hoegaarden for a day-to-day, Chimay for special occasions, DT for heavy drinking when you don't feel like liquor.

I've enjoyed Chimay (don't remember Red or Blue), but it's been a long damn time. Hoegaarden, not so much, but drinkable for a couple.

Lindemans Kriekbier, is that the shit that is like $20 a bottle and tastes like Ludens?

Same here.

I can't remeber the name of my favorite Belgian beer because it was something I had at this bar in Decatur that has a huge variety of them. It was a lighter one, though, and it was kinda like Hoegaarden but more orange-y.

There's Lindeman's and Liefman's... I prefer Lindeman's over Liefman's because I do think it tastes better. As for tasting like Luden's, no I never thought that. If you want to try a really awesome domestic cherry beer, try Wisconsin's New Glarus Kriek beer.

This was in a bar with a heavy college clientele, so the bottle I had could have been from the Truman Administration.

I studied in Leuven, Belgium for a semester. Some facts I learned while there:

- Belgium is roughly the size of Maryland. Over 300 different beers are brewed commercially in Belgium.

- Leuven is the home of Stella Artois. I toured the brewery. If I recall correctly (this is iffy, since there was a free tasting at the end of the tour), every employee of the brewery got a ration of three (maybe four?) glasses of Stella a day. Our tour guide was drunk.

- There were over 250 bars and restaurants within a 15 minute walk of my campus.

- Beer is sold in vending machines on the sidewalk.

- Yes, you can get beer at McDonalds.

- Beer for breakfast? I took the train into Brussels around 8 AM and there were plenty of men having a beer on the platform before heading to work.

See, I knew Belgium would be a perfect place to ride my bike in a couple o' years... between beer, chocolate and the potential to see the very hot cycle-boy Tom Boonen around town, how could I pass that up?

If it's gotta be Belgian and I've got the loot, Chimay Blue. For me, the only good that's ever come from religion.

And shouldn't you spell it HoeGAARden since this is Obner?

stella does not deserve 4 votes here. these must be the people who haven't tried any of the other ones.

Yeah, sorry bro but between that and Hoegaarden, while I like both, I choose Stella.

is delirium the one with the psychedelic elephant on it?
i've been wanting to try that one.

a couple good ones not mentioned that i had when i was in brugge:

petrus
orval

how's it different form the red?

Sweet AND dry, but not especially bitter. Almost licorice-y, which is great by my standards. A bit more alcohol conent, but these tastebuds don't seem to notice. Word on the street is it's comparable to a fine wine - you let this sucker age and it turns to smooth nectar. I serve this on Thanksgiving or during Xmas parties and I've not yet met a hater. If you gots the dosh, I highly recommend this.