Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Luxembourg

It's armistice day in both France and Belgium so everything is closed. We were driving through Luxembourg and noticed their stores were opened (I guess WWI did not involve them) so we stopped by a Walmart type store.

I happened to check out their beer selection and saw it was very impressive. I then looked at their prices and was shocked. They were selling most 4-6 packs for 2-4 euros and 750 for 2-3 euros. I picked up a 750 of:

Chimay Grand Reserve (Bleu) and Cinq Cents (Blanc)
La Vieille Bon Secours- Blonde
McChouffe Brune

also got a 22 of Lindemann's Gueuze and a 4 of Leffe Christmas and Timmermans Lambic Kriek.

This stuff was dirt cheap, not sure if it was because I was in Luxembourg, the gas was also a lot cheaper- Belgium is about $8 per gallon and Luxembourg was $5, or if because the stuff is just this cheap over here.

I'll let you know what I think about the beers, after the Fischer de Noel I am eager to try the Leffe Christmas though I don't think it can live up to it. Pictures soon too including the Kronenbourg brewery, I had no idea it was a Jewish brewery, there were stars of David all over the place.

2 comments:

AOG_Harlem said...

What is Lindemann's Gueuze ?

c^2 said...

AOG - check this out:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/187/3566