Scaldis
Style: Strong Ale

Description: Made at the family owned Dubuisson Brewery newr Tournai, Scaldis is famous for being the strongest beer in a country known for potent brews. Amber-colored, malty & rich. Made from three barley malts, hopped three times. Called the "most drinkable ultra-strong beer in the world." Excellent aperitif, dessert beer, or after-dinner drink. Also very good with salmon and rabbit.

Comments and Selling Points: "Scaldis has a chewy but nutty maltiness and a superb balance of clean, dry, aromatic hoppiness in the finish with Goldings influence very evident."

Michael Jackson The Beer Companion. Gold Medal-- The World Beer Championships

Castelain
Style: Blonde Biere de Garde

Description: Made by the Castelain Brewery in French Flanders, Castelain is warm gold in color, grassy, sweet nose, full body, long malty finish. A beer of great finesse. Biere de Garde is the only indigenous French beer style. Closely allied with belgian brewing traditions. Superb with goat cheese, quiches, roasted fowl, and Souteast Asian dishes. A gastronomic beer.

Comments and Selling Points: "The sweetest among the Bieres de Gardes...earthy, grassy, citrussy, slightly sticky papate, with aromatic maltiness, long finish. A beer to go with food."
- Michael Jackson

The leading artisinal producer of Bieres de Gardes in France.