Bier Is a Huge Part of Lowland Europe's Culture—As Integral a Part
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Bier is a huge part of Lowland Europe’s culture—as integral a part of the daily experience as waffles, frites, cafés, and bicycles. At Café Benelux, we take bier very seriously—from sourcing the best biers to perfecting the way each is served. We take it so seriously, that our company has been honored and inducted into the Belgian Brewers’ Guild (The Knighthood of the Brewers’ Mash Staff)—chosen as an international advocate and ambassador of Belgian bier. Each year, we comb the breweries, monasteries, and cobblestone streets of Belgium and Holland to locate rarities, oddities, and even exclusive selections to serve in our cafés. We visit plant managers, hop farmers, and importers of the world’s greatest breweries. We meet (and taste) with the monks, brew masters, and families who have made these biers their passion for centuries. Café Benelux is proud to present this selection of hand-picked biers for you to enjoy. Enjoy TABLE OF all of our CONTENTS Draughts 4 GRAND Table Bottles 13 Wheat 14 Saisons & Farmhouse Ales 16 CAFéSCAFéS Pilsners 17 Blondes & Golden Ales 19 CAFÉ BAVARIA Trappists 20 7700 HARWOOD AVE Pale Ales 22 WAUWATOSA, WI 53213 CAFEBAVARIA.COM IPAs 24 Dubbels 26 CAFÉ BENELUX Tripels 28 346 N BROADWAY AVE MILWAUKEE, WI 53202 Quadrupels 29 CAFEBENELUX.COM Strong Ales 30 CAFÉ CENTRAAL Ambers & Reds 32 2306 S KINNICKINNIC AVE Dark Ales & Porters 33 BAY VIEW, WI 53207 Stouts 36 CAFECENTRAAL.COM Lambics 38 CAFÉ HOLLANDER Sours 39 7677 W STATE ST Touch of Fruit 40 WAUWATOSA, WI 53213 CAFEHOLLANDER.COM Gluten-Free 43 Biermania Draughts 47 CAFÉ HOLLANDER 2608 N DOWNER AVE Biermania Bottles 48 MILWAUKEE, WI 53211 CAFEHOLLANDER.COM CAFÉ HOLLANDER 5900 W MEQUON RD 15 MEQUON, WI 53092 G R N A O N U D C EQ CAFEHOLLANDER.COM AFE M On Draft Trappist Bier CAFÉ HOLLANDER Table Bottle New This Season 701 N MIDVALE BLVD Order for yourself or 15 to share with friends MADISON, WI 53705 G R E A L N A D D LL Exclusive CAFE HI CAFEHOLLANDER.COM CAFÉ HOLLANDER 20150 UNION ST BROOKFIELD, WI 53045 CAFEHOLLANDER.COM 3 DRAUGHTS Stella Cidre 4.5% 400mL $6.5 Stella Artois // Leuven, Belgium Hollander IPA 6% 300mL $7 A crisp and refreshing European-style cider made from LBC with Brouwerij De Musketiers // Ursel, Belgium hand-picked apples. Apricot accents complement the American Citra hops meet Belgian tradition in this subtle flavors of red apple and peach. IPA that has just enough bite to satisfy the hop heads, and enough sweetness to balance out any bitterness. Stella Artois 5.2% 400mL $6.5 Liter carafe - $22 Stella Artois // Leuven, Belgium The classic Belgian pilsner. Crisp, balanced, thirst quenching. Tandem Dubbel 7% 300mL $7 LBC with Brouwerij Van Steenberge // Ertvelde, Belgium Bofferding Pilsner 4.5% 300mL $6.5 Pours a rich chocolate brown with fine carbonation Brasserie Bofferding // Bascharage, Luxembourg and flavors of malt, tart raisins, plums, cocoa, and A highly rated German-style pilsner from Luxembourg. caramel. Warms in the end, finishing creamy and This sparkling gold Pilsner offers a light, well-balanced rich. Liter carafe - $18 flavor with a crisp and refreshing finish. Cuvée de Trolls 7% 250mL $7.5 High Speed Wit 5% 250/500mL $5/7.5 LBC with Brouwerij Van Steenberge // Ertvelde, Belgium Brasserie Dubuisson Frère sprl // Leuze-Pipaix, Belgium A robust, round witbier with flavors of orange, lemon, A Belgian pale ale that is mild and mellow with citrus yeast, a touch of cinnamon and an earthy, nutty undertones. A hint of hops leave a lingering, fruity aftertaste. quality. Finishes with a hint of creaminess and just the right amount of zing. Liter carafe - $12 New Belgium with Love 311mL $6.5 New Belgium Brewing // Fort Collins, CO This draught line is devoted to our friends in Fort Collins, Centraal Quadder 9% 250mL $7 those master brewers at New Belgium who are constantly LBC with Centraal Waters Brewing // Amherst, WI coming up with tasty, but limited, small batch brews to Big and Belgian, but brewed by our friends at Central share with you. See server for our current New Belgium Waters in Wisconsin. This is a surprisingly easy- specialty. drinking, strong—yet not too sweet—Belgian-style quad with huge flavor and character. Liter carafe - $17 Leffe Blonde 6.5% 311mL $6 Abbaye de Leffe // Denant, Belgium A Belgian staple to be savored. Pours a bright golden color Seasonal Saison Series with dazzling reflections. The taste is full, sweet, and fruity, Spring 18 6% 440mL $6.5 with a hint of slightly bitter orange on the finish. LBC & Hacienda Beer Co. // Bailey’s Harbor, WI Our beard-bearing friends at Hacienda Brewing in New Glarus Spotted Cow 4.9% 440mL $6 Door County are back with a tart and juicy saison New Glarus Brewing Co. // New Glarus, WI made with hibiscus, raspberries and rhubarb. Tried and true and only in Wisconsin, this refreshing home- Beautifully balanced with citrus notes and an earthy grown representation of a rustic farmhouse ale is easy spiciness, this is the perfect bier to brighten up your drinking yet satisfying. spring after a long, chilly winter. Liter carafe - $16 Lindemans Aardbei 4% 230mL $7.5 Brouwerij Lindemans // Vlezenbeek, Belgium Tripel Karmeliet 8.4% 200/300mL $6/8 Brand new to Lowlands! This strawberry lambic is all kinds (MAY BIER OF THE MONTH) of juicy, unique and refreshing. An excellent choice with (or Brouwerij Bosteels // Buggenhout, Belgium as) breakfast or dessert! A Belgian tripel-threat of delicate wheat, creamy oats and wholesome barley combined with spicy citrus flavors and Goose Island Matilda 7% 330mL $6.5 aromas of vanilla. Mild hop bitterness, brilliant gold in Goose Island Brewing Co. // Chicago, IL color, with a huge, creamy head. A medium-bodied, ever so-slightly funky homage to the Trappist, brett-laced beauty “Orval,” this amber is an intriguing choice for bier and wine lovers alike. Dry and Kwak 8.1% 200/300mL $6.5/8.5 quenching, with aromas of pears and avors of leather, brown Brouwerij Bosteels // Buggenhout, Belgium sugar, and dried apricots. A Belgian strong pale ale with a rich, amber color and sweet, malty aroma. Flavors of caramelized banana, licorice, and coriander with a mild hop bitterness. Piraat 10.5% 250mL $7.5 Try a Kwak carousel (four glasses) $32 Brouwerij Van Steenberge // Ertvelde, Belgium A golden, Belgian IPA with a slight honey sweetness, faint citrusy hops, and notes of figs and golden raisins. Its crisp Hoegaarden 5% 250/500mL $5/8 finish is balanced well by a boozy warmth. Brouwerij van Hoegaarden // Hoegaarden, Belgium The original Belgian wit. Cloudy gold appearance, sweet with spices of coriander and orange peel with a slight hoppiness. Grimbergen Dubbel 6.5% 330mL $6.5 Brouwerij Alken-Maes // Alken, Belgium Lakefront Fixed Gear 6% 440mL $6 A dark burgundy, full-bodied brew supported by rich malts Lakefront Brewery // Milwaukee, WI and laced with dark candi sugar. Notes of toffee and raisin A locally brewed, dry hopped American red ale that builds abound, ending in a warm, brandy-like finish. citric and grapefruit hops onto a rich, malty body. 4 5 DRAUGHTS DRAUGHTS (continued) Stone Delicious 7.7% 440mL $6 La Trappe Isid’or 7.5% 250mL $8.5 Stone Brewing // Escondido,CA (APRIL BIER OF THE MONTH) Bursting with Lemondrop and El Dorado hops, this IPA Koeningshoven // Berkel-Enschot, Netherlands from the brewery known best for its lupulin-laced libations Originally brewed in honor of La Trappe’s 125th anniversary, is at once citrusy and spicy, with an undeniable malt this unfiltered, slightly sweet amber ale with notes of balance that makes this aptly named brew simultaneously caramel and biscuit gives way to a balanced, subtly fruity approachable and arresting. Psst it’s Gluten-Reduced! aftertaste. Chouffe Houblon 9% 250mL $9 Ramborn Perry 5.8% 250ml $7 Brasserie D’Achouffe // Achouffe, Belgium Ramborn Cider Co. // Born, Luxembourg This unique Belgian brew combines three American and “Whatever possessed God in heaven to make (an apple) European hop varieties with Belgian yeasts to create a like Rambo?” We don’t know, but we’re glad our friends in cross between a Craft double IPA and a Belgian tripel. Luxembourg chose to combine it with Boskoop, Bohnapfel, Aromas of citrus and yeast introduce complex flavors, and Porzenapfe varietals to create a funkdified, tart cider spicy hop bitterness, slightly sweet malts and notes of that’s unlike any you’ve ever tried! lemon and banana. Unibroue La Fin du Monde 9% 330ml $6 Gulden Draak 10.5% 250mL $7.5 Unibroue // Chambly, Quebec Brouwerij Van Steenberge// Ertvelde, Belgium A brew to carry with you to the end of the world and back: This devilishly drinkable, bold and beloved, caramel and strong, golden and smooth as sin with a tart bite and dark fruit-laced toffee-colored tripel from our friends at balanced flavors of wild spices, malts and hops. Van Steenberge needs no introduction. A bier brewed for people “with issues.” (And taste buds!) Don’t fear the New Belgium dragon, drink it! Tartastic Strawberry Lemon 4.2% 440ml $6 New Belgium Beer Co. // Fort Collins, CO Rince Cochon 8.5% 250mL $7.5 New Belgium’s refreshing take on the classic shandy and Haacht // Boortmeerbeek, Belgium radler is subtly sweet and totally sessionable. Natural Lemon and sweet citrus notes lend a pleasantly, well, “clean” strawberry notes balance beautifully blended with a kettle finish to this hefty Belgian pale ale whose name means sour, and a bite of lemon zest will add some spring to your “rinsed pig.” Go ahead. Bathe in it. We won’t judge.