Drink it “locally” in say 10 minutes, then add another, and another, and… 😀

So, you can taste more than one !

I like your idea there Frank! I have two more trips to Belgium this year – 10 days of beer drinking in September and one day of beer buying in November. I try to cram in as many new types as I can whilst trying the favourites I cannot get at home 😀 (And my last Sloeber took only 40 minutes to drink!)

Dont forget to try duvel and kasteelbeer , now those are good beers 😀

You need to acquire the taste for Duvel I think, it is not a beginners golden ale. Sloeber is the easier one to drink. It took me a couple of attempts before I finally got the taste for Duvel. Kasteel is indeed good, though the blond is better than the dark one I think. Another must try is Rochefort, the 10 is one of Belgium’s best beers (it is one of the Trappist beers for which Belgium is famous). (Contrary to many popular beliefs of people who don’t know what they are talking about, Leffe is not a Trappist beer, it is a beer produced in the abbey style by a regular brewery).
Belgium’s strongest beer is Bush, at 12%. Unofficially, Bush Noel can get up to 13% but this is always marketed as a 12% beer.

And Zaventem Airport – can’t wait to see it again 😀 I have four more flights with SNBA this year, and that is just wonderful!

Here is a photo of Kwak and its glass. It is brewed by Bosteels, who also brew the Karmeliet Tripel (harsh aftertaste, not for beginners to Belgian beers!)

And yes, you are all cordially invited round to Chez Youngy for a Leffe when I get there. Even Snapper and his goat. 😉

Leffe – is that the best you can do??? Belgium ain’t like Britain where the only Belgian brews you can find are Leffe and Hoegaarden (even the Stella here is not geniune!)

What about Ciney, Ename, Tongerlo, Sloeber, Hakpin, Piraat, Augustijn, Primus, Gouden Carolus, Straffe Hendrik, De Koninck, Kwak, Bush, Rochefort, Westmalle to name a very tiny selection.

You have a great deal of beers at your disposal in Belgium – once you start with them you will forget all about Leffe 😀

You lucky b*gger!!!!!!

I am off to Belgium in September for 10 days and in November for one day. Belgium is one of those places I hate to leave!!

I too think Gent is pretty grim. Brugge is best, Mechelen is good, Oudenaarde if you are a connoisseur of the golden beauty which is brewed near there, Kortenberg is good for spotting on a Sunday, Oostende is great.

I have eaten in rue des Bouchers and never had food poisoning yet. The Chez Leon there is good.

The chip place is not so close to Schuman Station, I was just given directions to it from there by a Belgian friend who works in Brussels who gave me directions to it when I asked about somewhere to get good Belgian chips. We saw the Europrats near that area, all dressed in black suits with their name tags on, like bloody clones. That is the only thing I don’t like about Brussels – the political association.

And of course Brussels is served by a very good airline flying from the UK 😀

First of all – you are one lucky b*gger. I wish someone would offer me a chance to move to Belgium!! If you have any sense you will snatch this opportunity!!

Good beers to try – Sloeber, Hapkin, Piraat, Ename, Tongerlo. Don’t make the ususal British mistake of assuming that every golden coloured Belgian beer is a lager, it most certainly is not!!!!!!!

There is a very good traditional Belgian chip stand called Friterie Antoine close to Schuman Station, you get nice chips in a cone with mayonnaise and other additions. They are not bloody frozen chips either!! Be prepared to queue at this place. Some eateries around the Grand Place can be tourist rip offs, so be aware of this.

Chez Leon is a reasonable mussels and chips chain which you will find in several locations – two are Rue des Bouchers in Brussels (an eating street!) and the Bruparck area near the deligthful Atomium landmark.

Enjoy Belgium and think about the rest of us who are unlucky enough to be stuck living in England for the rest of their lives!!!!!!!

The new smilies are hideous. They look cheap and nasty and downright bloody awful.