here we go with The Netherlands:
Hertog Jan Grand Prestige
Origin: Province of Limburg, The Netherlands
Style: Barley Wine
Alcohol: 10% ABV
The word Hertog means duke, and the name Jan recollects the Jan who ruled Flanders and Brabant. This strong Dutch Ale is broadly in the style of a barley wine. It was an early specialty after the 1980's revival of the Arcen brewery, in the Limburg town of the same name. This beer has a dense head; a garnet color; a spicy malt aroma; a surprisingly light body; and a sweetish, very slightly port-like finish.Budels Alt
Origin: Province of North Brabant, The Netherlands
Style: Altbier
Alcohol: 6% ABV
Few European breweries are as eclectic in their beer styles as Budels, of North Brabant, in the Netherlands. The alcohol in this altbier is higher than typical. It is paler in color for this style; fresh spicy hop and malty aroma. A lively flavor development, with hints of ginger; and a firm, very dry finish.
Toasting Alt: On this label, the crowned head of Brabant, Jan Primus, is shown as the mythical King Of Beer, Gambrinus, alleged inventer of the "toast".Jopen Bok Bier
Origin: Province of North Holland, The Netherlands
Style: Top-fermenting Bock
Alcohol: 5.5% ABV
The word Jopen was used in Haarlem, once a great brewing city in the Netherlands, to describe a size of a beer barrel. This unusual "four grain" beer is made from barley, wheat, rye (all malted), and raw oats; is top fermented and bottle conditioned. Although developed in Haarlem, it is produced at the Schaapskooi Abbey brewery. Almost like biting into an orange, the beer is lightly syrupy and malty on the palate. With spicy, dry flavors (but no spices are used).
The name of this beer means "Winter Frost". It is a distinctive and flavorsome strong ale. Wintervorst is spiced with clover, honey, and orange peel. It pours with a big, rocky, well retained head. It has rich, sweet, licorice-like flavors; a lightly oily, smooth body; and a gently herbal, flowery finish.
One of the most distinctive, flavorsome beers made by Heineken is this wheat bock. No fewer than four types of barley malt are used. along with 17% wheat (Tarwe, in Dutch) malt. The result is a silky smooth beer, with suggestions of cream, coffee, chocolate, prunes, and rum.
