{"id":234,"date":"2011-05-03T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/2011\/05\/03\/belgium\/"},"modified":"2025-04-19T10:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T09:42:39","slug":"belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?p=234","title":{"rendered":"Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Belgium.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1034\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date Consumed:<\/strong> 2011<br><strong>Beer:<\/strong> Trappists Rochefort No 10<br><strong>Brewed:<\/strong>\u00a0Brasserie Rochefort, Rochefort, Belgium<br><strong>Size:<\/strong>\u00a0330mL<br><strong>Alcohol Content:<\/strong> 11.3%<br><strong>Sourced:<\/strong>\u00a0The Bottle, York, United Kingdom<br><strong>World Beer Rating:<\/strong>\u00a09\/10<br><br><strong>Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0RateBeer.com has this one in the top 10 in the world and I was very lucky to find this in a specialist ale shop in York. Magnificent tasting beer, only misses a 10 by virtue of very noticeable alcohol flavour in-between other very complex but incredible flavours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1067.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1067-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1035\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1067-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1067-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1067-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1067.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Trappists Rochefort No 10, Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date Consumed:<\/strong> 2011<br><strong>Beer:<\/strong> Van Diest Fr\u00fcli Strawberry Beer<br><strong>Brewed:<\/strong>\u00a0Brouwerij Huyghe, Melle, Belgium<br><strong>Size:<\/strong>\u00a0250mL<br><strong>Alcohol Content:<\/strong>\u00a04.1%<br><strong>Sourced:<\/strong>\u00a0Noble Green Wines, Hampton Hill, London, United Kingdom<br><strong>World Beer Rating:<\/strong>\u00a08\/10<br><br><strong>Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0If you love the taste of strawberry, then this might be the perfect beer for you. It&#8217;s a beer, but it&#8217;s entirely strawberry coulis for everything else. Sweet, but not artificially flavoured, making it very enjoyable in small quantities. I understand why it&#8217;s packed in a small bottle, you wouldn&#8217;t want to drink a 500ml version!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1207.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1207-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1036\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1207-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1207-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1207-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1207.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Van Diest Fr\u00fcli Strawberry Beer, Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date Consumed:<\/strong> 2011<br><strong>Beer:<\/strong> Leffe Blond<br><strong>Brewed:<\/strong>\u00a0InBev Belgium, Leuven, Belgium.<br><strong>Size:<\/strong>\u00a0330mL<br><strong>Alcohol Content:<\/strong>\u00a06.6%<br><strong>Sourced:<\/strong>\u00a0CBD Cellars, Wynyard, NSW, Australia<br><strong>World Beer Rating:<\/strong>\u00a09\/10<br><br><strong>Notes:<\/strong>\u00a0Another cracker of a beer from Belgium, slightly floral and fruity with a smooth aftertaste. Leffe is in the top tenth percentile and it&#8217;s well deserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1404.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1404-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1037\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1404-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1404-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1404-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_1404.jpg 1195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leffe Blond, Belgium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Consumed: 2011Beer: Trappists Rochefort No 10Brewed:\u00a0Brasserie Rochefort, Rochefort, BelgiumSize:\u00a0330mLAlcohol Content: 11.3%Sourced:\u00a0The Bottle, York, United KingdomWorld Beer Rating:\u00a09\/10 Notes:\u00a0RateBeer.com has this one in the top 10 in the world and I was very lucky to find this in a specialist ale shop in York. Magnificent tasting beer, only misses a 10 by virtue of very &#8230; <a title=\"Belgium\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/?p=234\" aria-label=\"Read more about Belgium\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world-beer-challenge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1364,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234\/revisions\/1364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldbeerchallenge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}