 5.9% |
| Augustiner | Edelstoff | 5.7% |
| Augustiner | Hell | 5.2% |
| Augustiner | Oktoberfestbier | 6.0% |
| Beck Bräu | Zoigl Bier | 5.8% |
| Greif | Hell | 4.9% |
| Keesmann | Bock Hell | 6.3% |
| Keesmann | Herren Pils | 4.6% |
| Löwenbräu | Buttenheim Kellerbier | 4.9% |
| Mahr's Bräu | Kellerbier | 5.1% |
| Paulaner | Oktoberfestbier | 6.0% |
| Reissdorf | Kölsch | 4.8% |
| Tegernsee | Hell | 4.6% |
| Tegernsee | Spezial | 5.7% |
| Trunk (Kloster Vierzehn Heiligen) | Silberbock | 7.2% |
| Uerige | Alt | 4.6% |
DARK
| Andechser | Dunkel | 5.0% |
| Beck Bräu | Affumicator (Smoked) | 9.5% |
| Neder | Schwarze Anna (Black beer) | 5.2% |
| Tegernsee | Doppelbock Dunkel | 7.0% |
| Trunk (Kloster Vierzehn Heiligen) | Dunkel | 5.2% |
| Schlenkerla | Rauchbier Marzen (Smoked) | 5.2% |
| Schlenkerla | Rauchbier Urbock (Smoked) | 6.5% |
WHEAT
| Andechser | Dunkles Weissbier | 5.0% |
| Andechser | Weissbier | 5.5% |
| Greif | Weissbier | 5.4% |
| Huber | Weissbier | 5.4% |
| Karg | Dunkel Weissbier | 5.0% |
| Karg | Helles Weissbier | 5.0% |
| Mahr's Bräu | Weissbier Bock | 7.2% |
| Pyraser | Weissbier | 5.3% |
Bottled Beers from Germany
BLOND
| Andechser | Hell | 5.2% |
| Andechser | Spezial | 5.9% |
| Augustiner | Bock | 7.0% |
| Augustiner | Edelstoff | 5.7% |
| Augustiner | Hell | 5.2% |
| Beck Bräu | Kellerbier | 5.6% |
| Beck Bräu | Pilsner | 4.9% |
| Früh | Kölsch | 4.8% |
| Keesmann | Herren Pils | 4.6% |
| Löwenbräu | Oktoberfestbier | 6.0% |
| Paulaner | Oktoberfestbier | 6.0% |
| Pyraser | Kellerbier | 5.1% |
| Reissdorf | Kölsch | 4.8% |
| Ritter St Georgen | Urmärzen | 5.2% |
| Tegernsee | Hell | 4.8% |
| Tegernsee | Max I Joseph 1806 Jubelbier | 5.2% |
| Tegernsee | Spezial | 5.7% |
| Uerige | Alt | 4.6% |
DARK
| Andechser | Doppelbock Dunkel | 7.1% |
| Augustiner | Dunkel | 5.6% |
| Pyraser | Schwarzbier (Black Beer) | 4.9% |
| Schlenkerla | Rauchbier Marzen (Smoked) | 5.2% |
| Schlenkerla | Rauchbier Urbock (Smoked) | 6.5% |
| Spezial | Rauchbier (Smoked) | 4.6% |
| Tegernsee | Dunkler Bock | 7.1% |
WHEAT
| Andechser | Weissbier | 5.5% |
| Andechser | Dunkles Weissbier | 5.0% |
| Beck Bräu | Weissbier | 4.9% |
| Greif | Dunkles Weissbier | 5.0% |
| Greif | Weissbier | 5.5% |
| Karg | Dunkles Weissbier | 5.0% |
| Karg | Helles Weissbier | 5.1% |
| Karg | Weissbier Bock | 7.2% |
| Pyraser | Weissbier | 5.4% |
| Ritter St Georgen | Schwarzer Ritter | 5.1% |
| Ritter St Georgen | Weisser Franke | 5.2% |
| Schlenkerla | Rauchweizen (Smoked) | 5.2% |
| Aventinus | Eisbock (33 cl bottle) | 12.0% |
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