With all this gloomy weather and rain lately, I can’t help but turn to the classics to cheer me up: WCW Starrcade 1997, Kiss’s double record “Alive!” and a bottle of Brouwerij Bosteels ...

Like Tripel Karmeliet, it clocks in at a hefty 8.4 percent ABV, which doubtlessly leads to many smashed beer-beakers in fine beer halls the world over.

Tripel Karmeliet is 8.4 percent alcohol by volume. This week’s Beer of the Week was submitted by Benjamin A. Dudley, manager at Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits.