All similar to lager beers in colour, but Belgian golden ales are strong and very aromatic. The character comes from the hop varieties like Saaz and Goldings. The original was Duvel and the many imitators of the style use names similar to Duvel, which is Flemish for devil.
Bruges Tripel
ABV 9.0% | Volume 33cl | Price £3.45
A splendid full tasting malty beer. Absolutely delicious, one of the best examples of a Belgian triple beer from the Gouden Boum brewery which dates back to the 1870s. Spicy honey aroma and flavour with nutmeg and pepper.
Delirium Tremens
ABV 8.5% | Volume 33cl | Price £3.50
Brewed by the Huyghe brewery, which has existed since 1654. Delirium Tremens is a beer of fine manufacture and was voted 'Best Beer in the World' by specialists in 1997. Conceived with three different yeasts it presents a beautiful colour, blond and coppery as well as a compact and abundant head. The beer has a nose of wheat and barley with traces of coriander and orange. Full and round in the mouth it is also spicy, with a pleasant bitterness to the taste.
Duvel
ABV 9.0% | Volume 33cl | Price £3.70
High strength, distinctive character, and an elaborate fermentation process lasting three to four months. One of the world's great beers which is delicate yet complex.