The dark cold days of winter may not be most people’s favorites, but we love this time of year as we usher in several months of great Belgian beers. Beginning this week, you’ll find an expanded menu of Belgians and Belgian-style American (plus Asian and European) beers. If you want to try them all, come out for this Saturday’s 6th Annual Battle of the Belgians! Our favorite Belgian beer event will bring together brewers and distributors from around the globe to test the best of Belgium alongside American-made Belgian-style beers. From 1-4 p.m., there will be unlimited samples of 20+ bottled beers expected to be included from the following (final availability subject to change):From Belgium
- Tilquin Gueuze
- Westmalle Dubble
- Westmalle Tripel
- Rochefort 8
- Rochefort 10
- Orval
- Saison du Pont
- Triporteur Kinky Berry
- Triporteur Full Moon
- Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge
- Affligem Blonde
- De Dolle Stille Nacht (on draught: We’ll be tapping Friday night!)
- De Dolle “Teve” 10 Triple
- Fantome Hiver Saison
- Strubbe Ichtegems
- Alvinne Wild West Sour
- Kerkom “Reuss” blended Lambic
From USA
- Crooked Stave Wild Sage Lambic (on draught)
- Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza
- Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire dark farmhouse ale
- Stillwater – TBA
- LIC Beer Project (on draught TBA)
- Folksbier Abigale (on draught)
- The Bruery Oude Tart
- Allagash Triple
Other countries
- Hitachino Saison (Japan)
- L’Anjub/Stillwater collaboration: Catalan Farmhouse Ale (Spain)
- Hof Ten Dormaal/Stillwater collaboration: Arcana (a Belgian farmhouse stout)
A limited number of tickets ($65 – get them here) remain. A select group of judges will be at Jimmy’s No. 43 on Friday doing blind tastings to pick their favorites. Then you can vote for your favorites on Saturday during the event.
And if you can’t make it to this year’s Battle of the Belgians, be sure to drop by anytime for the best selection of Belgian (and Belgian-inspired) beers around! We’ll be having special beers and tastings all winter long.