the Anderson Specialty Beer Menu

UPDATED January 2009

Draught

Guest Belgian Strong Ale half £3.00

A rotating selection of strong Belgian ales, many keg-conditioned, for your draught pleasure

Guest Belgian Fruit Ale pint £4.00 half £2.00

A rotating selection of delightful fruit ales, cherry, raspberry, peach, strawberry, banana & beyond!

Weihenstephaner Hefe-Weizen Germany 5.6% pint £3.30 half £1.70

From the world’s oldest brewery comes an unfiltered wheat beer of unequalled refreshment value

Pilsner Urquell Czech Republic 5% pint £2.85 half £1.45

The original pilsner is still the best – clean, cold and brimming with Saaz hops

Budweiser Budvar Black Czech Republic 4.7% pint £2.85 half £1.45

A nutty dark lager that’s a peek into Old World brewing before the advent of “yellow beers”

Anchor Liberty Ale USA 5.9% pint £3.30 half £1.70

Wonderful California IPA brewed with a massive dose of Cascade hops for a lingering bitterness

Thatcher’s Heritage Cider England 4.9% pint £2.70 half £1.40

Delicious cask-conditioned cider from Somerset, hazy with the flavor of fresh apples

Guest Real Ale pint £2.70 half £1.40

We offer a rotating selection of lovingly-tendered ales from independent British breweries

ABOUT OUR BELGIAN BEER

The Anderson has the largest and most carefully selected collection of Belgian beers in Scotland. These ales are

among the world’s most sophisticated drinks, the equal of Burgundy wine, Highland malt and Junmai sake.

Many are bottle-conditioned, which allows the beers to improve with age, despite what government-imposed

“best by” dates may lead trusting citizens to believe. We hope you enjoy these ales, but ask that you kindly

respect their alcoholic strength.

Large Belgian Bottles for Sharing

Abbaye du Val Dieu Grand Cru 10.5% 750ml £11.00

Luxurious , dark and complex, a true grand cru from one of Jim’s favorite breweries

Chimay Grand Reserve 2005 9% 750ml £10.75

Vintage-dated trappist monastery ale, deep and complex with notes of dark fruit

De Ranke XX Bitter 6.2% 750ml £8.00

If you like hops, try what may just be Belgium’s bitterest beer!

Deus Bier Brut 11.5% 750ml £17.00

A startling, winelike blonde ale, Belgium-brewed & finished by the méthod champagnoise in France

Duvel 8.5% 1.5l £24.00

Elegant, blonde champagne-like devil of an ale. A world classic

La Chouffe 8% 750ml £9.00

Nobody doesn’t like Chris’ crisp, dry, lightly-spiced blonde farmhouse ale

McChouffe 8.5% 750ml £9.20

Chris’ take on a “wee heavy” Scotch ale, dark and surprisingly light-bodied for its strength

Veurns Slapersbier 9% 750ml £9.20

Okay, a funny name, but a serious farmhouse ale – pale, hazy & dry with a spicy, bitter finish

Belgian Trappist Ales

Achel Brune 8% 330ml £3.60

From the newest of the trappist monastery breweries comes this dark, rich ale

Achel Tripel 8% 330ml £3.60

Blond, yet not quite as strong as other tripels, finishing with a slight tartness

Chimay Red 7% 330ml £3.50

Fruity trappist ale with a pleasing mahogany color

Chimay White 8% 330ml £3.80

Bright, hoppy and full of citrus flavors. Formerly Cinq Cents

Chimay Blue 9% 330ml £4.00

Individual-sized serving of the famous vintage-dated Grand Réserve

La Trappe Tripel 8% 330ml £3.60

Light, spicy blonde ale made by the controversial Dutch trappist monastery brewery

La Trappe Quadrupel 10% 330ml £4.00

Collosal, yet drinkable dark ale drinks well below its strength

Orval 6.2% 330ml £3.60

Singular among trappist monastery ales: bright, hoppy & extremely dry

Rochefort 10˚ 11.3% 330ml £4.40

Pure luxury from Belgium’s most-secretive trappist monastery brewery.

Rochefort 8˚ 9.2% 330ml £4.00

A slightly hoppier version of the more-ish 10˚, yet just as complex.

Rochefort 6˚ 7.5% 330ml £3.90

Deep and rich, yet dry in the finish, a perfect monk’s session beer. Rare

Westmalle Dubbel 7% 330ml £3.60

Dense, dark trappist ale with a velvety texture and flavors of currants & raisins

Westmalle Tripel 9.5% 330ml £3.90

Pale, herbally-aromatic trappist monastery ale that’s stronger than it tastes

Belgian Ales in a Class of Their Own

Duchesse de Bourgogne 6% 330ml £3.50

Ultra-traditional sweet-tart Flemish red ale that’s a blend of 18-month and 8-month-old brews

Liefmans Goudenband 8% 375ml £4.20

One of the last tart Flemish “old brown” ales, skillfully brewed by a female brewer, or “brewster”

Leffe Radieuse 8.2% 330ml £3.60

Luxurious red ale, lightly spiced with coriander and less tart than others of its type

Oerbier 9% 330ml £3.90

From the little brewery that could, comes a “Nat en Straf” (wet & strong) tart West Flanders red ale

Pauwel Kwak 8% 330ml £3.50

Delicious and slightly decadent, its distinctive aroma comes from licorice in the recipe

Rodenbach Grand Cru 6% 330ml £3.90

The ultimate oak-aged, sour Flemish red ale

Saison 1900 5.2% 250ml £3.00

Light and airy, a delicate version of a disappearing style

Saison de Silly 5% 250ml £3.00

A malty saison from this tiny and mysterious brewery

Scaldis 12% 250ml £4.00

Belgium’s strongest ale (formerly Bush beer) has a rich, nutty flavor with plenty of hops -- beware!

Belgian Wheat & Lambic Beers

Blanche de Bruxelles 4.5% 330ml £3.40

Deliate, champagne-like wheat beer lightly spiced with traditional coriander & orange peel

Boon Oude Gueze Lambic 2000 5% 370ml £4.60

Pronounced “Bone,” a very dry, spontaneously-fermented wheat beer aged in oak

Boon Mariage Parfait Gueze Lambic 8% 370ml £5.00

A “perfect marriage” of the brewery’s best batches of oak-aged beer

Cantillon Gueuze Lambic 5% 375ml £5.00

Fresh and oak-aged spontaneously-fermented lambics blended to a sweet-sour end

Celis White 5% 250ml £3.00

Pierre Celis took the original Hoegaarden recipe after selling the brewery and called it Celis White

Hoegaarden Grand Cru 8.8% 330ml £3.70

Not to be confused with the bog-standard Hoegaarden, the ultimate wheat beer is a world classic

Timmermans Gueuze Lambic 5% 330ml £3.30

Smaller bottle of traditional oak-aged gueuze lambic

Timmermans Lambicus Blanche 4.5% 330ml £3.00

Curious, refreshing blend of fresh lambic and wheat beer – the perfect afternoon tipple

Belgian Fruit Beers

Bacchus Frambozen 6.5% 375ml £3.70

Unlike lambic beers, a brown barley-based ale brewed with fresh raspberries

Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus Framboise Lambic 5% 375ml £5.00

Unusual among fruit beers with its fresh fruit nose and extremely tart and dry palate

Floris Chocolat 4.2% 330ml £3.00

Two of the best things about Belgium in one bottle – chocolate & beer!

Floris Framboise 3.6% 330ml £3.00

Low-alcohol unfiltered raspberry wheat beer that’s sweet & refreshing

Floris Apple 4.2% 250ml £3.00

Lightly sparkling wheat beer brewed with apples

Früli Strawberry 4.2% 250ml £3.20

Rich, unfiltered wheat beer fermented with strawberries

Grisette 3.5% 250ml £3.20

Brewed with the juice from wild berries, perfect with strong cheeses

Liefmans Gluhkriek 6.5% 250ml £3.40

Amazing, spiced brown ale brewed with cherries served at hot-tea temperature

Liefmans Kriek 6.5% 375ml £3.70

Flemish brown ale brewed with cherries that’s less sweet than fruit lambic beers

Lindemans Cassis 3.7% 375ml £3.40

Intense blackcurrant lambic brewed to session strength

Lindemans Pecheresse 2.5% 375ml £3.40

Delightful low-alcohol “table beer” with flavor of peaches and almond

De Troch Chapeau Abricot 3.5% 250ml £3.20

Wheat beer brewed with apricots for a sweet flavor with a dry finish

De Troch Chapeau Banan 3.5% 250ml £3.20

Yes, a wheat beer brewed with bananas! Sounds absurd but tastes fabulous

De Troch Chapeau Exotic 3.5% 250ml £3.20

This one’s made with pineapple – pretty exotic for Belgium!

Timmermans Pêche Lambic 4% 250ml £3.20

Delicate and very soft in the mouth, with the almond sweetness of fresh peaches

Belgian Blond Ales

Abaye du Val-Dieu Tripel 9% 330ml £3.90

Pale, lightly-spicy version of the style, not as bready and dense as most

Affligem Blonde 6.8% 330ml £3.40

An excellent introduction to Belgian ales – soft & smooth with a complex finish

Barbar 8% 330ml £3.60

Light-bodied refresher of mind and body, brewed with 100% Belgian honey

Boeteling 6.6% 330ml £3.40

Fruity blond ale with a mildly bitter finish, brewed for the annual Procession of Penitence in Veurne

Bruges Tripel 9% 330ml £3.90

Spicy, effervescent and slightly sweet blonde ale that drinks well below its strength

Brugse Zot 6% 330ml £3.50

Hoppy, fruity golden ale from the recently-revived Halve Maan microbrewery in Bruges’ center

Corsendonk Agnus 7.5% 330ml £3.50

Not it’s not “Angus,” rather, it’s a mild-flavored abbey ale with a hint of coriander in the finish

Delirium Tremens 9% 330ml £3.90

Its name is a reminder of the power of this wolf in sheep’s clothing

De Koninck Blond 6% 330ml £3.40

Malty, easy-drinking blonde ale from Antwerp, made with pilsner malt

Duvel 8.5% 330ml £3.50

Elegant, blonde champagne-like devil of an ale. A world classic

Golden Carolus Tripel 9% 330ml £3.90

Light bodied due to its pale malts, but worthy of a winter night, brewed with 100% Belgian hops

Gordon Finest Blonde Ale 10% 330ml £4.00

Luxurious, malty blonde ale with lingering finish, once brewed in Scotland for the Belgian market

Grimbergen Blond 6.7% 330ml £3.40

Light, lively blond ale with notes of green apples

Judas 8% 330ml £3.50

Sweet at first but finishing dry with a breath of pleasant sourness

Kasteel Bier de Chateau Blond 11% 330ml £4.00

Delicate, deceptive, vintage-dated blonde ale with a fine bead, from Belgium’s castle brewery

Leffe Blonde 6.6% 330ml £3.40

Simple and balanced, with notes of honeyed apple

Leffe Tripel 8.4% 330ml £3.60

The top pf the Leffe line, complex and effervescent with classic vaguely-tart finish

Lucifer 8.5% 330ml £3.60

The perfect aperitif beer, starting with a slight vanilla sweetness and tapering to a dry finish

Piraat 10.5% 330ml £4.00

This Flemish IPA is packed with fresh hops, making it our second-bitterest Belgian

Poperings Hommel Bier 7.5% 330ml £3.50

Zesty, hoppy refresher with late honey notes, made with hops grown in the brewery’s village

St. Bernardus Tripel 8% 330ml £3.90

Floral and slightly fruity, well-balanced between sweet and sour flavors

St. Feuillen Blonde 7.5% 330ml £3.60

A hoppy start mellows to a deep, silky mouthful studded w/notes of honey & nuts

Triple Karmeliet 8% 330ml £3.60

The recipe dates from a 17^th-Century Carmelite monastery and includes barley, wheat & oats

Veurns Slapersbier 9% 330ml £3.60

Okay, a funny name, but a serious farmhouse ale – pale, hazy & dry with a spicy, bitter finish

Witkap Pater Stimulo 6% 330ml £3.40

Unusual example of a dry abbey “single,” what the monks themselves might drink every day

Belgian Dark & Amber Ales

Abaye du Val-Dieu Dubbel 8% 330ml £3.60

Perhaps the definitive example of the dubbel style, mahogany with rich coffee & mocha notes

Augustijn Grand Cru 9% 330ml £3.90

Bright, bitter and sour – no, not Jim’s first girlfriend, but a complex grand cru ale

Brigand 9% 330ml £3.90

Spicy, well-balanced amber beer in celebration of the expulsion of the French by Flemish Brigands

Corsendonk Pater 7.5% 330ml £3.40

Darker brother to the Corsendonk Agnus, malty with sweet notes of chocolate and tobacco

Cuvée des Trolls 7% 330ml £3.40

Brewed for their brewpub in Pipaix the Duboisson brewery spices this tasty ale with orange peel

Ellezelloise Hercule Stout 8.4% 330ml £4.00

A formidable stout named after Belgium’s famous fictional sleuth

Gordon Highland Scotch Ale 8.5% 330ml £4.00

Belgium’s love affair with Scotch heavy ales is epitomized in this rich tipple

Grimbergen Dubbel 6.5% 330ml £3.40

Dark, rich abbey ale with Shiraz-like notes of raisins and blackcurrants

Grimbergen Optimo Bruno 10% 330ml £4.00

Originally a Passbier (Lenten beer), deep and rich, bitter-sweet and satisfying

Grottenbier 6.5% 330ml £3.40

Deep, very dry mahogany ale with notes of bitter chocolate, aged in caves by Pierre Celis

Guinness Special Export Stout 8% 330ml £3.80

Bottle-conditioned, the stuff of legend, with none o’ the draught Blarney -- imperial among stouts

Gulden Draak 10.5% 330ml £4.00

The massive Flemish dragon is deep and persuasive, dwindling to a coffee-ish finish

Jan Van Ghent 5.5% 375ml £3.70

“Session strength” amber ale represents a typical beer for Belgian daylight hours

Kasteel Bier de Chateau Brune 2002 11% 330ml £4.00

Racy, sweet brown ale from Belgium’s castle brewery. Vintage dated

Leffe Brune 6.5% 330ml £3.30

Uncomplicated and well-balanced, with a slight flavor of dark chocolate

Palm Speciale 5% 330ml £3.30

Okay, not really a dark beer, but an everyday Belgian pale ale we got especially for Jan

St. Bernardus Abt 12 10% 330ml £4.00

Massive, dark, saturating – in short, everything we look for in a strong ale

Scotch de Silly 8% 250ml £3.20

Rich Scotch ale named after its home town, perhaps a coincidental comment on its after-effects?

Straffe-Hendrik 6.5% 250ml £3.20

From Bruges, a delicate amber ale sized to allow you to go Belgian without getting knocked out!

Verboden Vrucht 8.8% 330ml £3.50

This “Forbidden Fruit” is dark, dense and wine-like, with a lingering, tart finish

Scottish Bottles

Black Isle Organic Porter The Highlands 4.5% 500ml £2.50

Bottle-conditioned, certified organic dark ale from our local brewery, just down in Munlochy

Brew Dog Islay Paradox Aberdeeneshire 10% 330ml £4.00

Dense, devious dark ale aged in smoky, oak casks from Ardbeg distillery in Islay

Fraoch Heather Ale The Lowlands 5% 330ml £2.35

Light ale brewed to a 1000-year-old Pictish recipe, using heather in place of hops

Orkney Skullsplitter Orkney 8.5% 330ml £3.30

Named for the feared 11th-Century Viking, this dangerous dark ale will split thy skull

Orkney Dark Island Reserve 2006 Orkney 10% 750ml £9.00

Vintage-dated barleywine aged in whisky casks by Fortrose’s own Andrew Fulton

German Bottles

Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Maerzen Bamburg 5.4% 500ml £4.00

Fascinating peek into Bamburg’s ancient beer tradition, brewed with 100% smoked malt

Schneider Aventinus Bavaria 8% 500ml £4.00

One of the world’s most intriguing beers, a high-octane, dark hefe-weizen with ripe fruit aromas

French Bottle

Gayant Bière du Démon Douai 12% 330ml £4.40

The world’s strongest blonde ale makes Tenent’s Super look like mother’s milk

Canadian Bottle

Unibroue La Fin du Monde Quebec 9% 335ml £3.40

Delightful, strong bottle-conditioned blonde ale in the style of dry Belgian triples