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Yes, I'll grant you the aroma, but there just wasn't enough follow-up for my liking.

mm picked up a few bottles of the Leffe too.
Tried one a few weeks ago and couldn't decide if I really liked it or was swayed by it being so hard to get and I had some!
Certainly a very unusual beer with some odd flavours but will have to try another bottle before making a judgment.

Ger thanks for the bottle of Leffe, yourself and The Kid bought everything from Abbotts Ale House. Lovely beer.

Hey Rebel are you tryimg to suggest there is a conspiracy against you aa and that we are taking all the good drinks from the Abbot?????? I left a load of Bread of Heaven there for you!!!!!!!!

Seriously thoug popped in again last Thursday - showed Rossa the drinkinig sites of cork!!!! Came across and bought a six pack of classic belgian ales for 19.95. Golden Draak and Piraat at 10.5% each, Briegel amber ale, 5.2%, Augustijn belgian beer at 85%, and Bornem double and triple abbey beers 8 and 9% respectively. <!-- w --><a class="postlink" href="www.vansteenberge.com">www.vansteenberge.com is the brewery website -I have not looked it up yet All expiry dates in 2009. There were a few packs there - i had never heard of any of these epcept Golden Draak and Piraat - and had only tasted Draak.

Again well done gusy for selection

Back at the Abbot again today. Try not to go too often as I usually tend to buy too many bottles!!!!

Picked up the followig -

Hardcore IPA (9%) and Hop Rocker Lager from Brewdog in Scotland. Very modern-looking presentiiton and interesitng website. The IPA sooks vv. interesting and look forward to sampling shortly. Euro 3.10 for a 9% 33 cl btl I think is a fair price. Onl brewign since early 2007 but seem to be doing really well so far.

McChouffe Biere Brun 75cl 8.5% from Achouffe Brewery Belgium will be for sharing (probably at my first hoembrewing session!!)

Also picked up a Weihenstephaner Tradtional Dunkel which I have not had before.

In the bargain basement secton they had jsut out of daters Augsutiner Edelstoff and Schneider Weisse Kristall for 1 euro each but guess what - I did not take any!!!!

hey Ger - what did you think of that hardcore ipa?
got one in redmonds the other day. thought it was great but at 9% you wouldn't want to be doing much the next day!