Which of these beers should I try?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

I'm having a Mother's Day dinner at Mannequin Pis :bounce:
This is most of their beer list, but I've deleted several that I've already tried, because I want to expand my vocabulary. Is there something here I shouldn't miss? Or should I try one of their seasonal ales?
If you know something about the beer, please tell me what sort of food it goes best with.

Pale/Golden/Blond Ales:
Affligem Blonde
Saxo Blonde
LaChouffe
Leffe

Lambics:
Corsendonk
Lindemans Peche
Lindemans Casis
Lindemans Pomme
Petrus
OerBier

Golden Tripel Ales:
Val-Dieu Tripel
Pater Lieven Tripel
St. Feuillien Tripel
Urthel Tripel Ale
St. Bernardus Tripel
Karmeliet Tripel
Maredsous 10 Tripel
Watou Tripel
De Dolle Dulle Teve Tripel

Trappist Ales:
Chimay “Cinq Cents” Tripel
Westmalle Triple
Westmalle Dubbel
Rochfort Trappiste 6
Rochfort Trappiste 8
Rochfort Trappiste 10

Brown/Amber Ales:
Nostradamus Brown Ale
McChouffe Brune
Kwak
Dekonick Amber
St. Bernardus Pater 6
Gouden Carolous Ambrio

"Slightly Different" Beers (whatever that means):
Bernardus Wit Bier
Hoegaarden
Wittekerke Wit Ale
Vuuve
Wostyntje Spice

Brown Dubbel/Tripel Ales
Maredsous 8 Dubbel
St. Bernardus Prior8
Abbey De Roc
Gouden Carolous Classic
Gulden Draak (Tripel)

GRAND BIER (25 Oz)
Rodenbach
Kasteel triple
St. Bernardus 12
Chimay Cingcents
Lindemans kriek
Gouden Carolous
Lindemans Casis
Lindemans Peche
Piraat

[Xipe Totec]

1. I don't see any Boch on the list, or Plzen

Go by the genre, not the species.

:hi:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

2. It's a Belgian Restaurant

Have to go with what they've got. Poor me. :D

[libnnc]

3. For some reason, I'm curiously drawn to the Nostradamus Brown

[GoddessOfGuinness]

4. Maybe drinking it will make me prophetic.

[RadiationTherapy]

5. I love "tripel" ales

Lots of alcohol and flavor.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

10. ...and Mr GoG can always drive home....

I once tried Delirium Tremens, and was very glad that I was home, where I could pass out comfortably.

:D

[Rabrrrrrr]

6. I love Corsendonk, but I don't know that the one I love is the one listed there.

I love really yeasty beers, and Corsendonk is (or has) a beer that actually fits my bill, and which no other so-called "yeasty" beer I've tried can measure up to in quantity of yeast, except a Swedish one I had 25 years ago, the name of which I never got but which I drank at a wonderful restaurant in Ann Arbor (possibly Detroit) that had a menu of a 100 or so foreign beers and had cool cards that one could get with all the beers listed on it and which the bar would hole punch for each beer that one tried and when one filled up the card, one got one's name on the Wall of Fame. That particular beer was one that was served by tipping the 25 or so oz. bottle upside down into the giant glass, so as to effect the maximum amount of agitation in the liquid, forcing all the yeast to distribute itself evenly through the glass. Wonderful!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

7. I like doing that with hefeweissen...

to activate all those tasty esters...

I have had Corsedonk before, but I think it may have been improperly stored as it was recommended highly, and I wasn't wild about it. What sort of fare would you serve it with? Salmon, maybe?

Check out their menu: http://www.mannequinpis.com/daily_menu.php
I'm so psyched!

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Oddly enough, I've had Corsendonk only with Turkish food.

[bicentennial_baby]

8. Ooooh, the Chimay!!

:9

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. I've enjoyed other Chimay ales,

so that's probably a good bet. :hi:

[av8rdave]

11. All of them!

[Crabby Appleton]

14. seconded

[GoddessOfGuinness]

15. Wheeeeeee!

[johnnie]

12. Where's Asthmaticeog?

He's my beer guru. Estimated Prophet can help you too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Do you like Belgian ales?

[johnnie]

19. What I had at the Belgian place by me was pretty good

I'm not big on those ales, but I can drink them. We had a meetup by my house not long ago and across from where we ate was a Belgian beer garden so we went there for a while. Both of those guys know what's up with that stuff..lol.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

21. Cool!

Where's the biergarten? I may check it out next time I'm in Cleveland!

[johnnie]

23. It's on 25th across from the West Side Market

The place we went to eat was an Indian place (I think), we sat around smoking a hookah after dinner.

[tigereye]

13. Corsendonk is good (I've only had the Christmas one)

Nostradamus, and Hoegaarden are good.


seem to remember that Chimay is good...


Happy Mother's Day :hi:



I bought myself a really nice nasturtium variety ... we'll see what the guys come up with...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. Nasturtiums are nice with spring greens...

If you want to eat your pretty flowers instead of looking at them. :D

Happy Mothers Day to you! :hug:

[Hawkeye-X]

18. Fuck it all - I'm kicking back in with a Jamaican Red Stripe

after dinner tonight! :woohoo:

[Shakespeare]

20. I recently had Hoegaarden, and loved it. Also...(2nd rec)

A dark, slightly sweet beer (not sure if it's officially an ale), and not too bitter.

And if you want something truly heavenly, get the Lindemans Peche (it's a peach lambic, and is to DIE for).

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. I was thinking about one of those for a dessert...

I love the Framboise. :9

[Initech]

24. All of them! But I bolded the ones you should try first:

ale/Golden/Blond Ales:
Affligem Blonde
Saxo Blonde
LaChouffe
Leffe

Lambics:
Corsendonk
Lindemans Peche
Lindemans Casis
Lindemans Pomme
Petrus
OerBier

Golden Tripel Ales:
Val-Dieu Tripel
Pater Lieven Tripel
St. Feuillien Tripel
Urthel Tripel Ale
St. Bernardus Tripel
Karmeliet Tripel
Maredsous 10 Tripel
Watou Tripel
De Dolle Dulle Teve Tripel

Trappist Ales:
Chimay “Cinq Cents” Tripel
Westmalle Triple
Westmalle Dubbel
Rochfort Trappiste 6
Rochfort Trappiste 8
Rochfort Trappiste 10

Brown/Amber Ales:
Nostradamus Brown Ale
McChouffe Brune
Kwak
Dekonick Amber
St. Bernardus Pater 6
Gouden Carolous Ambrio

"Slightly Different" Beers (whatever that means):
Bernardus Wit Bier
Hoegaarden
Wittekerke Wit Ale
Vuuve
Wostyntje Spice

Brown Dubbel/Tripel Ales
Maredsous 8 Dubbel
St. Bernardus Prior8
Abbey De Roc
Gouden Carolous Classic
Gulden Draak (Tripel)

GRAND BIER (25 Oz)
Rodenbach
Kasteel triple
St. Bernardus 12
Chimay Cingcents
Lindemans kriek
Gouden Carolous
Lindemans Casis
Lindemans Peche
Piraat

Be warned though that Belgian beers are like fine wines or bourbons - you cant just drink them and expect to enjoy them.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

27. Some are an acquired taste, definitely...

I've tried some that I enjoy very much...but I have weird tastebuds. I loved Cantillon Gueuze the first time I tried it...tart and bitter is good for me.

I'm tempted by the Oerbier...

Thanks for your suggestions! :toast:

[Initech]

30. No problem.

I love beer and Belgian ales especially. I've been tipped off to a bar that's not too far from my house that stockpiles tons of different kinds. I should check that out.

[NightWatcher]

26. go with Corsendonk. if you try the tripels you've hit your limit after the first drink

I have 2 bottles of Corsendonk in the fridge at home, YUM

[GoddessOfGuinness]

28. Good point...

:D

[Pierre.Suave]

29. What a ridiculous question...

EVERYONE knows the only answer is, ALL OF THEM!!!!!!!!

Duh!

:P

I can actually get KWAK at the bar 3 blocks from my house, it is pretty good stuff. I have no experience with any of the others.