FRANK BOON
Frank Boon is relatively new to Lambics having started blending in 1975, when he took over the defunct De Vits brewery. He has brought new life to the craft, developing a reputation as a daring traditionalist, his lambics having great complexity.

BOON GUEUZE 6.5% abv LAMBIC BEER 375ml
A clean tasting slightly sweet unfiltered gueuze, with a soft floweriness of rhubarb like aroma.

LIEFMANS KRIEK 6.5% abv FRUIT BEER 375ml
Once a year the brewery adds cherries to some of its brown ale and allows further fermentation. The finished product is deliciously smooth dark and distinctive with a sweet/sour flavour. A lovely brewery making truly great beers that take years to mature before being let out of the brewery.

LIEFMANS FRAMBOZEN 4.5% abv FRUIT BEER "NOW ON DRAUGHT"
A remarkable speciality beer made with pressed raspberries added to six month old brown ale. After 8 months of maturation the beer is filtered and becomes frambozen. A beer of real depth of flavour and a truly special sweet/sour taste. Even after bottling it is kept in cellars before it is released. A marvellous fruity experience

LINDEMANS
An independent lambic brewer in the hands of the eighth generation of the family to make lambic beers. Originally a farm, the brewery has recently doubled its capacity to cope with export demand.

LINDEMANS FARO 4.0% abv LAMBIC BEER 375ml
Champagne like, darkish, filtered and sweetened Lambic beer making it a good thirst quencher.

Powerful dark ale in a painted bottle. Golden dragon in English is more like herbal medicine!

JAN VAN GENT 5.5% abv SPECIALITY BEER 330ml
From Liefmans brewery, which is surely enough pedigree. a Belgian style ale with an orangey colour. Unfiltered and refreshing.

HOEGAARDEN GRAND CRU 8.7% abv SPECIALITY BEER 330ml
From the makers of Hoegaarden witbier, De Kluis, this beer has similar spicing - curacao orange peel and coriander. Aromatic and light in colour.

 LA CHOUFFE 8.0% abv SPECIALITY BEER 750ml.
From the small village Achouffe in the Ardennes this is a micro brewery success story. So what is a chouffe? A red hatted, long- bearded gnome that's a part of local folklore. The beer is just excellent! Spiced with coriander it's immensely drinkable and full of character. Only available in dated champagne bottles.

MCCHOUFFE 8.5% abv SPECIALITY BEER 750ml.
Inspired by a Scottish friend of the brewers this is a full, rich, warming brew with loads of character. The bearded gnome, which is the brewery logo is kilted in deference to that.

DE KONINCK 5.0% abv BELGIAN ALE 330ml
An outstanding copper coloured ale produced in the city of Antwerp. A fruity distinctive ale similar to alt bier and the diamond city's only brewery. Sparkling with taste and velvety smooth - ask for a bolleke of it!

GOUDEN CAROLUS CLASSIC 8.0% abv STRONG DARK ALE 330ml
An old established classic. The name refers to Charles the Fifth. This is a powerful distinctive dark beer - ideal as a nightcap or with chocolate dishes.

KUPPERS KOLSCH 4.8% abv GERMANY 500ml.
There are more than a dozen breweries in Cologne all specialising in the local style of beer. A pale golden aromatic ale with a delicate flavour. The brewers association has protected this style with an "appelation" and so this can only be produced in the city. The style is subtle rather than dramatic.

DUVEL 8.5% abv BELGIUM 330ml.
Today, the Duvel Moortgat , founded in 1871, is an independent producer of authentic speciality beers. Around the world, Moortgat is considered to be the leading producer of blond, bottle conditioned, high fermentation beers. Duvel, the classic strong golden ale with a large creamy head. A subtle fruitiness and distinctive delicate taste will lead you into temptation. One of the world's great beers, Duvel means devil in Flemish and it is certainly sinfully deceptive - light in body, pale in colour.

UNIBROUE, QUEBEC The French language on the labels of this beer is not from Belgium but Montreal, The Unibroue micro brewery make Belgian style beers of great character. It received initial consultancy from riva of Flanders.

RAFTMAN 5.5%abv QUEBEC 330ml
Brewed with whisky malt which combines well with smooth flavours of a choice yeast. It has a subtle and exceptional bouquet with creates a persistent smooth taste.
 

ST. BERNARDUS PRIOR 8.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
Fruity and a little more acidic. Warming finish.

ST. BERNARDUS ABT 12.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
Revered brew - immensely full bodied rich and creamy.

KARMELIET TRIPEL 8.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
Made by the small brewery Bosteels, the makers of Kwak, this is a new beer made unusually using three types of grain. It's wonderfully smooth and aromatic. The Carmelites apparently made a three grain beer in the 1600's and the recipe was stumbled on by accident. The three grains are barley, wheat and oats in both raw and malted forms. Styrian hops, a generous spicing and the fruity character of the house yeast make a complex beer with a light crisp and lemon dryness.

CORSENDONK - The abbey founded in 1398 at Turnhout near the Dutch border has been renovated as a conference centre, whilst before closing in 1784 it still brewed beer. The beers are the creation of the Keersmaekers family, who have been involved in Belgian brewery for generations.

CORSENDONK AGNUS 8.0% abv ABBEY BEER 330ml
A strong golden perfumey beer in the triple style well packaged. Often known as "Monk's Pale". This beer has considerable finesse with is clean body.