Guest Review - Steven S: Brewed since 1997 this incredibly strong 15% beer comes straight out of France. Belzebuth when translated from French to English means Beelzebub, and for those that don't know, Beelzebub is the Devil. Not only will Belzebuth kick your head in with its high alcohol content, but it will also hit your taste buds with lots of different powerful flavors. Speaking of flavors, it tastes almost like brandy, very malty, slightly hoppy, and of course, the alcohol can be felt going from your mouth to your stomach. I don't recommend drinking this beer fast unless you want to get blown away and end up in hang-over Hell in the morning. However, for those that can handle it, knock yourselves out. Check out the fizzle on this puppy, and the crackling sound it makes is even more scary. I'm going to Hell for drinking this. (2/17/2001)


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Tim: Comes in a little green bottle, only 250 ml. It has some stick guys holding a flag on it. Reeks of french. Now here's the thing. I've tried many beers from Quebec and loved them. French Canadiens brew some excellent beer. But if this beer is any indication of what you could expect if you went beer drinking in France, well I wasn't impressed. It's a thin light yellow, smells skunky. But not the gone bad skunky, the this beer sucks skunky. But it doesn't taste that way. It's rather bland, but a little bit of initial sweetness. Then the aftertaste kicks in and it tastes like the beer smells. I'd probably give it a 5 on taste, but the tiny cute bottles really rub me the wrong way. (1/8/2005)


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Sam: Okay, I take back almost everything bad Steve ever said about France. I have to say, I was rather pleasantly surprised by this beer. I've seen it on the shelf for years, but have passed it by. The swing-top bottle struck me as a Grolsch wannabe, and I already had the impression that the French were and should be better known for wine than for beer. However, this was brought to me as a gift, so I gave it a spin. Hmm. Not bad at all. Amber, of course, with fairly thin carbonation, but a nice little hops bite and balancing malty sweetness. On further research, this is listed as an English Dark Ale style; I'd say they weren't altogether too far off. Now I'll take a guess, based on the brewery's name, that they're located in the Alsace-Lorraine region, which has flip-flopped back and forth between German and French control several times through the years. So maybe it's reasonably good because of the German influence. I dunno. I do know, though, that if someone were to offer me this beer again, I wouldn't turn it away. (5/7/2005)


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Steve: This 4.9% ABV malted beer-like beverage sucked like a French whore. And like a French whore, it cost $3.69 (comes in an approx 2/3 liter bottle....the beer, not the whore). I had to pour my glass out after getting only about 1/4 of the way down. It made my stomach feel like it was rotting from the inside out. And like all beers that I have to pour out, it gets a rating of zero. (7/13/2003)


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Steve: Ribbit. Ribbit. Ribbit. That's right, this is a "French Golden Ale." And it's also 6% ABV, which makes it stronger than the French Army. It had the same characteristics as a lambic (without the fruit)...very champagne-like in its effervescence and aroma, and foamed up really quickly. Surprisingly, it was pretty good. I honestly thought it would suck, like most things French. I'll have to try a different French beer if I want to use the Monty Python quotes that I was thinking of. (6/26/2004)


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Steve: Often, we are told by a plethora of people to try a particular beer. And aside from the Budweiser fanatics, more often then not, beers with high recommendations often live up to their reputation. Take Alexander Keith's and Czechvar. They were highly recommended and hard to find, and both were fantastic. And then there's Kronenbourg. Kronenbourg is one of those beers that I could've lived my whole life and been OK with not trying. It was quite simply nothing special. If I want a bland tasteless pale lager, I can go to my local Circle K, I don't need to go to SW Missouri (where I purchased this bottle). Now I know if I'm ever in France to look for a nice import from Belgium, Netherlands or Germany. (9/30/2006)


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