Belgium has a strong theme for beer names evoking thoughts of the devil and the world below. And typically they are all strong blonde ales. Duvel is undoubtedly the most well known, but Judas, Satan and Lucifer are a few others. It was the brewers way of sticking two fingers up at the church, who were espousing the evils of drinking strong beer.
Lucifer was a beer in the Liefmans portfolio, but when the brewery went bankrupt in 2008, it seemed it was the end of Lucifer. Duvel Moortgat bought the rights to all the Liefmans beers, but thought Lucifer too similar to its own Duvel to continue producing it.
Happily, the nearby Het Anker brewery negotiated an agreement to keep producing the Lucifer beer that we can enjoy today.
A glowing orange gold beer with a perfect white foam, the yeasty aroma is full of banana, citrus, clove and spice. The taste is more citrus than the aroma suggests, with just hints of tropical fruit sweetness and honey. It has a dry and lingering bitterness to the finish.
An interesting beer from Alvinne, and one of Belgium's most bitter beers at 115 IBU
by Abdij Averbode (Brouwerij Huyghe)
A multi grain mix of barley oats and spelt, plus dry-hopping make this strong blonde ale a really interesting creation
A Strong Blonde Ale cross Belgian Tripel, with oak chips used in the brewing process to add a hint of vanilla
by Brouwerij De Hoorn (Palm - Swinkels)
A Belgian Strong Blond Ale aged on oak chips
The 'Devil's' little brother, made to the same recipe but without secondary fermentation in the bottle
by Brouwerij van Hoegaarden (AB InBev)
Like a super-charged Hoegaarden witbier...but better
A special Belgian Strong Pale Ale that is the only Belgian beer to use Witloof
A sort of Belgian style strong blonde ale, made using unsold sourdough bread
Like a bigger, tastier (and classier) version of the classic Leffe Blond
A delicious strong blond ale with a crisp malt body and a nice hop bitterness
The world renowned Belgian Blond Ale from Orval Trappist Monastery. There simply is no other beer like Orval.
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
A fruity, malty Belgian pale ale, originally brewed in 2003 to celebrate the 90th birthday of the brewey's former head brewer.
by Brouwerij Verstraete (Deca Services)
An unfiltered, unpasteurised, dry-hopped strong blond ale with barley, oats and wheat in the grain bill
A classic strong pale ale from one of Belgium's old family breweries.
A variation on the acclaimed Piraat strong blond ale, this time with four different hops added at three separate times during the beer-making process
A delicious, complex but light and dry Belgian Strong Blonde Ale from Brasserie St Feuillien
A special Belgian Blonde ale, dry-hopped with Cascade hops. A tribute to Armand Desplenter, one of the founding brewers
A full malt body, spicy Belgian yeast and five different hops in this strong blonde ale
An amber beer recreated to a recipe from the 15th-Century, the typical beer from the Mechelen region of Belgium
The most well-known of the Golden Carolus beers is the 'Classic' - a beautifully balanced Belgian strong dark ale of 8.5% ABV
Five old-world hops are used in this fresh grassy Belgian IPA
One of our favourite Belgian triples from Brouwerij Het Anker
Gouden Carolus' Cuvee Van De Keizer Imperial Dark Ale infused with Het Anker's single malt whisky
A biggish witbier, with the typical aroma and flavours of banana, citrus and coriander
