Le Barboteur Bierotheque – Av. Louis Bertrand 23, 1030 Schaerbeek, Brussel
Located in Schaerbeek to the north of Brussel Centrum, Bus 65/66 from Gare Central gets you close enough. The Tram line to the top of thes street was not running in July 2023 when visited.
Closed on a Monday, La Barboteur otherise opens daily at 16.00.
Things got off to a slow start when the young barman said he had nothing in the New England style. As we worked our way through the board, we established otherwise.
Java (En Stoemelings, Belgien), a 6.5% AIPA kicked things off. Yellow, with a slight haze, this was powerful and slightly astringent, as in a Green Devil (Oakham, Peterborough, England) on steroids.
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There was respite: Rosé de Gambrinus (Cantillon, Brussel) at 5.0% to make up for the fact that Cantillon were closed that week.
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Doube IPA (The Garden Brewery, Zagreb, Croatia / Garage Brewing Company, Barcelona, Espana), an 8.2% DIPA with the full milkshake haze. This DIPA had a sound, hoppy blend with a commensuarte body, fine indeed. So this was not a New England inpsired Bier?
I first had Bier from The Garden Brewery on a visit to Pula (Croatia) back in 2018. Their Bier has come on. I have been to Garage Brewing, the source, on two visits to Barcelona.
