Grimbergen Ales were relatively unknown to me until about 6 months ago when I noticed kegs of their Dubbel started showing up at finer drinking establishments around town. My first impressions of the draft Grimbergen Dubbel were that it was quite good. I remember it tasting exactly like I was expecting a Belgian Dubbel to taste like. I had a couple more times on tap over the summer and finally saw bottles on shelf at my local liquor store. I remember liking the beer quite a bit so I picked up some Dubbel and looked forward to reviewing it formally.

Get it? Heifer Weizen... that's clever. This bottle of Lilja's Heifer Weizen was found on a recent vacation across state lines where Wisconsin beers are more readily available. I'd never seen the Lilja's beers from Sand Creek Brewing before so I snatched up as many as I could. Among them was a lone bottle of Hefeweizen that says "Wisconsin Farmhouse Wheat Beer" printed on the side. The label looks more or less homemade, with a badly photoshopped picture of cows in a field with a thought bubble asking "Where's da beer?" Kitschy? Sure, but professional beers aren't always the best tasting so I was undeterred. What really sold me on this beer was the tagline at the very bottom of the label, "brewed behind the Cheddar Curtain." Ha!