Prize Old Ale doesn’t taste like any typical beer I’ve ever had! Brewed in London and coming in at a strong 9%ABV, this British Ale is not a beer that you chug right away. I can definitely tell that the brew masters of this beer meant for the drinker to sip it slowly and enjoy all the different flavors that you get out of it as you drink it.

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Hibernator is a Scottish style ale brewed in the hills of Vermont by the Long Trail Brewery. The Brew Club reviews this classic Winter Beer.

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Gueuze Giradin 1882, black label is an unfiltered, 5% ABV Belgian Lambic beer. The word ‘gueuze’ refers to a second brewing process where old and young limbic beers are blended together. Even the receptacle is an interesting piece of work, resembling a miniature champagne bottle, complete with wired down cork.

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La Chouffe brewery opened initially as a hobby in 1982 and quickly gained a reputation for brewing strong Belgian Ales, normally at least 7%, with distinctive gnomes on the label (Chouffe means ‘gnome’ in the local dialect) This review is of the tasty La Chouffe Belgian Ale.

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The Dutch Trappist brewery is De Koningshoeven Brewery near the town of Tilsberg, and the beer they brew is known as La Trappe which is marketed in the US as Koningshoeven.

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