Bass ale was mentioned, which leads to a nice bit of club trivia ... There was a time when the
www.bass.com address would take you to ... the Alembic site! The domain name passed into the possession of the Bass brewery before the days of this here club.
I just returned from a vacation in the Belgian Ardennes (loved driving along those winding roads against the hills, surrounded by woods) and my favourite brews were Leffe Brune, Orval, and McChouffe. I used to like Hoegaarden's Le Fruit D?fendu, but now I find it's a bit overspiced.
Funny thing with Leffe Brune: it tasted a lot more sour than what I was expecting from the bitter sweet Brune bottles we can get in the Netherlands.
The Orval was deliciously fruity.
To Paul!