THE BELGIAN BEER SHOP
on the island of Malta
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THE BELGIAN BEER SHOP on the island of Malta |
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Updated 15 June 2010, original story 5 September 2008
taste the splendour of Augustijn abbey beer at the Sun in Splendour
The Sun in Splendour is opposite Spinola Gardens, close to Portomoso and the Hilton and just not quite in Paceville. It boasts a surprising and cleverly created beer garden at the back and tables outside at the front overlooking the newly laid out Spinola Gardens.
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The Sun is well known locally as "The Beer Garden" and well known for its local and foreign regular charactors. It is open daily from 11am until late. There is live entertainment Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.
Donald has always offered a couple of more unusual beers in addition to the international lagers and the local brews. The Sun was probably the most southerly outlet for bottled "Cotswold Way" - an English bitter from a small brewery in Wickwar in Gloucestershire. It sells bottles of the famous German Weisse Bier - Erdinger Hefe.
And is now selling bottled Augustijn. Van Steenberge's Augustijn is a 'living' abbey beer that had been brewed by the Augustinian fathers of Gent since 1295. In 1982, the recipe for the beer was taken over and improved by Van Steenberge, who also took over the marketing and distribution. In return they pay a royalty to the Augustinian Abbey in Gent. Augustijn has a hoppy flavour with a malty background. You may also detect a light fruity vanilla flavour.The beer has an alcohol content of 8%