The hoppiest beer in Belgium, hummm… well I need to see for myself.   XX Bitter Belgium Golden Ale says right on the bottle, “the Hoppiest Beer in Belgium”.  I don’t know how many IBU’s this beer, but it has a best before day which is 2014. 2014, an IPA with a best by date 4 years away??? There must be something else going on with this beer.  After a looking at the Shelton Brothers (importer’s) website, it turns out this hopped up Belgian IPA also makes use of a bit of brettanomyces.  Hoppy and Bretty, must try!

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I think Great Divide has been putting out some good beer, I recently reviewed the Hades, the Yeti, Hercules, and their Fresh Hop Pale Ale.  There is a lot of lineage for the Belgica Belgian IPA to live up to.

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