Pere Jacques 2011

This one is the real thing

I was afforded the opportunity to live in Belgium amongst the Belgians of Wallonia.  They are mostly a short race of people who love chocolate and drink some of the finest Beers and Ales in the worlds, "Bar None!"  It's no secret "Trappist" (pronounced TRA-PEE-ST!) is Beer and Ale other brands of the world are judged by.  I am proud to say the first year I lived in Belgium I went from 180 pounds ( 81.8 kg) to 225 lbs (102.3 kg).  Chimay was the fault, not me!  As I traveled about the country, which is about the size of the state of Oregon and has 300 breweries, well as you may imagine I drank a lot of beer and ales, a lot!

Pere Jacques (Pear- scha-ah- kiz) is the best Abbey style beer I have tasted in the United States that was made in the United States, in Chicago.  Whom ever these people are, they got it right folks, they got it right.

This is the first edition on "The Ale Trail."   I decided to make it a separate blog in itself, I'm still producing "My Happy Eye the blog.  The Ale Trail is now all by itself and once I figure out how to move the previous "Ale Trail" editions off My Happy Eye, I will bring them all over here to be at home with the rest of my adventures in beer and ale.

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