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Lived there for 4 years, and drank a lot, a LOT of Stella. (I was in leuven  after all )
Jupiler, nah, not as good. Palm, Duvel, all that lot, too sweet and cloying, and the stronger they get the worse they get.
I like beer to be sharp, crisp, or bitter. That is why I like British ale so much, it is refreshing. Strong Belgium beer makes me gag.
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Proves it, because Duvel is not sweet at all, Leffe is, Palm too, but Duvel not in the least.
In fact most blond versions are bitter.
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I dont mean sweet, I mean cloying. Oily, thick.
Look, I lived there fort 4 years, and drank a lot of beer. You cant pretend I dont know Belgium beers and there isn't one I would drink again except Stella on tap in Leuven (not in bottle) and Grimbergen blonde.
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It's all down to personal taste obviously but I've never had a Belgian beer that I've liked. They've always been far too gassy for my liking and whilst they've had 'interesting' tastes that is not the same as being pleasant.
I think British real ales and craft beers have developed to such an extent over the past 30 years or so that they really can rival any in the world. I was also pleasantly surprised to see the craft beer explosion on a recent visit to the US, although there again they tended to favour the gassy stuff.
Andy B
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The US and UK are such similar cultures, that independently, they can have such revolutions at the same time, and the craft beer one is a good example. And yes, there are some really good ones in the US.
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One Norwegian guy who was a professional soccer player for one of the major British teams for a few years came home to declare:
"... and they have excellent beer! They called it 'pint'!"
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It can't be a proper beer if it tastes like fruit!
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"I had the right to remain silent, but I didn't have the ability!"
Ron White, Comedian
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I dunno - look at wines that have hints of grapefruit, tobacco, and tarmac (if you believe wine snobs).
I'm currently drinking a coffee that has notes of chocolate and blackberry.
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But these are natural flavours that come out of certain grapes. Fruit beers actually have fruit added to them.
(And you no more need to be a snob to appreciate the subtlety of wine than the subtlety of curry.  )
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I don't know whether the beer I am asking about has any fruit added to it, but it does have a particular flavour.
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Tell that to the Belgians[^]! 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Good one, can't remember seeing that sketch, and believe I never had any Limburg cheese either 
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RickZeeland wrote: I don't think they sell beer
Frozen chickens then?
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It is a weird name for a beer.
Our related word is 'fowl' by the way. As always V and F interchange between Dutch and English, and the further west you go through Vlanderen the softer the g gets, so genough ends up enough in English, pronounced enuf.
Our languages are very close, and there are many consistent patterns. Such as Midge, mug, bridge, brug, ridge, rug etc.
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Is a hirsute clay thrower a Hairy Potter?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Is a compulsive punster a Griff-indoor when he's at home?
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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When one gets to the root of such comments, they're easy to brush aside. In part, because they comb to us so easily.
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To quote My Gumby, "my brain hurts"...but seriously, is the correct verb "thrower"? or "molder"? or something else? I'm afraid my experience with pottery is limited to the movie Ghost
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Cool...so "throw" it is
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I used to greatly enjoy puns about pottery but lately I've lost that loving feeling for them.
(Now go forth and try and get that ear worm out of your head!)
Socialism is the Axe Body Spray of political ideologies: It never does what it claims to do, but people too young to know better keep buying it anyway. (Glenn Reynolds)
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