I had the best beer I’ve ever had this week. I was looking for something different at Hy-Vee and saw the name Pere Jacques. Pere Jacques is a Belgian monk who is famous for making great bear. Goose Island, which is a brewer in Chicago, made this beer as a tribute to him.

I don’t know anything about beer terminology, but this is dark but not black and is very complex. It comes with a date on the bottle and according to the label will improve for the next 5 years.  I’ve never had a vintage beer before.  At $2.5 a piece it is expensive as far as beers go, but if you get a beer at a restaurant it is that much for a mediocre one so to me it is worth it.  So if you see it buy it.  In fact buy all they have as it will only get better with age (apparently, I didn’t wait).