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Below is the provisional list of beers that may be found on the Foreign Beer bar at the London Drinker Beer and Cider Festival.

Foriegn Beers (Provisional List)
AMBER / DARK BEERS
CARACOLE NOSTRADAMUS 9.5% (B)I predict dark and intoxicating! 33cl
DOLLE BROUWERS SPECIAL EXTRA EXPORT STOUT 9.0% (B)Complex, dry and bitter - superb! 33cl
GLAZEN TOREN CANASTER WINTERSCOTCH 8.5% (B)Smooth and malty 75cl
HOFBROUWERIJKE HOFBLUES 5.5% (B)Nicely balanced stout, softer and more complex than Guinness. 33cl
ROCHEFORT 10 11.3% (B)Rich, complex and dangerously drinkable Trappist ale. 33cl
RODENBACH VINTAGE 2007 7.0% (B)Classic tart oak-aged brown ale. 75cl
SCHELDE OESTERSTOUT 8.5% (B)Creamy, chocolaty stout filtered over Zeeland oyster shells! 33cl
ZENNEBROUWERIJ EQUINOX 8.0% (B)Beautifully-balanced, hoppy and satisfying. 33cl
MOLEN HEL & VERDOEMENIS 9.5% (NL)Menno does it again! A fantastic Imperial Stout. 33cl
MOLEN LOOD & OUD IJZER 10.4% (NL)One-off blend of Rasputin and Amarillo bottled for Pig's Ear 2009 75cl
SNAB IJSBOCK 9.0% (NL/B)Voted best Dutch bockbeer at the Bokbierfestival of 2007 and 2008, from the SNAB perfectionists! 33cl
COOPER'S VINTAGE ALE 7.5% (OZ)Complex, rich and warming. 37cl
BLOND / PALE BEERS
ALVINNE PIPEDREAM 7.8% (B) American-style IPA made jointly with Struis. 33cl
CARACOLE SAXO 7.5% (B)Dryish golden ale of great character. 33cl
CHOUFFE HOUBLON DOBBELEN IPA TRIPEL 9.0% (B)Intriguing hybrid of US double-IPA and Belgian Tripel styles. 75cl
DUPONT AVEC LES BONS VOEUX 9.5% (B)Bitter, soft, complex and fine with big hoppy finish. 75cl
JANDRAIN IV SAISON 6.5% (B)The first new saison to rival Dupont. Superb! 75cl
RULLES ESTIVALE 5.2% (B)Full-flavoured pale ale using Orval yeast. 75cl
WITKAP TRIPEL 7.5% (B)Sturdily-bitter, tastes spicy but is unspiced! 33cl
ZENNEBROUWERIJ ZINNEBIR 5.5% (B)Subtle, smooth blond ale. 33cl
EEM XTREEM CHINOOK 7.3% (NL)Extremely hoppy pale ale, using US Chinook hops. 33cl
IJ PLZEN 5.0% (NL)Crisp, refreshing Amsterdam pils. 33cl
MOLEN LUSTEN & LASTEN TRIPEL 9.2% (NL)"Joys and Burdens" Tripel/Double-IPA. 33cl
MOLEN REVELATION CAT TRIPLE HOP BOCK 9.2% (NL)Very hoppy, fruity amber ale. 33cl
FRUIT/ HONEY/SPICE
BOELENS BIEKEN 8.5% (B)Dark blond honey beer - not too sweet. 33cl
BOELENS PRINSESKEN 6.5% (B)Strawberry juice on pale-ale base. 33cl
CAZEAU SAISON 5.0% (B)Classic modern saison with added elderflower - beautiful 75cl
DUPONT CERVESIA 8.0% (B)Brewed for a museum of the Iron Age, using a gruit of 14 herbs and spices - wonderful! 75cl
GRAAL GEMBER 8.0% (B)Subtle, ginger-flavoured blond. 33cl
SMISJE SPECIAAL 10.5% (B)Pumpkin beer - to be drunk before midnight, or else! 33cl
DRIE HORNE BANANATANA 7% (NL)Bananas and sultanas fermented in amber ale. 33cl
VERHAEGHE ECHT KRIEK 6.8% (B)Cherries steeped in oak-aged brown ale. 25cl
WHEAT BEERS
CARACOLE TROUBLETTE 5.5% (B)My favourite Belgian wheat beer, lightly spiced. 33cl
GLAZEN TOREN JAN DE LICHTE 7.5% (B)Unusual wheat beer using oats and buckwheat. 75cl
SILENRIEUX JOSEPH 5.4% (B)Pale beer brewed with spelt wheat 25cl
IJ SCHARREL IJ WIT 7.0% (NL)"Free-range" organic, Amsterdam wheat beer. 33cl
MIKKELER NOT JUST ANOTHER WT 7.6% (DEN/B)Stonking, hoppy wheat beer! 75cl
LAMBIC
BOON MARIAGE PARFAIT GEUZE 8.0% (B)Well-made, unusually strong authentic geuze. 37cl
CANTILLON GUEUZE 5.0% (B)Sharp, lemony classic gueuze. 37cl
DRIE FONTEINEN OUDE GEUZE 6.0% (B)My favourite geuze, beautifully-balanced. Some of the last stock using their own lambic. 37cl / 75cl
GIRARDIN GUEUZE FOND 5.0% (B)Superb, under-appreciated epitome of the style. 37cl
CANTILLON BRUOCSELLA GRAND CRU 5.0% (B)Bottle-aged, single lambic. 75cl
LAMBIC WITH FRUIT
BOON OUDE KRIEK 6.5% (B)Intense cherry flavour from 300g/L. 37cl
CANTILLON LOU PÉPÉ KRIEK 5.0% (B)The brewery's finest cuvee, superb intense cherry blast! 75cl
CANTILLON ROSE DE GAMBRINUS 5% (B)Very dry, intense raspberry taste. 37cl
DRIE FONTEINEN OUDE KRIEK 5.0% (B)Wonderful, fruity but dry. 37cl
GIRARDIN FRAMBOISE 5.0% (B)Raspberry juice on lambic base. 37cl
HANSSENS OUDBEITJE 6.0% (B)The only REAL strawberry beer on the market - dry and delicate. 37cl
HANSSENS OUDE KRIEK 5.8% (B)Classically balanced kriek from the oldest established lambic-blenders. 75cl
MORT SUBITE OUDE KRIEK 6.5% (B)Authentic but luscious cherry beer. 37cl

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