Ummmm, it’s us.!!! The announcement went out on the East Anglia CAMRA website, and also on East Norfolk CAMRA page. There will be an official presentation at 1pm on Saturday the 17th August at Blackfriars Tavern. There will be beer (all 18 handpumps working – that’s like a beer festival). We hope that as many of you as possible can make it. We will be issuing two pints of beer free to membership card carrying CAMRA members while stocks last. There will be some complementary food as well. This is not a CAMRA closed event, all our regulars are encouraged to give their support on this occasion.
Hoegaarden Julius is a Belgian strong ale from Hoegaarden Brewery in
Belgium. Famous internationally for their wheat beer, this strong ale from Hoegaarden is full of character and flavour at 8.5% ABV. Pouring a pale golden colour, Hoegaarden Julius offers up aromas of freshly baked bread and white pepper. The flavour is fruity, with plum and orchard fruits, hints of clove spice and bready yeast flavours. Surprisingly light and drinkable for a strong ale, buy Hoegaarden Julius to explore something a little different from Hoegaarden Brewery.
Leffe 9 is a top fermentation beer with a deep golden colour and strong flavours. The spicy, bitter and fruity aromas are beautifully in balance, and the long, slightly smoky after taste gives it a special charm.
This brown beer was originally only brewed for Christmas, but over the centuries it became a force to be reckoned with.Maredsous Brune has a creamy foaming head and is a dark burgundy colour and
is easily recognisable by its expressive aroma. A generous caramel bouquet is completed with masterly fruity touches.
Vleteren Dark Old Strong Ale is a Belgian strong dark ale from Brouwerij Decaestecker, known as Deca for short. Founded in the 1880s just north of Ypres in northwestern Belgium, Brouwerij Deca was destroyed in World War I and had to be rebuilt after the war was over. The brewery produces a range of traditional Belgian strong ales. Vleteren Dark Old Strong Ale pours a deep, clear reddish-brown colour, with warming aromas of gingerbread and biscuits mingling with dried fruits and apple. The flavour is rich, with smooth malts and ripe fruits complementing the slight alcoholic sweetness.
Buy Vleteren Dark Old Strong Ale for a superbly balanced example of a Belgian strong dark ale.
Gulden Draak Imperial Stout is an imperial stout from Belgian brewer,
Brouwerij Van Steenberge. As the rather imposing bottle suggests, this is a seriously strong, flavourful beer. The name Imperial Stout comes from a particularly strong stout that was produced in England and shipped to the Imperial court of Russia back in the 1800s. This regal beer is brewed with double, or even triple, the malts and hops, to produce a rich, complex flavour and strong alcohol content – generally around 10-12% ABV. Gulden Draak Imperial Stout pours a deep black colour, offering up aromas of cherries, dried fruit and chocolate. The flavour is rich and fruity, with chocolate, roasted malt and brown sugar, alongside a hint of clove spice.
Buy Gulden Draak Imperial Stout to explore a dark, complex beer with an interesting history.
A very complex artisanal Wallonian blond ale with an unusual hoppiness, bitterness and a touch of spice. A bizarre grainy punch of taste preceding hops and waves of flavours whizzing over the tongue.
A deep, dark red beer with a light pink, compact and lacing head and a soft fruity aroma, with hints of almond and mildly sour cherries. On the palate, it is sweet and fruity, with a nice balance between sweet and sour. An excellent dessert beer.
Bruegel is an easy drinking soft and tasty amber ale. Thanks to the
refermentation it offers more body, more head and more taste than most other American and Belgian Amber ales. It is brewed with Dutch barley and German hops. Although the bitterness is clearly present, it is not dominant.
