Brouwerij De Block in Peizegem, Flemish Brabant, has been making beer since 1919, and the Satan range is their most recognised export — a family of strong ales named with the kind of directness that Flemish breweries occasionally permit themselves. The Satan Red is the darker, stronger expression: a Belgian strong red/dark ale at 10.5% ABV, deep red-brown in the glass, carrying dark caramel, dried fruit, warming alcohol, and the complex yeast character that Belgian high-gravity fermentation produces. The name and the label are theatrical; the beer inside is serious. If you are Belgian and living in Tokyo, the Satan Red is the De Block beer that belongs at the close of the evening — the bottle opened when the occasion has earned something at this strength and depth.
Peizegem’s strong dark ale, brewing since 1919
Brouwerij De Block was founded in 1919 in Peizegem, Flemish Brabant, and has remained a family operation across multiple generations. The Satan range — which includes both a gold and a red expression — represents the brewery’s strongest and most internationally recognised beers, built on the Belgian strong ale tradition that Flemish Brabant shares with the rest of Belgium’s brewing culture. The Red is the darker of the two, combining the strength of the gold with a malt profile that adds caramel and dark fruit to the yeast complexity.
The Satan Red pours deep red-brown, and the flavour profile is layered: dark caramel arrives first, followed by dried fruit — raisin, fig, a suggestion of dark plum — and the complex yeast character that Belgian fermentation at high gravity generates. The warming alcohol from the 10.5% ABV is present throughout but integrated into the malt and fruit rather than sitting separately, which is what separates a well-made Belgian strong dark ale from a beer that simply tastes strong. The finish is long and warming, the kind of close that extends after the glass is set down rather than ending with the last sip.
How Satan Red Beer is drunk at home
Santé! / Op uw gezondheid! (sahn-TAY / op-uw geh-ZONT-hayt) — French and Flemish respectively, both meaning “to your health.” In Flemish Brabant, the Flemish toast is the natural call — and a beer at 10.5% tends to slow the pace of the round in a way that gives the toast more weight than usual.
In Belgium, the Satan Red belongs to the final and most deliberate part of the Sunday family lunch — the bottle that appears once the main courses are done, when the afternoon has extended past its original intention and nobody at the table is in a hurry to leave. Stoofvlees, the slow-braised beef stew with its caramelised, sweet-savory sauce, is the pairing that the Satan Red’s dark caramel and dried fruit character handles with the most authority: the depth of the stew and the depth of the beer arrive at the same place from different directions. Moules-frites belongs to an earlier point in the meal, though a glass of Satan Red alongside Belgian fries with mayonnaise — salt, fat, and 10.5% warming from within — is not a combination anyone at the table declines. Belgian beer festivals, where De Block’s Satan range attracts attention in the strong ale category, give the Red an audience beyond the family table.
How to drink it in Japan
The Satan Red is a deep winter beer in Japan — November through February, when Tokyo evenings are cold enough that a dark ale at 10.5% with warming alcohol is the most natural thing to open. It is also the beer that marks the occasions that call for something at the serious end of the register: a year-end gathering, St. Nicholas Day on December 6, or any evening where the table has worked through the lighter bottles and is ready for something that requires attention.
At Lawson, try it alongside a dark chocolate bar — 72% cacao or above — where the bitterness of the chocolate and the dark caramel and dried fruit of the Satan Red find each other directly, the molasses depth of the beer amplifying the cocoa note of the chocolate without either element losing its character. For a composed pairing at home, serve it with niku jaga — Japanese meat and potato stew braised in soy and mirin — whose sweet soy reduction and the soft, collapsing potato find a natural counterpart in the caramel malt and the dried fruit of the beer. The logic is the same as Stoofvlees alongside a Belgian strong dark ale: a slow-cooked, slightly sweet braised dish meeting a beer with the depth to match it.
At Tokyo’s specialist Belgian beer bars, a 330ml pour of a strong dark ale at this ABV can run ¥1,500 or more. By the case from Omori Mart — 330ml × 24 bottles — the per-bottle cost is considerably lower, and the case format provides enough for a full winter season of deliberate occasions.
Get Satan Red Beer delivered in Japan
Satan Red Beer is available from Omori Mart in a 330ml × 24 bottle case, delivered nationwide across Japan.
- Free shipping on orders over ¥15,000
- Pay at FamilyMart, 7-Eleven, or Lawson — or by bank transfer or card
- Nationwide delivery to any address in Japan
Rakuten and Amazon Japan do not carry this label. Omori Mart is where Belgians in Japan find the Belgian strong ales that belong at the serious end of the shelf — including the one from Peizegem that has been earning its name since 1919.
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Santé in Peizegem, where Brouwerij De Block has been putting serious beer into bottles since 1919, and kanpai at a Tokyo table in January — deep red-brown, 10.5%, and the beer that closes the evening properly.
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