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Chelmsford CAMRA Winter Beer Festival 2010 Belgian Beer Menu

Come along to the Chelmsford CAMRA Winter beer festival to try some of these great Belgain beers. Open from 12.00 - 23.00 Thursday 4th February to Saturday 6th February 2010 at The Triangle Club (Essex County Council Social Club), Duke Street, Chelmsford, Essex. 
Less than 5 mins walk from Chelmsford Railway Station.


Draught Beers on KeyKeg

Ducassis 3%abv  - Fruit beer with 30% Blackcurrant Berry Juice from Geants Brewery.

Buffalo Belgian Bitter 8%abv - Strong and well hopped from Brewery Van Den Bossche.

Pater Lieven Blond 6.5%abv - Very drinkable golden ale from family brewers Van Den Bossche.

Het Kapittel Abt 10.0%abv - The strong tripel from Van Eccke.

Wheat Beers

1 Beersel Tarwe 6.0% ABV 33cl  
  Well-rounded white beer brewed for those nice people at Drie Fonteinen.
2 Blanche de Bruxelles 4.5% ABV 33cl  
Coriander and citrus accented wheat beer from Brasserie Lefebvre.
3 Captain Cooker White 4.5% ABV 33cl  
 White beer with of manuka leaves from NZ, full of natural antioxidants.
4 Caracole Troublette 5.5% ABV 33cl  
Excellent lightly spiced wheat beer.
5 St Bernardus Witbier 5.5% ABV 33cl  
One of the best wheat biers available, anywhere. A must try.
6 Watou’s Wit 5.0% ABV 33cl  
The wheat beer that defines the Belgian wheat beer style. Unbeatable.

Blond Beers
7 Belgoo Luppo 6.5% ABV 33cl  
Dry hopped blond ale made with barley and oats.
8 Belgoo Magus 6.6% ABV 33cl  
Four grain beer using barley malt, wheat malt, oats and German wheat.
9 Brigand 9.0 % ABV 33cl  
 Strong blond beer that drinks its weight.
10 Brugs Zot 6.0% ABV 33cl  
 Blond refreshing beer with malt and citrus flavours. 
11 Contreras Valeir Blond 6.5% ABV 33cl  
Sweet and creamy with hops and a peppery spicyness.  
12 Cuvee des Trolls 7.0% ABV 25cl  
 Unfiltered fruity, sweet blond beer with a touch of curacao. 
13 De Graal Blond 6.5% ABV 33cl  
  Dry hopped beer from this great little brewery.  
14 De Ranke XX Bitter 6.2% ABV 33cl  
Superb hoppy beer, hops, hops, hops and a touch of roasted malt.
15 Geants Gouyasse 6.0% ABV 33cl  
 Golden, crisp, dry and malty with hints of fruit from the Giants.
16 Gouden Carolus Triple 9.0% ABV 33cl  
  A classic triple from Anker brewery. It doesn’t get much better than this.
17 Hommel Bier 7.5% ABV 33cl  
 A refreshing hoppy blonde beer.
18 Hopus 8.5% ABV 33cl  
 Nice hoppy beer that is spreading in popularity since its launch in 2008
19 Koantjesbier 7.0% ABV 33cl  
  Easy drinking golden beer brewed by Proef
20 Maredsous 6 6.0% ABV 33cl  
  Beautiful balance of grain and aromatic hop from the makers of Duvel.
21 SAS Brau 6.3% ABV 25cl  
  Dortmunder style lager beer from the Leroy Brewery in West Flanders.
22 Satan Gold 8.0% ABV 33cl  
  Strong golden fruity beer with a touch of bitterness.
23 Silly Pils 5.0% ABV 25cl  
  Pilsner style beer from the Silly brewery.
24 Sint Bernardus Tripel 8.0% ABV 33cl  
One of the best tripels coming out of Belgium.
25 Toria 6.5% ABV 33cl  
  NEW! Hoppy blond ale from the Hoevebrouwers - quaffable and refreshing.
26 Troubadour Blond 6.5% ABV 33cl  
  Balanced fruity blond with a little spice. 
27 Val Dieu Blond 6.0% ABV 33cl  
 Sweet and light with a crisp wheat and lemon flavour.
28 Val Dieu Triple 9.0% ABV 33cl  
 Good all round triple that satisfies.
29 Watou Triple 7.5% ABV 33cl  
 Light triple brewed for the French market.

Fruit & Flavoured Beers

30 Barbar 8.0% ABV 33cl  
 Distinctive honey beer that is always popular. 
31 Binchoise Biere des Ours 8.5% ABV 33cl  
 Warming blond honey beer.
32 Bosculis 3.5% ABV 33cl  
 Light beer with fruits of the forest.
33 Bush Peche Mele 8.5% ABV 33cl  
 Dark amber beer with sweet peach aroma.
34 De Graal Gember 8.0% ABV 33cl  
 Marvellous blond Ginger beer.
35 Kasteel Rouge 8.0% ABV 33cl  
 Deep red cherry beer, mildly sweet, strong cherry flavour.
36 Mongozo Banana 4.5% ABV 33cl  
  Exotic beer brewed with Fairtrade organic bananas.
37 Mongozo Coconut 3.5% ABV 33cl  
 Exotic beer brewed with Fairtrade organic coconut.
38 Pink Killer 5.0% ABV 25cl  
  Pink Grapefruit beer that always goes well at Chelmsford Beer Festivals.
39 Floris Strawberry 3.6%ABV 33cl  
  Sweet strawberry beer .  
40 Timmermans Framboise 4.0% ABV 25cl  
  Light lambic beer flavoured with raspberry.
41 Timmermans Kriek 4.0% ABV 25cl  
  Light lambic beer flavoured with cherries.
42 Timmermans Peche 4.0% ABV 25cl  
  Light lambic beer flavoured with peach.
43 Verhaeghe Echte Kriek 6.8% ABV 33cl  
  Deep red sour beer sweetened with cherries.

Amber Beers

44 Belgoo Arboo 8.1% ABV 33cl  
 Amber beer brewed with a combination of four hop varieties.
45 Brueghel 5.2% ABV 33cl  
  Light bitter hoppiness, moderately sweet.
46 Caracole Ambree 7.5% ABV 33cl  
 Brewed from five malts with added orange rind.
47 Den Herberg Amber 5.5% ABV 33cl  
 Hazy amber beer from new Brew-pub SW of Brussels.  
48 La Medievale Ambree 6.0% ABV 33cl  
  Big malty sweet amber ale from Brasserie de Bouillon.
49 Orval 6.2% ABV 33cl  
Classic amber hoppy Trappist beer brewed by Monks.
50 Pauwel Kwak 8.4% ABV 33cl  
 Malty with sweet warming, toffee notes.
51 Sur-les-Bois Ambrée 8.0% ABV 33cl  
  Hazy amber beer from new boys at La Botteresse de Sur-les-Bois.

Dark Beers

52 Brugs Zot Dubbel 7.5% ABV 33cl  
 Brown ale of distinction brewed in Bruges. 
53 Delirium Nocturnum 8.5% ABV 33cl  
  Huge dark and bitter winter ale.
54 Gouden Carolus Classic 8.5% ABV 33cl  
Full bodied and fruity with a nice tart finish.
55 Gulden Draak 10.5% ABV 33cl  
  Dark brown, sweet malty with alcoholic richness.
56 Het Kapittel Pater 6.0% ABV 33cl  
 Great brown ale that is hard to beat at this strength.  
57 Mac Ben Scotch Ale 7.00% ABV 25cl  
  New rich brown ale from St Feuillien. 
58 St Bernardus Abt 10.0% ABV 33cl  
  Rich, spicy, sweet and malty barley wine.
59 Westmalle Dubbel 7.0% ABV 33cl  
  Brown Trappist ale, malty, fruity taste always excellent.

Lambic Beers
Lambic beers are all made using spontaneous fermentation in a very small part of Belgium, this produces a beer that is sharp and slightly sour, these are then blended
to produce Gueuze.

59 Cantillon Gueuze 5.0% ABV 37.5cl  
60 Hanssens Oude Geuze 6.0% ABV 37.5cl  
61 Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek 5.0% ABV 37.5cl  
62 Hanssens Oude Kriek 6.0% ABV 37.5cl  
63 Boon Frambozen 5.0% ABV 37.5cl  

   
   

Bottled Belgian Beers at Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2009

Here is the list of bottled Belgian Beers available at Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2009. We also have for the first time at the festival a great selection of draught beers, see our draught list.

Wheat Beers

1. Blanche de Bruxelles - Sweet wheat beer with coriander and orange peel flavours.

2. St. Bernardus Wit - Highly spiced strong wheat beer.

3. Watou’s Witbier - Possibly the best Belgian wheat beer. Lemony, cloudy, refreshing.

Belgian Lager Beers

4. Hoppepils - Standard lager beer.

5. Sasbrau Dortmunder - Dortmunder-style lager, that does not drink its weight. 

6. SAS Pils (Export) - Nice, rounded bitter lager beer.

7. Silly Pils - Better than average lager from the Silly brewery, down south.

8. Slag Lager Beer - A tasty lager beer from those nice family brewers Slaghmuylder.

Blond Beers

9. Belgoo Luppo - New, hazy blond beer brewed in Binche.

10.Biolégère - Excellent organic light saison beer. 

11. Brugse Zot Blond - Easy-drinking blond specially built in Bruges for beginners to Belgian beer.

12. De Graal Blond - A spiced blond with dry hopping.

13.Delirium Tremens - Multi award-winning strong cult beer. Follow the pink elephants.

14. Den Tseut - Caramel malty with a bitter aftertaste.

15.Femme Fatale - Light golden beer with a touch of coriander.

16. Gouden Carolus Triple  - Well-balanced, big golden triple. Well worth trying.

17. Witkap Special  - Pale ale from the excellent Slaghmuylder brewery.

18. Guldenberg - Huge, dryish, hoppy strong blond that excels.

19. Het Kapittel Abt - Light amber aromatic sweetish triple.

20. Het Kapittel Blond - Superb, well-rounded easy drinking blond beer.

21. Hopus - Exciting, brand-new beer from Lefebvre, contains bags of hops.  

22. La Chouffe - Classic strong Belgian blond, with hints of coriander.

23. Maredsous 6  - Lovely blond Abbey beer with nice balance of malt and aromatic hop.

24. Maredsous 10 - Big orangey-blond cross between a triple and a barley wine.

25. Moinette blonde - Belgian beer doesn’t get any better than this classic blond ale.

26. Poperings Hommelbier - Strong hoppy pale ale from the hop fields of Flanders.

27. Saison Dupont - Beautiful herbal ale packed with fresh hops.

28. Satan Gold - Devilishly good sweetish golden beer.

29. Taras Boulba - Beautiful light ale with a complex hop character.

30. Val Dieu Blonde - Excellent well-balanced session beer.

31. Valeir Blond - Smooth bottle-fermented beer from family brewery Contreras.

32. Witkap Stimulo - Straw-coloured, fruity beer said to aid digestion.

33. XX Bitter - Fantastic bitter pale ale that is Podge’s favourite.

34. Zinnebier - Well-hopped pale beer that keeps getting better and better.

Amber & Red Beers

35. Brueghel - Gentle, easy-drinking fruity amber ale.

36. Bush Beer - Huge English-style Barley Wine that is best drunk as a nightcap.

37. Den Bras - Hazy amber beer with caramel malt and fruit flavours.

38. Kwak - Famous sweetish caramel beer that always goes down well.

39. Orval - Distinctive pale amber ale brewed by Trappist monks.

40. Rodenbach - Refreshing Flemish brown made by blending young and oak-aged beer. 

41. Rodenbach Grand Cru - Rodenbach’s big brother but made with more of the older, oak-aged beer.

Dark Beers

42. Buffalo Belgian Stout - Soft and sweetish stout, originally made for the American market.

43. Catherine - The great Russian imperial stout with some mind-boggling flavours.

44. De Graal Dubbel - Brown beer with a distinctive liquorice flavour.

45. Gouden Draak - A festival favourite. This huge dark beer should be treated with respect.

46. Het Kapittel Dubbel - Dark and aromatic with pear drops in the background.

47. Het Kapittel Pater - Good, standard Abbey brown ale.

48. Maredsous 8 - Well-made strong dark dubbel beer with a Demerara sweetness.

49. St Bernardus Pater - Fruity, dark brown, sweetish roasted Dubbel beer.

50. St Bernardus Abt 12 - Massive golden brown Barley Wine.

51. Westmalle Dubbel - Ruddy, brown ale with slight chocolate back tastes. A Trappist classic. 

Fruit Beers & Flavoured Beers

52. Barbar - Amber, blond beer laced with honey.

53. Chocolat Florisgaarden - Belgium is famous for two things. Beer and chocolate. Here are both.

54. De Graal Gember - Tasty blond ginger beer.

55. Echte Kriek - Nice and sourish, made by steeping whole cherries in aged brown beer.

56. Framboise Timmermans - Sweet raspberry beer.

57. Kriek Timmermans - Sweet cherry beer.

58. Liefmans - Brand new beer available for the first time in UK. A red cherry beer blended with natural juice of strawberry, raspberry, blueberry and juniper.

59. Mongozo Coconut - Yes, this really is a coconut beer (Fair Trade).

60. Mongozo Banana - Beer made from Fair Trade bananas.

61. Passion Florisgaarden- Passion Fruit flavoured beer.

62. Peche Timmermans - Sweet peach flavoured beer.

63. Pink Killer  - Pink grapefruit flavoured, refreshing light beer.

64. Rose des Remparts - Sweet raspberry beer.

65. Strawberry Florisgaarden - Strawberry flavoured beer. 

Lambic Beers

These are unique beers made using the natural airborne yeasts in a small area west and south of Brussels. They all have a characteristic sourish taste. The gueuze is bottled blended lambic beer and the Kriek is lambic beer with added cherries, not commercial syrups, but real cherries.

Gueuzes 

66. Mort Subite Oude Gueuze

67. Girardin Gueuze

68. Boon Mariage Parfait

Krieks

69. Mort Subite Oude Kriek

70. Girardin Kriek

71. Boon Oude Kriek

Raspberry Lambics

72. Boon Framboise

73. Girardin Framboise

Draught Belgian Beers at Chelmsford Beer Festival

We have managed to secure the following beers on draught for the Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival 2009. We will have six different beers available at any one time from the list below, using the magic of the KeyKeg dispense system. We are especially indebted to Glen Dack and Draught Beer Online for providing us with their state of the art technology. Feel free to contact them for any of your draught beer needs.

Alvinne Extra Restyled - 7%ABV Blond & hoppy. Picobrouwerij Alvinne – Heule, West Flanders.

Belgian Bitter – 8%ABV Strong and well-hopped bitter beer. Brouwerij Van den Bossche – Sint Lievens Esse, East Flanders.

Ducassis – 3% ABV Refreshing beer with 30% Blackcurrant Berry Juice. Brasserie des Géants – Ath, Hainaut.

Gouyasse Triple – 9% ABV Beautiful, balanced, strong blond beer. Brasserie des Géants – Ath, Hainaut.

Hercule Stout – 9%ABV Big and beautiful stout. Brasserie Ellezelloise – Ellezelles, Hainaut.

Kessel Blond – 7.5%ABV Easy drinking fruity white beer. Brouwerij De Vlier – Kessel-Lo, Flemish Brabant.
 
Kessel 69 – 6.9%ABV Brand new amber cloudy beer, on the malty side. Brouwerij De Vlier – Kessel-Lo, Flemish Brabant.

Pater Lieven Blond – 6.5%ABV Very drinkable golden ale. Brouwerij Van den Bossche – Sint Lievens Esse, East Flanders.

Quintine Blonde - 8%ABV Well hopped, light coloured strong blond. Brasserie Ellezelloise – Ellezelles, Hainaut.

Tsjeeses – 10%ABV Sweet & sour barley wine. Struise Brouwers at Deca, Vleteren, West Flanders.

This year we uniquely feature beers from spectacular Dutch Brewery De Molen:

Amarillo 9.2%ABV 
Big and hoppy with hints of grapefruit

Mout & Mocca 9.5%ABV
Black beer with a coffee aroma and a hint of chocolate

Hel & Verdoemenis (Hell & Damnation) 10.2%ABV
Massive sweet stout

Kannen & Kruik 6.2%ABV
Reddish brown Extreme IPA

Bloed, Zweet & Tranen Bruic hladdich 8.1%ABV
Brewed using malt from the Bruichladdich Distillery

Rasputin 10.7%ABV
Scary beer

We will also have a great selection of over 70 chilled bottled Belgian beers. Come along and be part of a very special beer revolution in Chelmsford! See you on the new, expanded site from Tuesday 7th July 2009 to Saturday 11th July 2009.

Chelmsford Summer Beer Festival

Tuesday 7 July to Saturday 11 July 2009

Join us for a cheeky Belgian Beer and a Podge's Gourmet Pickled Egg at the Chelmsford outdoor Summer Beer Festival in Admirals Park, Roxwell Road, Chelmsford, see Chelmsford & Mid Essex CAMRA web page for more details. 

The Belgian Beer Bar

This summer's beer festival should prove to be an extra special for Belgian beer as we intend to go for lots of draught beers in a big way. To comply with CAMRA dispensing policy, we are using the reolutionary new KeyKeg system which means we can deliver Belgian beer on tap to the people of Chelmsford. So far it looks like we have secured beers from Alvinne, De Struise Brewers, Geants, Ellezelloise, De Vlier and Van Den Bossche breweries. We will keep you up to date as new beers are sourced.

We will also offer a huge range of bottle Belgian beers, including Oude Gueuzes, stunning blondes, rich Trappists and a plethora of fruit beers.

Podge's Gourmet Pickled Eggs

Back by popular demand is our A to Z range of perfectly formed, free range, gourmet pickled eggs. Eggspect to find 26 different varieties of the little beauties perked up with herbs, spices and some with serious quantities of fresh chillis. You know what they say, mmm...what's that smell - its Podge's Gourmet Pickled Eggs. Have a look at some photos and sample menus from previous festivals.

See you there!

Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival 2009

This looks like being a UK first. Although Belgian beer has been available at the previous nine winter festivals, this year we hope to be the first to have draught beer from KeyKegs. Not only will we be the first to use this revolutionary method of dispensing in the UK but also we will be featuring some very special beers from both the innovative Alvinne and Struise Breweries. We should have over 60 quality bottled beers too.

The festival runs from noon to 23.00, Thursday 5 February to Saturday 7 February 2009 at the Essex County Council Social Club (Triangle Club), Duke St. Chelmsford.