Best canned/bottled Belgians available locally

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Message TheHOFF43 P beers 2045 º places 169 º 14:12 Mon 6/15/2015 My coworker really likes Belgians. His favorite beer is Delirium Tremens. I do not like Belgians very much. What would you recommend he try to pickup to drink at home? He would likely be going somewhere like Four Firkins.
Message Steasy66 beers 1156 º places 10 º 14:19 Mon 6/15/2015 Rodenbach Grand Cru Rochefort 10 St Bernie 12 Cuvee Rene Orval
Message gopherfan99 beers 2001 º places 190 º 14:26 Mon 6/15/2015 Kwak Leffe Bruin Westmalle Tripel Hoegaarden Abbaye des Rocs Brune Anything by Brasserie d’Achouffe
Message MatSciGuy beers 924 º 15:20 Mon 6/15/2015 I’ll add St. Feuillen Saison (cans) Saison Dupont Dupont Avec le Bon Vieux (I can’t be bothered to check the spelling)

Message Guerde beers 1297 º places 9 º 18:02 Mon 6/15/2015 Cuvee van de Keizer Blauw and pretty much anything De Dolle or Struise (if they’re still around).
Message CLevar places 23 º 18:44 Mon 6/15/2015 Avril. Sweet Jesus what a beer.
Message BVery beers 13631 º places 750 º 23:37 Mon 6/15/2015 St. Bernardus Abt 12 - one of my first beer loves.
Message tennisjoel P beers 2230 º places 53 º 11:34 Tue 6/16/2015 Good suggestions so far. Not from Belgium per se, but I think Ommegang and Boulevard do a good job with the style over here in the states. Boulevard makes a nice saison (and saison with Brett), the quad is fairly solid (though not as good as St Bernardus Abt 12 or Rochefort 10) Ommegang exclusively makes belgian beers (Hennepin, Abbey, Rare Vos, Witte, Gnomgang, etc) and I can’t recall ever having anything bad from them.

Message gopherfan99 beers 2001 º places 190 º 12:04 Tue 6/16/2015 Originally posted by tennisjoel Good suggestions so far. Not from Belgium per se, but I think Ommegang and Boulevard do a good job with the style over here in the states. Boulevard makes a nice saison (and saison with Brett), the quad is fairly solid (though not as good as St Bernardus Abt 12 or Rochefort 10) Ommegang exclusively makes belgian beers (Hennepin, Abbey, Rare Vos, Witte, Gnomgang, etc) and I can’t recall ever having anything bad from them. Yes, Ommegang does a very good job with the Belgian styles and I really like their beers. The only hang up would be if your coworker was a purist and insisted the beer be from Belgium.
Message tennisjoel P beers 2230 º places 53 º 14:10 Tue 6/16/2015 Some others not mentioned yet: Struise Pannepot (haven’t seen this around so not sure if it’s available at the moment) Duvel Kasteelbier Donker Fantome dEte Achel Extra Bruin
Message JK beers 7296 º places 442 º 14:12 Tue 6/16/2015 Tripel Karmeliet