On the spur of the moment we decided to go out for moules and frites last night at Belgo Centraal in Covent Garden. The mussels were amazing, but for me the enourmous selection of Trappist beers took the centre stage. Didn't get any shots of the food, but here's some of the beers...
De verboden vrucht - 8.5% abv, brewed by De Kluis, the same company that brews Hoegaarden.
Steenbrugge Dubbel Bruin - 6.5% abv. The guy on the label is Sanctus Arnoldus who was a medieval monk. Apparently he got the local villagers drinking beer instead of water because the water was boiled during the brewing process which meant it was less toxic than water at the time. Yay for beer!
Trappistes Rochefort. Brewed in a monastery in Rochefort, Belgium. Comes in three flavours - 7.5% abv, 9.2% abv and 11.3% abv. I can't remember which one I had as things were getting a little bit blurry at this point.
