Hoegaarden

[Pete_m]

hoegaarden is great stuff. Its belgian also btw, not dutch. Dutch beers are heineken, grolsch, amstel, christoffel, tarwebier and so on

leffe blonde, leffe radieuse, leffe brune, leffe triple, celis white, st.feuilien, augustijn, grimbergen, dentergems, are all very tasty belgian abbey/wheatbiers

And you have to drink the belgian biers from the correct glass to get the full flavour and body of the bier. So if you ever see them in a pub, ensure you get the correct branded glass

hoegaarden's is like a hexagonal tumbler looking thing


edit - ''Dave77'' yes you can tour the factory. I think its now owned by the stella group whatever they're called

 

[Gavin]

Its a lovely light beer thats as strong as stella

 

[Youstolemyname]

Hoegaarden Grand Cru is gorgeous as is standard Hoegaarden.

I like wheat beer, Erdinger is another supermarket gem along with Schneider Weisse.

One to try over in holland is wieckse witte. It is the dutch version of hoegaarden and brewed be heineken

 

[Mr Mag00]

heres an other one to hunt down, its organic and i believe gives less of a hangover due to reduced chemical useage in the brewing.

Riedon Burger Weizen Premium

 

[Chocki]

Don't forget your citrus fruit in your Hoegaarden.

Some places know about it, some don't, but try it.

Basically in your Hoegaarden chuck in a slice of Lemon, Lime and Orange.

Well nice

 

[Angel]

I love the Hoegaarden. The stuff in bottles isn't so good as the stuff on tap generally, on the rare ocasion you get a good one. Its very expensive over here about £5 for four bottles. However i get it by the crate from Belgium braught over when my friends parents visit or she goes there.

Its got to have the lime in it, much like Corona the lemon just wont do. My local place sells it at £3.77 a pint. Its the most expensive thing on tap in the place but its the best. For my birthday i got a half pint Hoegaarden glass from Belgium that was baught for me in a little box with a beer. Last week i brought 5 pints of Hoegaarden and told the bar owner how much i love it and how cool the glasses and i got one.

 

[robmiller]

Hoegaarden's good, Chimay's better, but for a smooth white beer that goes down well on warm days you can't beat a chilled litre-glass of Paulander!

Paulaner*

But yes, it's awesome

I'm also a fan of Erdinger and Franziskaner, two really nice German weissbiers. I've never seen the latter over here, but I've seen Erdinger in a few pubs which is awesome.

 

[Sherbs]

Never really enjoyed Hoegaarden or Leffe.

Just can't stand that flowery taste. I have to force my self to drink it.

 

[Pete_m]

One to try over in holland is wieckse witte. It is the dutch version of hoegaarden and brewed be heineken

that stuff is bad and doesn't even come cose to hoegaarden imo

 

[SiHH]

Hoegararden is pure heaven.

Fact.

 

[Vanilla]

I remember paying 80p for a pint of it in Prague. Beats the £5/6 in london pubs...

 

[fatiain]

I'm also a fan of Erdinger and Franziskaner, two really nice German weissbiers.

Found both in obscure back street off lisences.

If you can get it, Maisels (sp?) weissbier is better.

 

[Nozzer]

I've been known to have a few pints of the stuff.

 

[wormwood]

Got a Hoegarden giftset with glass for a birthday or Crimbo, I forget. Not to my taste, had to mix it with another lager to drink it.

 

[GoldenGlory]

Probably one of the most over-rated, ponciest, "look at me i drink hoegaarden" beers availible in Europe.

White beers are rough at the best of times but to appreciate the "herby" taste of the Hoe is something you have to have beaten into you by multiple nights out with middle class 20 somethings and ex public school boys - come Adevrtising salesmen.

Haha describes me. No it's a very nice beer, perfect for the summer with a chunk of lime. I've got a few of the glasses too.

 

[iBankAllDay]

For those of you's who like white wheat beers, including Hoegaarden, you must try Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier; a really pleasant German variety. It's truely awesome .