Abbey Beers - 爱好者酿造
Confusion is common, and it bears repeating: Abbey beers are not Trappist and vice versa. Abbey beers, though sometimes made from ancient recipes held by monks, are produced by independent breweries. In contrast to Trappists, the religious community does not enter, in any way, into the production or distribution of these beers, though they may receive royalties. The recipes are sometimes original, sometimes adaptations, but usually these are beers, however created, that take their name from an actual or historical abbey.
不同于修道院啤酒，abbey啤酒是经修道院授权，由一些啤酒爱好者独立酿造的，它的酿造方法源自古老的修道院啤酒，但在长期的酿酒历史中发生了一些变化，同时它也没有很强的宗教色彩。Abbey Beer虽然没有Trappist那么特色十足，但是其中亦有上好佳酿，比利时境内约有70多间修道院授权生产啤酒，依酒精浓度可以分成Single、Double与Triple，比较能表现出Abbey Beer强调重口感的特色的应该是Double与Triple。Double颜色暗沉，散发巧克力与成熟水果的香味，适合与口感厚重如羊排等搭配。Triple酒精浓度在8%~10%，是Abbey Beer酒厂生产最多的等级，较高的酒精含量有助于内含香味的平衡度。
Affligem Blond: 7 %.
This beer, brewed sine 1950 by the monks of the abbey, develops a fine white foam, an average head and presents a golden blond body. It is a highly malted beer, revealing notes notes of citrus, a balanced acidity and a bitterness without excess.
Affligem Dubbel: 7%.
This is a clear brown beer, with a good release of gasses, and a light foam. Winy in the nose, it has a soft barley aroma. Very full in the mouth, it develops complex fruity flavours, a wine-like beginning, suggesting a note of passion fruit as well as light roasting flavours, balanced and long lived.
Affligem Tripel: 8,5.
A clear blond with a persistent head, Affligem Tripel has a fusty nose. The aroma is also fruity with notes of peach, smoke and caramel. Light when first tasted, it evolves into a strong finish in the mouth. It is a rich beer, acidic, soft and slightly bitter.
Corsendonk Agnus: 8 %.
A refined blond of top fermentation, Agnus develops a persistent head. It release a perfume of hops that pleases the nose, spicy, with aromas of fruit and crème fraiche. Soft in the mouth, it is also spicy and possesses a pleasant prolonged bitterness.
Corsendonk Pater: 8 %.
The "Pater" is a brown with a fruity bouquet and a flavour of malt. Relatively sweet, the finish is also malty.
Grimbergen Blonde: 6,5 %.
Presenting a beautiful "old gold" colour and developing a light head, white and short lived. Grimbergen has a fruity and balanced nose. Its approach is a little piquant.
Grimbergen Dubbel: 6,5 %.
The deep brown body has highlights of red. It is topped by a compact head, which is short-lived and releases an average effervescence. To the nose, it carries mainly mocha and barley, while in the mouth it is full, a little dry and soft. It also offers flavours of roasting, anis and liquorice. It finishes with a nice bitterness, balanced and fairly short.
Grimbergen Tripel: 9%.
Grimergen Tripel is a golden blond with a significant release of gasses. It a beautiful strong head. It is a soft beer with background notes of orange and caramel. In the mouth, it is characterized by a flavour of malt and complex spices, accompanied by fresh hops. Round, it pours forth a fresh bitterness, underlined by notes of honey and vanilla. Slightly dry in the final stage.
Grimbergen Optimo Bruno: 10 %.
Originally this was an Easter bee but it is now brewed year round. Under a creamy head, abundant and long-lived, it presents a clear brown colour with red highlights. Lacking some power in the nose, it is distinguished by a balance in the mouth, with lingering anis, liquorice and pear flavours and finishing with a light bitterness.
Leffe Blonde: 6,5 %.
Leffe Blonde develops a nice compact head that doesn't hold long, which tops a golden body. Slightly amber. Its powerful nose caches perfumes of malted barley and wheat. Round in the mouth, it develops a prolonged bitterness and a weak release of gasses. Its flavour is fairly smoky with notes of tobacco, prune and spices. It seems more alcoholic in it's finish and reveals then notes of cedar wood.
Leffe Brune: 6,3 %.
A dark brown colour, it develops a light head that doesn't linger and a fruity nose. It is a beer that is simultaneously soft and round, with a good approach.
Leffe Triple: 8,4 %.
A top fermented beer, of a golden blond colour, its nose is fruity and complex, heightened by notes of wheat, barley, chikaree and coriander. It offers a nice compact head that holds well. Soft of flavour and piquant in the mouth, it develops a balanced bitterness, prolonged by herby aromas.
Leffe Radieuse: 8,2 %.
Leffe Radieuse takes its name, according to its creators, from the resplendent aureole of a saint. It presents a compact and abundant head that holds well. After it's nose of grasses and barley, this soft beer, pleasant in the mouth, offers a flavour of roasted coffee, a balanced yet short bitterness and traces of toasted bread.
Maredsous 6 Blonde: 6,4 %.
Maredsous Blonde presents an amber body and creamy persistent head. In the nose one senses lactic acid. In the mouth, it is spicy and sweet, balanced, and slightly acidic in finish.
Maredsous 8: 8 %.
Brown beer with red highlights. Maredsous 8 distinguishes itself with a creamy head, slightly dark and holding well. Its release of gasses is abundant and it makes a nice effervescence. Round in the mouth, it approaches the palate well. One appreciates a pronounced flavour of roasting, followed by coffee. It finishes slightly acidic with notes of roasted almonds.
Maredsous 10: 9,5 %.
Acidity, softness and bitterness make this clear blond with a persistent head a harmonious beer, balanced, round and full. It's nose is floral, fruity and spicy. It finishes on a note of wheat. In the mouth, it maintains its complexity and it's fruitiness. It develops an after-bitterness with herby aromas.
