Samichlaus Bier 14%
To breathe in the scent of this vigorous crimson-colored brew is to be par to a sensory preview of its incredibly nuanced flavors, its strength and its warmth. A cloying sweetness of this potent bier (14% abv, to be exact) reveals a spectrum of complex and satisfying tastes --- perfect if savored now or stored for a period of time while its forceful flavor grows in nuance and subtlety. It's an extraordinary synergy of scent and taste, with light malty notes of vanilla, apple cider, toffee, chocolate, oak, and a spirited suggestion of matured brandy, sherry and port in its character. This intense flavor is lightened at the finish by a pronounced glow of peppery liquor, for a flavor that lingers long after each sip of this exceptionally thick and glossy satin body.

Samichlaus Helles 14%
This Helles is pure intensity in beer form. From its forceful aroma of the fruity essences of pears apples and grapes to a character hinting at anise, pepper, vanilla and fruits gilded in a powdered sugary glaze, it seems only natural that this hard hitter's alcohol by volume is a hearty 14%. Its taste is slightly hoppy, lightly fizzy with a luxuriant and velvety texture – a beer for your cellar, if you can manage to resist its cognac-like dry finish and welcoming zest for long enough to allow it to age. Not that you have to - brewed only once a year on December 6, Helles is aged for a full 10 months before bottling. It may be hard to imagine doing much better than this golden, robustly toothsome brew, with few more years under its belt, it grows in complexity and nuance – proving that not only wine can age magnificently gracefully.

Doppelbock Dunkel 8.5%
Doppelbock Dunkel's rich, dark chocolate hue attests its pleasantly surprising, heightened chocolaty taste. A mellow, muddled molasses and traditional peat aroma complements this full-bodied brew's zesty spice and smooth, soft character, finished at the end with a warming smoky kick of spicy hops and dry woodsy earth notes. With a nice carbonation and light white head with minimal lacing, this malty brew's flavor hints not just of cocoa, but of a deep, supple caramel, with dark fruits and a hint of brown sugar. Not overpoweringly syrupy or strong, this beer is a real spectrum of tastes to relax and enjoy.

Eggenberger Urbock 23* 9.6%
Called the "Cognac of Beers," this haughty beer is a rich golden brown toffee color with a strong malt aroma.  Its subtly fizzy head, superb lacing and robust, thick body draw out undertones of bread, honey and an almost candy-like sweetness to the brew. At the Urbock 23's core is an oaky, almost wort-like malt essence – a stoic start finished with a zesty and strong alcohol burn. Its character is a woodsy, heavy beer -  more akin to cognac, brandy, or even scotch liquor than to the traditional light American beers that have come to define the genre to the general public. With this 9.6 percent alcohol by volume and a taste worthy of a true connoisseur, get back to the heart of beer at its most hearty and robust.

Mac Queen's Nessie 5%
MacQueen's Nessie is a medium brew with a lasting, creamy head and golden copper body. Brewed with Scottish Highland malt – the main ingredient in Scottish whiskies - its aroma is a spicy, smoked toffee and verdurous sweetened hay. Light bittering hops provide just enough subtle peppermint-flavored balance to the finigh with a small tingle of soured orange honey. The fresh and zesty flavor you'd expect from a light scotch whisky, but with the smoothness and yeasty flavor of beer.  

Gouden Carolous Classic 8.5%
Carolus Classic, touted as "The Emperor's Beer" has the warmth of wine and the freshness of beer. A warmly brown color with deep grape undertones, its aroma is slightly sweet and malty. Extreme gravity makes for a very full body that carries its primary tastes of malt and toffee, blossoming then into dark dried fruits, sweet grapes and bananas, ending with a dark chocolate cherry essence. In the end, a mild hopped bitterness produces a dryness that balances the extremely complex flavor perfectly, leaving your palate to contemplate a lingering nuance of spices, fruits, and hops.  Medium carbonation with a creamy, almost oily texture, its complexities only grow richer with age. A very cellarable beer.

Gouden Carolous Triple 9%
This pure and golden brew with a large frothy white head is extremely flavored with a thick head, a thick body and singularly captivating flavor. It's clearly the quarterback of beers – big and hearty, but zippy and occasionally surprisingly intelligent. Wafting from this peculiar golden nectar is the aroma of freshly sliced peaches, citrus and bitter hops - ideal for this traditionally top-fermented fair, blonde Triple. The peppery spiciness of pine is complemented by sweet banana gum, honey notes and an especially sharp malt tone in the bulk of the taste. After the explosive, spritzy, frothy beginning there's a slight alcohol at finish, a lovely tart bittering and the buzz of satisfaction one can only get after having drank such a lively and charismatic beer.

Gouden Carolous Ambrio 8%
Quite complex, yet well balanced, this beer is as entirely palatable as its bracing, yeasty, banana aroma and fascinating deep magenta-amber color could imply. Described by its brewers as, "a perfect harmony between the powerful taste of brown beers and the freshness of blonds" Ambrio has a pithy sweetness - combining the tangy fresh pear, dried fruits, fig, berry, and citrus with late floral notes prolonged by a lightly carbonated finish. Earthy isn't the final bow for this brew, though! Ambrio's final flourish is its bitter hop edge - Challenger and Goldings hops, to be exact – that tempers the yeasty and sweet caramelized malt tone for a tart and silky close. 

Gouden Carolous "Cuvee van de Keizer Blauw" 11%
The unique brewing of the Cuvee van de Keizer, with only extra fine Belgian hops and with a higher alcohol level of 11%, guarantees this beer to age excellently over several years time with a complexity and intensity usually reserved for the finest of wines. Attesting to the innate mystery and intensity of a cellerable beer is this brew's beautiful ruby brown, almost henna color.  With a light-brown, velvety head and sweet, powerful notes of wood, yeast, and plums, the Cuvee surprises one's palate with subtle hints of caramel and even fresh green apples. Drinking a Carolus is a fully sensory experience, so be certain to breathe in its fruity, almost delicate aroma that complements a richly roasted malted, yet softly dense body. It's a truly sugary brew in every sense, erring on the natural, fresh and refreshing side of sweetness.

Cuvee Van De Keizer Rood
Cuvee Van De Keizer Rood was brewed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the “Cuvee Van De Keizer Blauw”. The Cuvee Van De Keizer Rood is brewed every year starting on February 24th..
The Rood is a blond beer, very similar to what used to be the Gouden Carolus Easter Beer. This is a warm rich beer that is brewed, like the traditional Cuvee Van De Keizer, once a year. During the brewing process several types of malt and three types of spices are used. This golden blond ale has an alcohol concentration of 10% creating a full and balanced taste that will appeal to the demanding beer taster.

Gouden Carolous Christmas 10.5%
Breathe in the complex perfume of Carolus Christmas' roasted malt, prunes, raisins in rum, and you'll be instantly understand why the Christmas spirit brings goodwill toward man! Notes of caramel, cloves, and dates add to the each complex sip – the palate is full, generous and sparkly with a velvety head.  Roasted hazelnut dances with  pungent black licorice-anise to recall a sweetened sharpness, while the weight of a consistent, chasing bitterness in the warming, assertively alcoholic conclusion lend a certain gravitas to balance this cheerful brew. When you're drawing in that zesty and prickly scent – spices, fruits, sugars, burning alcohol – a sight to be seen and a beer to be drank in its hazy  golden cherry-brown hue, you won't be able to contain the spirit of the holidays, and you certainly won't want to.

Gouden Carolous Hopsinjoor
Gouden Carolus Hopsinjoor rounds out the core beers of the Carolus series with a “hoppy” beer. The name “Hopsinjoor” is a play on words, combining “opsinjoor” which is a figure from Belgian mythology,specific from Mechelen, and hops for the hoppiness of the beer.
Hopsinjoor is brewed with four types of hops, Golding, Spalt, Hallertau, and Saaz, they are used several times in the cooking to fully develop their aromas. This beer pours with a massive creamy, fluffy head that laces the entire glass. The nose of the beer is citusy, wheaty, peppery, and slightly piney. The balance between sweet citrus and the bitter of the hops creates harmony on the palate, with undertones of pine and pepper.

Lucifer
Lucifer pours cleat and golden yellow with a lasting and lacing full white head. The aroma of yeast carries into the flavor with slight metallic and spiced accents.  A of fruit compliments the dry and bitter finish of this complex beer.

Delirium Tremens
Ah, the Pink Elephant. Who can forget the 8.5% of alcohol that dances behind this signature beer's stylishly grey befoiled walls?  Sip Delirium Tremens slowly to reveal the depth of its taste bouquet – bitter at first, then delightfully peppery, lending an air of irreverence to a body and aroma that are at once malty and robust. This unique and sumptuous character is owed to a distinctive brewing process involving 3 types of yeast and centuries of tradition. Just nine short years after it was born at the Huyghe brewery, Delirium Tremens was crowned a world champion beer in 1998. It's certainly a lager at its best – straightforward, yet captivating and altogether gratifying.

Delirium Nocturnum
A darker and more intense sister to the fair and flirtatious Delirium Tremens, Delirium Nocturnum's vigorous and robust character is something only achieved by the centuries-long traditions and expertise of the Huyghe brewery. Not for the weak-palated or the faint-of-heart, this brawny beer's taste is strong, its hops bitter and invigorating, and its alcohol percentage a hearty nine percent. Don't be afraid, though, if you haven't developed your beer-tasting muscles over the years. Delirium Nocturnum may be the toast of every beer expert's table, but that's not to say that an intrepid beer pioneer couldn't savor its velvety character and completely appreciate its full-bodied and vivacious flavor.

Delirium Noel
When the seasons' spectrums have changed from a vivid rainbow of flora, fauna and fair weather to a monochrome blanket of snow, slush and frigid temperatures, so must one's beer. A spicy, crimson brew that completes the Delirium Trilogy (including Tremens and Nocturnum), Delirium de Noel will bring color and zest back  to the cold winter months and to your cheeks. With its combination of an invigoratingly sharp and peppery character, stirring bitterness and that rare, crisp winter freshness of flavor, your inevitable fondness for the subtle, yet familiar nuances of piquant Delirium de Noel will last through the seasons! Be sure to make plans to stay in when you pour out this memorable holiday beer, as its stout 10% alcohol content should keep you from going out in the cold more so than any blizzard ever could!

Floris Apple 3.5%
An intense nose reminiscent of both Red Delicious and Granny Smith apples matched with a taste that's clean, sweet and cider-like gives us  Floris Pomme (French for "apple")  - one unapologetically fruity and refreshing beer. Light in its alcohol level – right around 3.5 percent – this apple beer has brusqueness characteristic of traditional bright pilsners, but with an undeniably strong, market-fresh apple flavor. Floris Pomme's subtly hazy body and light wheat notes achieve a hoppy and tart finish – lending what could be an overtly saccharine and cloying flavor a singular freshness. Its though you had picked it straight from the orchard.

Floris Framboise 3.7%
A traditional go-to fruit brew, Floris Framboise (French for raspberry) combines zesty tartness and a champagne-like bitterness into what is surely its ideal form – a snappy and refreshing beer. Captivating to the eyes with its rich, vibrant magenta body and dark fuschia head, this beer is just as much invigorating to the palate, if not more so. From the first sip to the last, the reviving flavor of this acidic, medium-bodied drink is accented by a strong tingle of invigorating carbonation. Complimenting the natural sugar that mingles with the smooth role of malt in this beer's brewing is a very tart, distinctly raspberry flavor. With a slightly bitter finish, each tasting of this lightly alcoholic (3.7%) beer is complete with a pleasantly mellow and lasting aftertaste of deeply sweet and summery fruit.

Brigand 9%
This sweetly lingering Belgian triple pours, with a flair and elegance typical of its origins, a hazy amber-orange with a beautiful white and foamy head. Extremely aromatic and pungent, expect to discern and air of strikingly exotic candied fruits, bright banana and the zip and sting of more peppery notes. The palate of this sparkling, carbonated 9% alcohol brew is subtle at first - belying the exuberant taste at its center – one nearly reminiscent of white wine, but with that familiar solid character only found in finely brewed biers such as Brigand's.

Kasteel Donker 11%
This wintery, warm and 11% strong Donker pours a deep and rich ruby with a tan head that is quick to part, but leaves a joyfully intricate lacing in its stead. Its toffee aroma quickly reveals robust roasted malt, burn sugar tastes and rich port wine-esque fruits like, apricot and cherry. It's aromas like these that make this beer the perfect sipper to take the edge off of those rainier days – whether the rain is literal or figurative. A thick and silky body divulges exceptional saccharine tastes, mingling with rich notes of Vietnamese chicory coffee, chocolate cake and that bitter hop zing that reminds you that what you're drinking is a beer that truly rivals the complexity and sophistication of a fine wine.

Kasteel Rouge 8%
This beer is a marriage of sophisticated Belgian brew techniques, age old and centuries tested - with the unbridled joy of drinking the best cherry pie you've ever tasted…in a glass. Pouring a deep black cherry color with a small reddish and velvety head, this Rouge's noseis one of nutty yeasty milk chocolate. One sip reveals myriad cherry flavors, buttressed with spice, bitterness, but not overpowered by carbonation. The perfect balance of ripe cherry fruits, bready malts and essential zest and spice, this beer will surely render yourfavorite fruit dessert obsolete.

Kasteel Triple 11%
A strong and robust beer encased in light creamy flavors, this hazy golden triple is truly a sheep in wolves' clothing. A rare find, as most beers numbering at 11% alcohol by volume tend towards sickly sweet, Kasteel hides the alcohol within artfully with the perfect combination of malt, hops and nutty verdure freshness. Vinous aromas of bready malts, exotic fruits and banana esters lead to a flavor that is a spicy light citrus and bitter orange hop flavor – brought together for a creamy character that exemplifies a strong-bodied, yes delicate Belgian beer.

St. Louis Premium Framboise 4.5%
This framboise has a simple and straightforward character - not unlike the humble summer fruit with which it is flavored. Erring not on the side of cloying sweetness of sugary saccharined tutti-frutti candies, this brew sticks to something more vial - the market-fresh taste and sweetness of ripened ruby raspberries. With a characteristic limbic funk midway the St. Louis Premium is as stalwart and stoic as the king for whom it was named. Aiming not at pretense and frivolity, the raspberry flavor is neither overly sour nor sickly sweet, its body neither obtrusively heavy nor ephemerally light - it is in sort a perfectly concocted fresh fruit Belgian lambic.

St. Louis Premium Kriek 4.5%
This cherry bomb of a beer pours out its lightly acidulous, slightly prickly body in a purple hazy color accompanied by a frothy light pink head. Though its character is mainly that of lightly tart cherry cordials and fresh bing cherry juice - upon further contemplation even a rookie beer connoisseur will note something more complex. That layered complexity is the result of this Kriek's nutty Amaretto almond aroma. It's an elegant start to a beer with a juicy, mouthwatering intermission and a sweet and stylish cherry finish.

St. Louis Premium Peche 3.5%
Like the summery fruit whose name it bears and whose flavor it encapsulates, the St. Louis Premium Peche is simple, fresh, fruity and sweet. With a zesty, energetic acidity to complement its sumptuous sweetness - this soft amber-orange hued lambic retains a good deal of its traditional Belgian taste in the midst of its unabashed peachiness. Though its scent it pure unashamed, plucked-from-the-branch peach, its body, character and flavor are more evoke a sense of entrancing ennui - like a veritable Odyssian siren lurking in a pleasantly bucolic European peach orchard. To taste the Peche is to sample the fresh zing of a fruity summer splendor mingled with the deeper, alluring musty spice typical of a fine Belgian lambic brew.

St. Louis Fond Tradition Gueuze 5%
All thos pungent fruity flavors - sensuous grape, fermeted apples, zesty lemons, ripe peaches--- mingle with the rustic musty yeast note that lend the Gueze both modern crispness and that traditional, old-school Belgian lambic musty spice. This is, for the most part, a traditional Gueze, brewed in small batches -- infused with a perfume of farm-fresh horse-blanket whose medium-body and has a sour fruit, dry taste that lingers like the sun setting over a field of fine Northern European hops.

Bacchus
This Flemish sour exudes all the range of flavors you might expect from the famous Van Honsebrouck Brewery. The blend of malty sweetness and tangy flare give this Flemish classic it’s unique flavor profile all its own. Aged in wood barrels, to add complexity, delicate fruity and floral aromas envelop the nose at the first sip. With a tangy to dry finish this beer represents the artful and time honored traditions of Belgian Brewing.

Straffe Hendrik, A Rich Bitter Ale
Bruges Tripels are fuller bodied tripels with an amber color from the darker, roasted malts used during the brewing process. Also, adding to the fuller body is a longer boiling period for this beer and the use of more hops than traditional Belgian Triples.  These unique characteristics were an immediate success with the people of Bruges.  In 1981, when the Maes family began brewing this old recipe the people of Bruges gave it the name “Straffe Henri” (Strong Henri), after the owner Henri Maes.

Straffe Hendrik Quadruppel is a rich and intense dark Belgian ale. It is brewed with a subtle blend of specialty malts, which give the ale an extremely dark color and a chewy, malty complex character. This quadruppel combines a clean dryness with a warm full bodied mouth feel and essences of fruit. Secondary refermentation in the bottle creates a living ale that can be aged and will have an evolution of taste profiles over time.

It is brewed by the last active brewery in the historical city of Bruges. The town archives first mention the brewery in 1546. Since 1856, the famous brewing family Maes-Vanneste has owned the brewery.