Saturday, January 24, 2009

Paris, a tramps heaven?

After leaving Brugge we caught a high speed Thalys train to Paris. This trip was quick and uneventful, but provided me with an opportunity to make faces at a small child across the carriage.
When I was in Paris last year with my parents we failed to find any really interesting beer. I can report that this trip was no different! I popped into a small independent supermarket off Boulevade de Grenelle and was astounded to see that it catered to tramps more than my local off-licence 7-Up does. Every beer in the fridge was tramp juice ranging from 7.5% to 13% abv. Even faux Mexican style lager Desperados was weighing in somewhere near 7% abv. I did manage to come across one interesting beer however - Affligem dubbel (6.8% abv). The Affligem brewery produce abbey beers and have three in their range. I managed to have the dubbel, which was slightly sweet, but most agreeable. You can find out more about them at their website: http://www.affligembeer.be/
I also managed to track down the usual suspects such as 1664, and Amstel but you don't really need to hear about those. What was even stranger about our trip was that it snowed non-stop while we were there. Bizarre
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NB. The picture above is of a tramp called Paris, rather than a tramp from Paris. It was the best I could do. Actually the picture below is of a tramp in Paris - much better.
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5 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Of the top of my head the only examples of decent French beer I can think of are Trois Monts and Ch'ti Ambrée, both of which are from the Pas-de-Calais. I'm sure there must be others.

January 24, 2009 at 3:15 AM  
Blogger The Beer Nut said...

Bazillions. Christophe Noyon, Sant Amand and Audmaroise for a start. And I'm quite fond of good old Fischer and Pelforth too, even if they are made by H******n

January 24, 2009 at 3:21 AM  
Blogger Tim said...

Besides true Biere de Guarde, the French are not really good for much beer wise.
Even Kronenbourg is Alsation, and the brewery was probably set up when they were part of what's now Germany.

January 24, 2009 at 3:25 AM  
Blogger Whorst said...

Shit, Pelforth Brown Ale was once a killer beer. I believe it was 6.5% abv. I'm assuming it doesn't taste the same.

January 24, 2009 at 4:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I was hoping Beer Nut would pop up and point me in the right direction.

January 24, 2009 at 5:58 AM  

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