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St Feuillien Triple
Brasserie St-Feuillien, Le Rœulx
A powerful tripel from Hainaut, pale amber with hops and spice.
Legend has it
St Feuillien was an Irish monk, and this is how Le Rœulx tells his death. Coming from Nivelles, where he had visited the abbess Gertrude, he and his companions rode into the forest one October evening and fell into a trap set by brigands. They were robbed and beheaded, and it is said his severed head was still praying when it was thrown into a pigsty. The bodies lay hidden for two months before Gertrude's people found them. A cross was raised on the spot, then a chapel that drew pilgrims for centuries.
Beer stories travel from brewery to bar to guest, and rarely shrink on the way.
Interesting facts
- The start
- The first St Feuillien Triple was brewed in 1988 in champagne bottles, from the 1.5-litre magnum up to the 9-litre salmanazar, a first in Belgium.
- The founder
- The founder, Stéphanie Friart, won awards at the Universal Exhibition in Antwerp in 1894 and the International Exhibition of Foodstuffs in Geneva in 1895.
- The abbey
- The abbey at Le Rœulx did not survive the Revolution: the monks left in 1797 and most of its buildings were demolished.
Especially good with
Mussels with cream & Grana Padano, coq à l'orange.