Belgian Beer Log Day 4 - Duvel, Westmalle Dubbel

I went out to dinner with Pishko and Phil at 'The Lodge' mainly because it was 5 minutes from the fab and had good beer. It was quite cold out and it takes a long time for my little Fiat Punto diesel to warm up. Incidentally, i found that i could get it warmed up by the time i got to The Lodge if i drove in 1st gear the whole way. It made quite a racket pushed against the rev limiter (5,500rpm for those interested) but did warm up.

Anyways, back to the moral of this story. Beer.

I had been told that a lot of Americans that come over to Belgium like Duvel so i tried that. It was decently stiff at 8.5% but pretty light and not so great making it doubly apparent that Americans are wrong when it comes to beer.

We decided to have another as we were eating dinner and all and rather than just ask for any suggestion, i pushed for a suggestion for something dark. To this request i was granted a Westmalle Dubbel. I was a bit dubious at first since the Westmalle Trippel i had the night before left something to be desired but the Dubbel did shine.

The Dubbel it turns out was much better than the Trippel and the Duvel. It was only 7% but dark and hearty and quite good. This was the first of the Trappist beers i liked better than the Irish Stout i had the first night.