This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 249: September 6, 2015
Diary entry:
It’s 10PM, and I’m still in my PJs!
Not back in. Still in.
Today I did blessed nothing but sit back and relax.
Movies. Blog posts. Dozing.
A totally lazy Sunday.
I had a few options for things to do today, I just couldn;t find the drive to get up and go out today.
But hopefully I’ll be well rested for the week ahead.
The Beer:
Name: Nivard
Style: Belgian Pale Ale
Producer: Stift Engelszell
Alcohol content: 5.5%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: De Hopduvel in Ghent, Belgium
Nivard by Stift Engelszell. One of the two Trappist beers I had not tried yet. Now only the Tre Fontane Tripel remains. Anyone? Anyone? Very smooth texture. Not a lot of bitterness. Fruity aroma. Very good. Well done new Trappist.
Commercial Description:
The Trappist brewery “Engelszell” is the latest in the very long history of Trappist beers, which so far have been mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands. The monks of Engelszell have indeed opted for the path of expressive Trappist beers, happily built upon their regional ties (anchorage) in a confident, independent path. In the composition of their beers, they can be inspired by the unique natural landscape around the monastery, as well as their ethical and ecological responsibility toward people and from the surrounding region with the selection of raw materials want to bring nature to express.
