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| - This place is better than I remember when I first visited October 2008. Great selection of belgian beer and food. 30 belgian taps change every 2 weeks and bottles rotate monthly. Customers of all ages, chill, dim-lighting, TVs at the bar, and a beer store. $10 off a mixed 6-pack!
Every one of their 30 belgian beers on tap has its own labeled goblet/glass it's served in. Awesome.
Food includes starters, soups, salads, sandwiches, pizzas, burgers, specials, and desserts. They go international as well. This time, I had the 3 german potato pancakes (4" diam) with sour cream and apple sauce ($6.97). Perfect combination of salt, sweet, sour, fried goodness. I hope to be back to try the ostrich burger.
I'm telling you. Visit Sharp Edge. Just be careful when you visit the website though. It is not current. I mentioned one of my favorite belgians on the site, Duchesse De Bourgogne, and it along with others were not available. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What follows is my take on a "few" belgian darks and bocks I had. I'm not a fan of IPA's (yet) so if that's what you're looking for, skip the rest of this review.
It's happy hour time, bar seats completely taken, and booths were filling up. We don't even take up a third of the place but it is busy. Still, I felt like I was given personal attention. Mark and Ravyn, you rock!
I tell Ravyn my likes, I want a flight of belgian, $14, (imported, $10), and she recommends the following:
-Leffe Brown (lef-feh broon): caramely, smooth, no filmy after taste.
-Grimbergen Double: I love this more than the Leffe. Malty, slight citrus. Mark mentions afterwards that it has lemon zest. No wonder it's good! I'm taking some home.
-Wittekerke: light wheat beer, alright for my taste. I'd still rather have a Franziskaner Weisse.
-Maredsous 8: not sour like Ravyn mentioned. Just a nice smooth malty beer.
I've only been here for 30 minutes and Mark is droppin' knowledge on Belgian beer and handing me a sample of Petrus..supposedly the "sour" one. It's slightly sour and amazingly clean. I say slightly because my palate is used to vinegar (Filipino foods). I could use more Petrus in my diet.
2nd flight after discussions with Mark:
-Chimay white (had before): clean, a little hoppy in comparison to the 1st flight I had but still my fave Chimay (then blue, then red).
-Delirium Tremens (had before): belgian fruity for sure. Good stuff.
-Delirium Nocturnum (had before): slightly more sour than the Tremens but dark in color. Misleading. I like that surprise factor. I remember now why I like this one.
-Leute Bok: warm by the time I finished my food. My bad. Still good, tastes like the leffe brown but definitely a bock...sweeter. I'd have again.
Mark says about belgian beer: "They knock up the alcohol and then candy it to mask the high percentage" Whatever it is, I love it, all of it.
Thanks, Ravyn and Mark, for the schoolage on your beer and making a girl feel welcome.
*walks away with a mixed 7-pack* Yes, 7. I took the $10 discount and bought another. No other choice as far as I'm concerned.
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