Okay…I lied.

Posted at 6:00 pm by Patrick under Beer Photos, Beer Travel

On my way home from BRB, I saw a neon sign for “Brugge Brasserie” and *had* to stop in to see what was going on.

When I looked over the menu and saw frites with fresh mayonnaise, I had to stop for a snack.

Luckily, there were a handful of tasty brews to wash down the twice-fried treats: Tripel de Ripple (11 percent), a hefty beer with a lingering spiciness, Pilsner (5 percent), typical of Belgian style pilsners, and a pale (6.5 percent) which I did not try. The Black (7.5 percent) was not on tap only because the brewer was under the weather and could not get the beer ready to serve.

The food offerings looked equally impressive: frites with 10 sauce choices (but how can you pass up fresh mayo??!?); waterzooi and Carbonnade Flamande; and crepes with 9 different stuffings like pan roasted Indiana duck breast with sweet onion confit and Wit-battered cod with endive slaw and tartar sauce.

Hard as it may seem to believe, it looks like I found a Belgian cafe in Indianapolis!

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Last brewpub visit for 2005

Posted at 4:37 pm by Patrick under Beer Photos

Here I am back at the Broad Ripple Brewpub in Indy for my annual “beer while the Jones girls have girl time.”

Today I am enjoying the cask conditioned Best Bitter served in a BRB pint glass. The beer is quite estery (fruity) and hopped delightfully, carbonated just enough to lightly tickle your taste buds on its way to your tummy. At 5.3 percent, this session bitter is one worth seeking out.

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