The room is dark-walled and dominated by a naked/raw rabbit carcass painting. Vegetarians have been warned about no trespassing by the iron hoofs door-handle. Beer selection on tap and bottles is wide – from niche to small batch to fine commercial. More importantly, the staff there know what they are talking about and can really help novice beer drinkers like me. I don’t like Guinness, I like a citrus and I like moderately dry. Served to me was Hargreaves Hill ESB. The food was gamey and meaty as expected, but certainly not as “nose-to-tail” as one might expect. The Lamb sausage was super delicious. For dessert I had the bomb Alaska, which was rich but incredibly well done. The ice cream, the fruit beer sorbet and the dense Italian meringue was (insert favorite mmmm word).

Lamb tartare, lamb sausage and the wall painting

Tucked away in the corner of Brussels, Belgium. Delirium bar (named after a local beer Delirium Tremens) is highly recommended by various locals, suppose to serve upto 2000 types of beer. I can’t see 2000 barrels but I certainly can see this bar has the largest collection of beers on tap that i have seen. This is obviously the place to be to try some Trappist beer and to forget about the day’s stress.

When the three of us from the hostel rocked up after dinner, we were presented with a menu with Trappist beers and its tasting notes. Trappist beer are made by monks. There are 7 active Trappist beer breweries remaining. 6 in Belgium, 1 in Netherlands. Most were destroyed during the French revolution and some during world war.

Enough of the history. The beer itself was different to most other beers i have tasted. It was more fruity, more hops flavor and certainly lives up to its reputation of being “trappist” beer.