Bosteels Brewery - Tripel Karmeliet 8.4%

Taste: 99% on RateBeer.com. I'll see about that. God. That is nice. Candied roses and Buiscuit base from a fruit cheesecake. Or a banana pie. Vanilla.

Appearance: Cream lager.

Would you buy 2? Yes. It's lovely.

Would you buy 4? Probably. Yes!!

Rating (out of 7): 6****** I was enjoying it so much I forgot to put a rating before I published it.

Location:Wimbledon Thai Temple

Bosteels Brewery - Pauvel Kwak 8.4%

Taste: Brewed for over 100 years, still tasting pretty good. It's given me a warm feeling after the first sip. I don't know about Belgium beer tastes, but i'd liken it to honeyed rum with vanilla'd raspberries. Nice!

Appearance: Almost pink. Fancy!

Would you buy 2? I would. It's delicious.

Would you buy 4? Four at this strength would be trouble.

Rating (out of 7): 5***** real smooth

Location:Wimbledon Common

Brasserie d'Achouffe - Mc Chouffe 8%

Taste: Total Belgium. I'm out of my depth here. I've enjoyed Le Chouffe before. In Belgium when I misunderstood what 'Chouffe' meant. I then performed a little skit as the Chouffe of my mind.... Anyway. It's strong. Wheaty. Biscuity. Really strong. Tastes like madness.

Appearance: Gnomey. Dark beer. Why is it Mc?!

Would you buy 2? Eventually.

Would you buy 4? In one go? You'd be doing Chouffe impressions for your new Belgium friends.

Rating (out of 7): 4**** not as nice as Le Chouffe.

Location:Ferndown,United Kingdom

St. Bernardus - Abt 12 (10%)

Taste: This smells really strong. Like a barley wine. But... Uh oh. Raspberries!!! What is it with Trappists and raspberries? It doesn't have as much cherry bakewell as I initially estimated. This is actually really nice and anyone with a penchant for sweetness will get a real bang out of this.

Appearance: Over-friendly monk on the bottle drew me in. He wants friendship. Right now! Ale is the same colour as this glass bird i grew up with in the house.

Would you buy 2? I think I could. Nice to have something strong close by. Just in case....

Would you buy 4? What kind IOC scenarios would call for four of these!?! Too terrifying to think about.

Rating (out of 7): 5***** the smell wins an extra star. Hot like fortified wine!

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Goose Island - Matilda 7%

Taste: Mmmmmm delicious! Even when riding a diesel train! What is that taste? Caramel, and dates - the king of dates, in liquefied form! Also, it's packed full of apricots... the juice of dried apricots and Egyptian dates.

Appearance: Excellent cap with goose motif. But where is the big honking goose you'd expect on the label?

Would you buy 2? I would guzzle two down - I'd lift my head up and pour it down, like a thirsty goose.

Would you buy 4? I would if I could afford it.

Rating (out of 7): 6****** A tremendous decadent ale. Honk!

Corsendonk - Dubbel 7.5%

Taste: I had a hankering for a Belgian beer, so here we are. I'm mainly tasting those dried raspberries that you you get in Country Crisp cereal. Or raspberry blancmange. I'd prefer if it tasted stronger. It's a bit of a wet blanket; hard to lift but not very tasty. It's pretty interesting, but I'm sticking with the blancmange description...

Appearance: Mysterious bottle is hard to read, and I'm not sure I got the name right on this post. Beer is dark.

Would You Buy 2? I might not. I wouldn't be sad if I had already purchased two, however.

Would You Buy 4? no chance. That's crazy talk.

Rating (Out of 7): 4**** tiny dehydrated raspberries.