Belgium Beer Company.
The Belgian Beer Company brings a range of exciting premium Belgian brands to South Africa. We aim to ensure that people who enjoy various flavours and qualities in a beer, have their palates satisfied.
Duvel
Duvel is a 100% pure and natural beer, with no additives or preservative. Its surprisingly high alcohol content (8.5%), huge, creamy head, delicate effervescence and silky smooth mouth feel is what distinguishes Duvel from other Belgian beers.
After bottling, the beer continues to ferment for a fortnight in the warm cellars of the brewery. Finally, the beer is chilled for 6 weeks in the cold cellars.
This extra long maturing process is unique and contributes to the exquisite flavour and pure aroma of Duvel.
After the 90 day brewing process the beer is released. At Duvel, patience and time are essential virtues.
It is a beer brewed with the utmost patience and passion. Drink it with love.
Duvel Tripel Hop 2017
Duvel Tripel Hop 2017. Ever since 2007 the brewers at Duvel have been busy innovating with a third hop variety to give Duvel a surprising twist and some extra bitterness. Each spring this results in the launch of a unique Tripel Hop, which complements the rest of the Duvel range.
Six Tripel Hops later, in 2016, Duvel went in search of the ultimate Duvel Tripel Hop. More than 5,000 fans tasted and voted, and Citra was clearly the favorite.
The Duvel Tripel Hop with citra not only won a gold medal at the Brussels Beer Challenge, it was also awarded the consumer trophy at the Zythos Beer Festival.
Our brewers do not simply add a third hop variety when creating the Tripel Hop, we also apply a special process of dry-hopping. In this case, besides adding the usual hops during the cooking process, extra hop cones are added at a later stage in the brewery process (during the lagering process). This intensifies and refines the hop aromas in the finished beer.
The aromatic third hop is grown in the Yakima Valley in Washington and enriches the flavor palate with fresh hints of grapefruit and tropical fruit.
Limited Edition
Duvel Tripel Hop 2016 is exciting and exceptional.
Each year Duvel lovers await with great anticipation to discover which 3rd hop will be selected to create that year’s unique Duvel Tripel Hop. The hop selected for 2016 is HBC 291.
This hop variety from the Yakima Valley, USA, is so new to the world of beer it has yet to be officially named. Just unpacked by The Belgian Beer Company, Duvel Tripel Hop 2016 sees the traditional hop varieties of Saaz-Saaz and Styrian Golding combined with harmonious perfection to produce an intensely aromatic, richer and more hoppy Duvel.
Brewed in limited volume each year, this distinctive Tripel Hop brings an exhilarating symphony of citrus, black pepper, lavender and roses to the palate and nose.
Amber-gold with a thick, creamy head – Duvel Tripel Hop 2016 is an extraordinary beer to be savoured.
Maredsous Abbey Beer
Maredsous Abbey Beer is brewed by the Duvel Moorgat Brewery under the supervision of monks and to the original recipe preserved at the abbey.
This beautiful collection of Belgian beer is truly for the connoisseur; one who enjoys an interesting combination of flavours and textures of handcrafted beer.
Maredsous Blonde
Maredsous Blonde (6%) Maredsous Blonde is the monks‘ traditional thirst quencher. A delightful, soft, malted blonde beer with a sprightly fruitiness and slightly dry, gently-hopped finish.
A sparkling nose, complex flavours and a hint of bitterness give this fine beer all the refreshing qualities of a classic Belgian Blonde.
Mardesous Brune
Mardesous Brune (8%) The Maredsous Brown was intended as a Christmas beer but now has its own established place in the range. A deep, burgundy-coloured Double beer with a fine body, a soft, creamy head and a rich bouquet.
It‘s soft, full taste reveals subtle hints of dark fruit, chocolate and caramel with a dry, warm finish.
Maredsous Triple
Maredsous Triple (10%) Maredsous Triple is the absolute ultimate for the monks – a beer for special occasions. A fragrant, golden Belgian triple, full of festive sparkle with a creamy body and a luscious head.
It‘s elegant smoothness tempers the strong alcohol content and the finish is balanced, long and warm.
Liefmans
Liefmans Fruitesse is a unique, fresh beer blend, maturing for 18 months on cherries in the Liefmans cellars. The Fruit base is then blended with fresh, natural fruit juices of strawberry, raspberry, cherry, elderberry and bilberry.
The result is a summery, refreshing fruit beer that is delightfully sweet, with the sparkle of champagne and the freshness of a beautifully chilled glass of wine.
Liefmans On The Rocks
Liefmans On The Rocks offers you a whole new beer experience with Liefmans Fruitesse served over ice, highlighting to perfection the notes of the fruits.
Liefmans Yell'oh On The Rocks
Yell’oh on the rocks is the next big thing! A refreshing apero beer that’s a little out of the box but full to the brim with extra fruity bite.
Prepare to be dazzled by its exotic mix of lime, apple, elderflower, basil and pineapple. And for truly irresistible refreshment? Try serving it on the rocks! In its own stylish but playful Liefmans glass of course, where this sparkling apero beer really comes into its own.
Liefmans Kriek-Brut
This classy beer represents the perfect marriage between the fresh accents and slightly acidic flavour of the black cherries. Liefmans Kriek-Brut is a mixed fermentation beer, with every hectolitre containing up to 13 kilos of fruit! Liefmans Kriek-Brut is a perfect blend of Oud Bruin and Goudenband from different vintages, and can consist of between 15 and 20 different batches of beers.
The beer is matured for 18 months, bringing out the very best of its intense flavour.Liefmans Kriek-Brut is a deep reddish-brown colour, with a pale head and wood and almond notes. On the palette, you can clearly taste the slightly sweet, yet at the same time gently bitter fruit flavours. This is a beer that just oozes class…
Liefmans
Liefmans Goudenband is one of the most unique brown beers in the world. Originally called ‘Iron Band‘, a reference to the iron rings around the beer barrel, it was renamed Liefmans Goudenband and it got a champagne cork.
It is fermented in open copper vats, after which it may be matured in the cellars in other vats. An aged strong Belgian brown ale, it is made in open vats, with beer of mixed fermentation. Young beer is left to mature for four to 12 months in the cellar.
Mature beer is then fortified with younger beer, so the fermentation process starts up again. Only then is it blended and bottled, giving each bottle it’s very own characteristics. Goudenband is superb for further home cellaring, allowing the taste, aroma and body of the beer to continue to evolve.
A delectable treat for the beer connoisseur! Even after ten years, the beer still tastes fresh!
Vedett
Vedett, a blond, light, well-hopped premium beer with 5.2% alcohol content, is the cult Duvel Moortgat beer today: following its birth in 1945, it quickly acquired fame and recognition within an intimate circle of insiders in the Antwerp-Brussels region.
Vedett is alternative, not too serious, combines retro, modern and design.
Vedett Extra White
Vedett Extra White, Only natural ingredients – such as wheat, barley, hops, coriander and dried orange peel are used in the brewing. To develop the taste pallet, the beer is bottle conditioned for several weeks. An expertise Duvel Moortgat is world renowned for.
The beer is bottled unfiltered, keeping all natural goodness inside
Vedett IPA
The Vedett IPA has a pronounced but mild bitterness with hints of grapefruit which increase in intensity. It‘s velvety, malty undertones give way to a sweet, caramel flavour and its superb, long-lasting finish continues to tantalise the taste buds long afterwards.
The purity and fresh touches, both in flavour and aroma, make it a heavenly beer!
A delectable treat for the beer connoisseur! Even after ten years, the beer still tastes fresh!
La Chouffe
La Chouffe is a hazy, golden-blonde ale with a distinctive flavor of fresh fruits and beguiling hoppiness.
Chouffe Soleil
This new, unfiltered, blonde seasonal beer re-ferments in the bottle and is surprisingly refreshing thanks to its aromas of fruits and herbs and its zesty citrus flavour. It is a thirst-quencher with plenty of character. This sunny beer gives you an instant lift into spring. Its perfumed aromas conjure a cornucopia of flowers, citrus fruits and peppery spices.
It strikes a beautiful balance, combining the benefits of chamomile and elderflower with a hint of vanilla, paired with fruity hints of tangerine and lemon.
This freshness is enhanced by zesty hints of pepper and saffron. These scents continue to come to the fore in a non-bitter taste where exotic aromas of fruit and wood claim centre stage. We finish on a dry, zesty note enhanced by a generous dose of citrus. All in all, this beer pours the best of the sun into your glass!
The Houblon Chouffe
The Houblon Chouffe starts off with a discernible citrus touch, with grapefruit prominently there, before blending into its herbal, green hoppy character. Unsurprisingly this is a determinedly bitter beer, supported by a generous alcohol content and a pleasant, drying finish.
A potent and characterful beer, both for lovers of this style, as well as for real connoisseurs.