An international beers connoisseur Michael Jackson (accidental coincidence of names) once said: “If you see a beer, do it a favour and drink it. Beer isn’t eternal.” This advice, however, doesn’t concern exceptional, known world-wide beers of Belgian Trappists. The best brands with the logo of these famous monks gain its full taste and aroma…
Authentic Trappist Product Today’s post is going to be about one of the finest beer style. And even though these beers are brewed only in seven abbeys in the world, every person who is interested in beers should know them, or at least hear about them. Trappist beer is a kind of strong, Belgian beer.…
Lambics If you are looking for a truly traditional beer manufactured in the same way as hundreds or maybe even thousands of years ago, you should really consider lambics. The fermentation process is fully spontaneous – no carefully selected, pure yeast cultures are added in the production process, as is the case with “normal beers”.…
It is brewed like traditional beer, by leaving hot wort to cool down naturally. Then, the beer is poured into traditional old port wine or sherry barrels, used multiple times to ferment beer, or into steel barrels. This allows specific microflora to spontaneously enter the wort. Apart from standard brewer’s yeast, we find here wild…
You buy a bottle of your favourite beer, look closely and notice there is something floating at the bottom. Has the beer gone bad? No, it’s only sediment, which indicates that the beer is unfiltered and/or has been refermented. You need to remember one thing: sediment at the bottom of the beer bottle is nothing…
Today, to celebrate an International Beer Day, I want to tell a story about remarkable beer. Not everyone tried, not everyone likes, but almost everyone has heard about it. Witbier, la bière blanche, Belgian white, wheat beer with a hint of coriander and citrus. Blanche de Namur, one of the best Wit beers on the…
One of the lighter examples of the Belgian approach to brewing is witbier. It is a light, tangy and sweet, citrusy and spicy top-fermenting wheat beer. Very refreshing in the summer. The largest competitor to weizenbier, i.e. German-style wheat beers. Witbier is on trend again among home and craft brewers. It is also produced by many “serious” Belgian…