This beer from La Debauche used to be marketed as ‘La Debauche Blond’, now changed to ‘Belgian Style’. So while it is nominally classed as a Belgian Blond, there is also more than a nod toward an amber ale.
The beer is darker than a standard blonde beer, with a quite solid, biscuit malt body. A slightly lower level of carbonation adds a little weight to the mouthfeel.
The malt body provides an early sweetness with hints of peach, apricot, citrus, a good dose of spices from the yeast and a minerality from the hops.
Good length to the finish with an herbaceous bitterness, and pleasant lingering flavour. Somewhere along the way I got a small hint of saison about this as well, but can’t really point to why. I guess it just adds to the catch-all ‘Belgian Style’ of this beer!
The original beer from Brasserie Caracole, a fruity, malty amber ale
An amber beer recreated to a recipe from the 15th-Century, the typical beer from the Mechelen region of Belgium
by Bierbrouwerij De Koningshoeven
A malty amber ale, mixing sweet and bitter flavours in a beautifully drinkable beer
A really interesting amber ale that is heavy on the herbs and spices
A dark golden to amber ale brewed by the Monks at Chimay for the French Trappist Monastery Mont Des Cats
Unique for it's 'coachman's glass', the beer is more than a match for its presentation.
An amber ale brewed with barley, wheat and oats and finished with a little Belgian candi sugar.
by Brouwerij Corsendonk (at Brasserie Du Bocq)
A Belgian amber ale by Brouwerij Corsendonk
This black IPA from La Debauche is full of dark chocolate, coffee, liquorice with a little fruit and sustained bitterness
A really interesting, slightly sour Imperial Stout that has been barrel aged for 12 months and spiked with wild Brettanomyces yeast
A milkshake lager with popcorn and pineapple - a crazy combination that just seems to work
A delicious imperial milk stout with the addition of coffee beans, cocoa beans and lactose
La Debauche presents their interpretation of the classic Belgian Dubbel style
As the label suggest, this is an IPA brewed using all French ingredients
Described as an International IPA, this beer is full of mango and citrus
A lightly soured blonde beer with the additional of passionfruit and lemon
An IPA which mixes the influences of both the Anglo-Saxon and US versions of this style
A refreshing witbier 'hopped' with a healthy dose of jasmine
A Hoppy Wheat Ale with a light malt body and fruity, slightly spicy hop character
An imperial stout aged with American oak from bourbon barrels
This big barley wine is spiked with Brettanomyces and aged in oak barrels for 18 months
A delicious milk stout with the addition of lactose
