Well, I’m not a beer drinker, being that I’m still about three months from being legal in the States (probably the first person ever to be stopped by that particular law). I’ve tried a few beers in the past in Denmark, but I’m sorry to say that my pallet does not yet appreciate them. No doubt living in Belgium will change that.
But theology students can still drink Devil beer, I do believe. I’ll see if I can track it down.
By the way, I luckly found a workshop to set up in, and one of the third year students has promised to show me where they sell PVC, So the wheels of industry should be turing in short order.
Not a beerdrinker, eh. You should try out Mort Subite Framboise. Duvel is not quite a beginnersbeer but everybody likes framboise, and I think Mort Subite makes the easiest to drink.
Don’t worry, it isn’t strawberry flavoured beer… it’s raspberry flavoured beer! Fraises are strawberries, unless my french immersion has failed me.
That’s the thing, Belgians aren’t afraid to experiment with their beer and the results are fantastic. But you’re right, the fruit beers are not for everyone… awful refreshing though.
Stawberries are indeed Fraises (damn, french spelling) in French. This raspberrybeer is actually quite traditional, although ‘kriek’ the cherrybeer (‘krieken’ a kind of rather sour cherries) is even more traditional and has been around for hundreds of years. Framboise is not overly sweet and is sometimes used as a substitute for champagne around here (it tastes totally different, but somehow, it works).
You must know that this are beers based on Lambic, a kind of beer most foreigners don’t even recognise as beer. It tastes a little bit like really dry cider.
Now, just to provoque, an other Belgian speciallity is … Horsemeat. (Doesn’t taste like chicken)
Cheers,
Rob
edited twice for spelling already, my English is ****edup today so don’t mind the rest of my spelling
so what i’ve heard is actually true
i suppose it’s a very superstitious country
do they still spear donkeys from a distance and have Holy Blood processions with the butcher’s wife dressed up like the Virgin Mary in the middle of the afternoon?
It should be noted the Belgian cuisine is, IMHO, some of the best on the planet, horse meat or no horse meat. Someone said that “if France is the culinary heart of Europe, than Belgium is surely its stomach”.
Superstituous, I don’t get it. We don’t eat it to get a bigger … eh, brain or anything. That said, I almost never eat it, and if I do, I only eat smoked horsemeat on a sandwich. (By the way, I really don’t get it)
Spear?? No way, we are human, we use the electric chair. (Please, consider this a joke(it IS intended as a joke), or we 'll have to move this to different forum.)
I think the Procession and all the nutty Belgian folk festivals still take place. I took part in the veneration of the Holy Blood with a few hundred of my closest German/Italian friends
We’ll, my father is in two ‘guilds’ so I’ve been in a few processions. There are not many other people under fifthy there. I’ve been looking for pictures on the net but i didn’t find something rightaway.
Fraises are strawberries, unless my french immersion has failed me.
all right, i’ll come over for Halloween