The good folks over at The Trappist are at it again with their Belgian Beer classes. This time around, they will be featuring Belgian Dark Strong Ales, one of my favorite styles of beer.
Here are the specifics:
Who: The Trappist, 460 8th Street, Oakland (map)
What: Belgian Beer School Session #4: Belgian Dark Strong Ales (hosted by Nicole Erny & Nathan Smith)
When: Saturday, November 22nd & Sunday, November 23rd at 12pm.
Why: Why not?
How: $30 per person. There will be 5 beers in this tasting and a full pour of anything they have on draft with hors d’oeuvres (I hate writing this word… damn the French and their triple vowel combinations, silent consonants and seemingly random apos’tro’phes!!!) at the end of the class.
You can view a .pdf of the flyer (or is it flier, hmm?) here but here is the beer list:
- Malheur 12
- St. Bernardus Abt. 12
- Rochefort 8
- Chimay Grand Reserve, and
- Gouden Carolus Grand Cru of the Emperor (isn’t that an impressive name? Sounds very Dune-ish)
To make your reservation, email Nicole at nicole(at)thetrappist.com. I’m sure you can figure out her email address, right? We are planning on attending the Sunday session as our Saturday has been booked weeks in advance. So much for resting on the Sabbath.
I think the last session I attended was their first, the Dubbels & Tripels session. I learned a lot from that session and I thought I already knew a lot about beer. Just goes to show that when you think you know what you think you know, you find out you didn’t know as much as you thought you did. Try saying that three times fast!
I you are able, have the time, money and curiosity, I suggest you sign-up for either day. You’ll learn a lot, taste some great beers and get to hang out at one of the coolest beer bars that I know of.
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The question about the Gouden Carolus is whether it is Blue or Red. My guess is blue since that’s what they had in there last time I was there. Awesome list.
Hey Mario,
Yes, you’re absolutely right, we covered “Cuvee van de Keizer Blauw” Blue for the class. 2008 vintage. They re-did the label this year: http://www.hetanker.be/en/beers/gouden-carolus-cuvee-van-de-keizer.html
Older label example:
http://www.beerlabels.com/labels/labels.pl/3308/gouden-carolus-grand-cru-of-the-emperor-2003.html
And the EU the label is “D’Or – Cuvée Van De Keizer”:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1534/6947
All the same beer, brewed once a year, on February 24th; and an awesome beer at that..
Thanks Peter for posting about the class! Cheers,
-Nathan Smith