La Trappe Tripple.

You're welcome.

Tripel Van De Garre...brewed by a tiny brewery in an hidden off-street in Brugge, Belgium.

Worth a plane ticket for the beer and waffles alone.

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Zlatorog (Goldhorn) from Laško brewery, Slovenia. cheers!

Great post, I'd quality but it never works for me.
I cant really drink the mass produced beers like Heineken, Budweiser etc. cos they just make me so sick the next day. So I have to try the more obscure items to find what my gut enjoys.
My current favourites are probably not very exotic to yourselves in the USA but a local store (off license) just started stocking Sierra Nevada pale ale and a number of other varieties by the same brewery which I'm enjoying a lot as I used to brew ales myself.

I've also been getting into some organic Honey beers from microbreweries in the UK. I visited a Lowenbrau keller in Sydney which only sold imported German beers and they had some killer honey beers (meads?).

I also think highly of the Spanish lager "Mahou" which is huge in Spain but I cant find it in Ireland yet.

Man Blankfist, if you ever come to Boston, definitely check out the Publik House: http://www.eatgoodfooddrinkbetterbeer.com/

The beer list there is absolutely insane...

Edit: here's a link to the beer list itself http://www.eatgoodfooddrinkbetterbeer.com/publickhouse/bottlelist.html

Very interesting; I will have to try these out if I come across them. My own personal favourite is Brakspear Oxford Gold, a flowery refreshment with just the right amount of hops. Of a similar quality is the scottish ale Ossian from Inveralmond Brewery.

On a more patriotic note, I can heartily recommend anything from the norwegian brewery Nøgne Ø. I was so lucky recently to receive a bottle of their Dark Horizon 2. edition. With an alcohol content of 16%, I plan to store it for a couple of years, but I did taste their award winning 1. edition of the same beer. Made with demerara sugar, coffe extract and wine yeast, it is and explosion of flavour, and extremely powerful. One bottle is too much for one person, so it is perfect to share with someone you value.

Try Dogfish Head's 120 Minute IPA as well sometime, it's an amazing, unique beer. Great choice on the belgian styles, and you can't go wrong with Victory Brewery. I'm sad to say that I have yet to try several of the beers on your list.

If you haven't yet for some reason, you should really try Chimay Grande Reserve, it's one of my absolute favorites.

And if you EVER get the chance, Westvleteren 12 is the single greatest beer in the entire world, not even joking. It'll run you 20+ for a bottle, but you have to at least try it once if you call yourself a beer connoisseur.

We actually have Westvelteren 12 in my local university bar. It's a rough one.

A rough one? How so?

They had it at a bar in NYC for like 40 a bottle. It's definitely worth the price to at least try it once though, the flavor is just amazing. It's like everything smooth and rich and deep that you could ever dream a beer should be.

I think it's a bit too dark and "rough" on the tastebuds for my taste. I like the Tripple beers, like La Trappe, Chimay, Triple Carmeliet and such. I gotta try it again at some point though. I think you can get it for $25-30ish down here.

Yeah, you can find it for as low as 20 sometimes if you just look for it. I thought the taste was more "deep" than "rough," but then again, I LOVE Belgian strong dark ales. Tripels are pretty damn good too, but I'd take a Quad over them.

I really like a huge range of beers though...if it makes me stop to consider all the flavors swirling around my tongue and leaves me wanting more, it's great for me. Beer is pretty much just amazing, haha. Cool to see people on the Sift who really know their shit about good beers.

If you ever come to Denmark, we have a beer date. Also rape.. no wait, not rape.

Oh dar, Denmark, lol. No wonder you have access to such succulent beers easily. My jealousy of your location knows no bounds, at least not for beer-related purposes.

At least I turn 21 in a few weeks. I'm going to treat myself to some good beers, haha.