tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90295731466866344262024-03-19T02:22:22.964-07:00BeerlanderMaybe the name is not very original, but let me assure you that my opinions on the beer are. If you are not shy of trying new beer, I am quite sure that I will have something for you.kubasbnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314578897449723134noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9029573146686634426.post-7705836928748765982019-10-28T07:38:00.002-07:002019-10-28T07:38:40.602-07:00Lost in the Reinheitsgebot (German Beer Purity Law)<br />
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that feuilleton for a while. </span></span></div>
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have been there when some people tried to start a craft beer revolution and I
observe it dying. There were a few points of ignition for finally writing. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First one, quite exactly a year ago: a Bavarian
craft brewer, whom I criticized for labeling the beer as “Brewed according to
the Reinheitsgebot”. The guy came to me and say, they do it because they are
proud of this law. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The second one was an interview with Marcus
Rauschmann, main brewer of Braufactum </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">@braufactum who stated that the craft
beer must finally take off. (</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;"><a href="https://getraenke-news.de/die-schonfrist-ist-vorbei/">https://getraenke-news.de/die-schonfrist-ist-vorbei/</a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -18pt;">).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The third one was my personal experience. Even
if I live in Belgium now, I still visit Germany on a regular basis. I have seen
craft beers getting to the masses in 2016-2017. Since 2017 I see the trend
going backward dramatically. And it’s a devil’s wheel: No interest-no new
breweries-no great beers-no interest. </span></span></div>
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development that shows craft beer trend going backward. It may not be the
absolute end of craft beer in Germany, but at least any development has been stopped.</span></span></div>
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to start.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have moved to
Germany in 1999 to start my Ph.D. study. Moving around the country from Berlin
to Heidelberg and later to the area of Frankfurt am Main I had a chance to live
in there for 16 years. I have traveled across the land and visited the vast
majority of touristic and some non-touristic places that you can find in
Germany. I also went through vast all of beers styles and maybe available in
this beautiful country. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What I have
noticed is what I call nutrition schizophrenia. I know it sounds strong, but
for me, that is what exactly describes the German way of eating and drinking.</span></span></div>
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description, Germans love foreign food. Against all that people believe there
is nothing like a common German cuisine. Local food is different between
Berlin, Munich, Aachen, and Leipzig. Common is the love for Asian, Indian and
Turkish kitchen. The national food of Germans appears to be Döner Kebab. This
is not very far from the truth as the current form served in the bread with
salad was invented by a Turkish immigrant in Berlin around 1979*. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On top of their
love for the exotic food, Germans like to visit the world. And I don’t mean the
men in short trousers, sandals, and socks, I mean real travelers through Asia,
Australia, and South America. For most people, I knew, Majorca was a starting
point. A sabbatical trip through Peru was nothing unusual and a trip to Asia
was something they could decide on from Monday to Tuesday. I also know somebody
who has traveled to Siberia with Orient Express. German airline Lufthansa uses
#SayYesToTheWorld in their advertisements. Yes, it is a lot about the money,
but it mostly is about being open to the world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On the contrary, openness ends up when it comes to drinking. The first truth I have learned
about Germany is that you could easily buy here any juice you love if you like apple
juice. Especially in my early years there, apple juice and orange juice were
literally the only choice of juice you could get. In any neighboring country,
you could get multiple other sorts, but in Germany, your choice was limited to
these 2. </span></span></div>
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African Wines bur we have excellent German wines from multiple regions, why to
take anything else.</span></span></div>
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only slightly visualize the scale of the problem. The real fun is when
you get to the beer.</span></span></div>
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may be a dark (dunkles) beer. But in general, if you go to a bar and ask for a
beer, you get a Pils, Lager, Helles and similar. Bock and alt are considered
exotic, drink seasonally and a margin of the whole production. Gose, which is a
traditional style for Leipzig, is not even described as Beer and I know that
99% of people outside of the area are not aware of the existence of such a
style. On top, they are all convinced their local Pils tastes the best, even if
they are not able to differentiate it from the other ones**.</span></div>
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me that Germans have been brainwashed. And the name of the procedure is
Reinheitsgebot.</span></span></div>
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are not aware. Reinheitsgebot was introduced in Bawaria in 1516. It restricted
the name of the beer to a drink made of three ingredients: barley, water, and
hops (yeast was unknown in 1516). Bavarians made a pan-German acceptation of
their law a prerequisite for German unification in 1879. It only became a
pan-German law in 1906.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just to make it
clear, because I got this question more than once. This was the law! This was
not just the suggestion. Anything outside these very narrow and sharp borders
is not a beer. Seriously, your milkshake IPA is not a beer, neither your milk
stout nor sour beer. Not beer! Point!</span></span></div>
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it. It took the case under the European Court of Justice in 1987 to allow the
foreign beer to be sold as beer in Germany. Even after Germans decided to keep
that regulation for the beer produced inland.</span></span></div>
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replaced in 1993 by a Provisional Beer Law. Few more things like hop extracts are
now allowed. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Importantly, most of the
breweries still use the name in their advertisements and people believe it. To
be honest, this is a perfect weapon against a craft beer revolution.<span style="background: white; color: #222222;"></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To not appear
negative. Reinheitsgebot was the wonder of its time. In the middle ages, people
were very trigger happy when it came to what they added to a beer. And quite
some things were poisonous. Thanks to strict regulation, the good name of the
beer was restored and saved.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A very limited
number of ingredients required from brewers to master their technology to
obtain good beer. No cheating possible. No sugar to bump alcohol, no corn syrup
or extracts, no spices etc… </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Knowing that it
is easier to understand why German beer holds high quality all over the
land. Even a cheap beer from Aldi or Lidl has acceptable quality and
so-called premium brands like Warsteiner or Radeberger guarantee clean, crisp
Pils without flaws.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to the
century-long experience German Pils is cheap. 1-liter Warsteiner costs around
1.53 Euro. For comparison, 1 liter of Gerolsteiner mineral water costs 0.87
euro (I consider both brands to be premium products, price were checked in Rewe
online shop on October 7) ***</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe, the beer
is not as cheap as water, but considering that beer requires more ingredients
and some advanced technology the price tag of German beer is low.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So much for the
good things. Now let’s talk about the drawbacks.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Undeniably,
Reinheitsgebot has unified the German beer landscape. Without a euphemism, most
of the non-Reinheitsgebot-compliant styles were killed or forced not to use the
name beer. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Therefore, even
is Germany is considered one of the canonical beer nations of Europe, it is
not. It is Pilsland (as much and sadly only that much). </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">I have nothing
against Pils, but to be honest it is not the most complex and demanding beer
style. Well, it is demanding for the brewer, but not for the people who drink
it. Even as a beer lover, I cannot compare the complexity of Pils to wine,
whereas good stout or barrel-aged beer can easily stand this comparison.
Consequently, German beer is getting to the level where it is considered a
thirst quencher. You would seek it on hot days, but you would not serve it in
high society parties, or you would not enjoy it in the winter evening at the
fireplace. It is not even beer, it is "beerchen" (softer, more
paternalized name).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me, this stupid
sticking to Reinheitsgebot tradition is one of the things that is causing a
constant drop in beer consumption in Germany. It is so simple; people expect
more than just another Pils. If they cannot get it, they for more complex wines
or stronger alcohols like whiskey. In a normal land, nowadays they could get
their barrel-aged beers, but in Germany, they are left alone. This is at best
very short sighed politics and it will have long going consequences. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That brainwash is
continuing, big brands still use the name Reinheitsgebot in their adverts. I
met many people who still believe that Reinheitsgebot is an existing law in
Germany. New beer styles are considered abomination. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even worse, some
of the so-called craft brewers also praise the Reinheitsgebot. A year ago, I have
criticized German brewer from Bavaria for calling their IPA compliant with
Reingeitsgebot. He came to me and said that this is because they are proud of
that. Guy, I am proud of people learning how to ride horses, but I prefer a VW.
In fact, I am grateful to that guy, at least one brewery I don’t have to try at
all, I am sure they will never brew something out of the box.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I recently met
a craft brewer who told me that they buy lactose obtained from barley, just to
make sure that their milk IPA is Reinheitsgebot compliant. It is 5x more
expensive than the regular lactose and has a dramatic impact on the price of
the beer. But it allows you to write that your Milkshake IPA is Renheitshebot
compliant.</span></span></div>
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madness.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To summarize
this lengthy drop of facts and bits, the consumption of beer in Germany is going
backward. And the numbers are not small. A few years ago, Germany was the second
in Europe in Beer consumption. Now they may be at place 4 or 5.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Personally, I
love that citation from Süddeutsche Zeitung. </span><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">“</span><span lang="DE" style="background: white; color: #29293a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: DE; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kunden sind "ihrer" Biermarke nur noch selten
treu. Lieber wechseln sie wöchentlich die Sorte, um Geld zu sparen. Der Wechsel
fällt umso leichter, da sich manche Biere im Geschmack nur mithilfe von
Labortests auseinanderhalten lassen.</span>“</span></div>
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translation „Clients are not anymore bound to their beer brand, they are happy
to change the brand to save money. This change is not very difficult,
because the taste of different beers can only be differentiated using
laboratory tests”.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div>
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was a wave of articles in German newspapers earlier this year, trying to
understand the phenomenon. One of the ideas was that the new generation simply
does not drink that much. This is of course because of the healthy lifestyle.
Apparently, young people drink less…</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #29293a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #29293a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well,
do not get your eyes covered. According to the World Health Organization, Germany
belongs to the most drinking lands in Europe. According to the 2019 report,
Germany, together with Lithuania and the Czech Republic are the only winners,
belonging to the group of 13-15 liter of pure alcohol per capita. </span></span></div>
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Polish, who in the mind of average German consumes a lot of alcohol, are in
group #3, consuming below 11,9 liters. And guess what Poland is now European #2
for beer consumption.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></span></div>
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be frank. You must be fully blind not to see the connection. Less beer
consumption, more pure alcohol per capita. This must be going somewhere.
Obviously either in wine or in strong alcohol. So simple, math and statistics
can’t be wrong.</span></span></div>
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on my experience with a beer in Poland, craft beer could have been something that
reverses the trend. It is obvious that people are bored with drinking the same
beer over and over. As stated before, Germans are curious and interested in
tasting something else than Pils. If you keep insisting that beer is only the
thing that is made according to the Reinheitsgebot that is what you going to
get.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #29293a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Consequently,
every craft brewer who is putting on a beer label a statement that the beer was
brewed according to Reinheitsgebot is actively destroying the beer scene in Germany.
There are no excuses for that. I am not asking you to be ashamed of Reinheitsgebot,
but you have the power to educate your local fans that beer is way more than
Reinheitgebot.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #29293a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BTW.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you think that beer is Reinhaitsgebot, you
simply do not belong here, please stop calling yourself a craft brewer. Craft
is about invention and fun. No place for 500 years old laws here,</span></span></div>
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travel quite a lot. Very often I interact with beer geeks from Europe and the USA.
There is a reason why all of them want to go to Belgium and literally, none of
them asked me for the best place in Germany to have a beer. On my personal list
Germany does not make it to the top 3 countries in Europe where I would like to
have a beer. Considering worldwide, it does not make it to top 5. On top, I couldn’t
trade any single beer form Germany in the last two years. Even great things
like the wine barrel-aged bock from wouldn’t go. It is because of Germany, full of
their Rienheitsgebot, just left the race for broadly recognized beer and nobody
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stop today. I am fully fed up. Fed up with hearing stories that German craft
brewer must sell his Ginger-Triple as “a drink on a beer basis” (Biermischgetränk).
Fed up with wasting the enormous potential of German beer culture. And fed up
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that. Yes, I know that you can buy identical Döner Kebab in Turkey. But it is
for the tourists, it has not a lot to do with their traditional food.</span></span></div>
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fans of a local beer. They failed miserably in the blind test.</span></span></div>
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Btw. cheapest Pils I found was 0.7 euro/ liter. Cheapest mineral water was
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“<span style="background: rgb(248, 248, 248); color: #171717;">We started Stone in 1996 because we weren’t OK with the status quo of beer in the U.S. We felt Americans deserved better, so we brewed it for them. When we saw much of Germany stuck in a similar status quo of cheap beer, we were convinced we could help. As it stands now, German beer prices are the cheapest in Western Europe. As most of us know from life, the best things are rarely the cheapest.</span>”</div>
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have decided to feature few beers that a must try at the festival. And you have
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Perfect aroma of roasted coffee complemented with raisins and vanilla. Taste is
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<br />kubasbnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314578897449723134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9029573146686634426.post-71489713130835095432018-03-24T03:24:00.000-07:002018-04-23T05:59:16.046-07:00The Place and The Beer 10: Golden Dog Brewery/Browar Zloty Pies, Wroclaw, Poland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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at the Browar Z</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">ł</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">oty Pies (Polish for Golden Dog Brewery) was on my list
for a long time. As some other posts, it suffered from the speed of life and
tendency not to look back too much. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 32px;">First of all – I simply love this style of the interior. The combination of brick, wood and copper brew gear is astonishing and I have never had enough yet. Steampunk pure. If you are a fan, you will be amazed. You may complain that many restaurant brewers look similar. Maybe, I still love it and never have enough.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 32px;">Second – the master brewer is unusual. Łukasz Szwed is a real PhD. He has obtained his titel from the Wroclaw University of Life Sciences in 2012 and specializes in brewing technologies. For the ones interested, his thesis can be found here: <a href="http://www.dbc.wroc.pl/Content/18734/Szwed_L_doktor_062_DBC.pdf?handler=pdf">http://www.dbc.wroc.pl/Content/18734/Szwed_L_doktor_062_DBC.pdf?handler=pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 32px;">If you want to study and listen to Łukasz classes, he is still teaching at: <a href="https://www.upwr.edu.pl/studia/44732/technologia_piwowarstwa_2017_2018.html">https://www.upwr.edu.pl/studia/44732/technologia_piwowarstwa_2017_2018.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 32px;">But the clear highlight is their Golden Weizen. Winner of a craft beer competition in Poland, but also Gold Medal on the World Beer Awards 2016. And the beer is very good. Looking on the rating at the Ratebeer, you tend to underestimate it. But it has an impressive aroma of bananas and cloves. Fresh, bit lemony in taste. Well balanced, fresh and drinkable. Not sure what more I would like to get from the Weizen. Just perfect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have time to go to the best beer places suggested by my colleagues and online
guides. That was exactly the case in Verona. The only brewery was at least 40
minutes away, the bottle shop was closed and the bar was far and open only in
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Osteria La Mandorla as a destination. Very luckily. It is located maybe 2 minutes’
walk from the Arena of Verona, 3 minutes from my hotel and it is opened until late
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the wine bar, but would have 4 Italian craft beers on the tap.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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below) I am still glad that it was there. Look at the photographs. It is not
necessary a place where a tourist would step in, on top craft beers are very
well hidden. The tap is covered by the bar. Neither the information on the
microbrewery nor the tap are visible from the street. They also have a small
fridge filled with various Italian and British craft beers – that one is even
better hidden. If not the owner, I would never find it. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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climate of local bar I liked the place a lot, however, I would appreciate a bit
of info visible from the outside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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visiting Verona.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the beer – it is important to mention that these guys own a microbrewery </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.masoalto.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.masoalto.com/</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">), so
2 beers we could try – an IPA and golden ale were their own productions. This
makes the place even more amazing to me.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Delicate tropical fruits, grass and some malt. But the valanced flavor of malt
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I was positively surprised ow much can bergamot
and orange peel bring to the style Fresh, aromatic, earl grey like. At the same
time light and multifaceted. Very good beer.</span></div>
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distilled IPA blind test.</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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celebrate first 500 followers on Instagram, I have decided to finalize the first
blind test ever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Very
unique beer style – Ice Distilled IPA – to keep the long story short – take a
good IPA and start freezing it. Water freezes faster than alcohol. Therefore,
you can separate both phases easily. The trick is to not lose too much taste of
beer in the process. At least in Europe, not many breweries decide to try, but
I have managed to get 3 candidates:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="PL" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Spółdzielczy Lodołamacz (</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a href="http://www.browarspoldzielczy.com/"><span lang="PL">www.browarspoldzielczy.com</span></a></span><span lang="PL" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">). </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ice
distilled Imperial IPA. 11% of alcohol. Spółdzielczy belongs to my favorite
breweries and I hope that they have done a good job here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Uiltje
Old Enough to Drink (<a href="http://www.uiltjecraftbeer.com/">www.uiltjecraftbeer.com</a>
). Scary 21% of alcohol. Considered by me one of the best IPAs I have ever had.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Brewdog
Hop Shot (<a href="http://www.brewdog.com/">www.brewdog.com</a> ). 22% of
alcohol, West Coast IPA. I am very curious whether the godfathers of craft can redefine
the ice distilled beer style.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Of
course, I am aware that Lodołamacz alcohol content puts it in the different
league than the other two beers, but I need to be pragmatic. Not like I can
pick this kind of beers on the street.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is really blinded. All beers were cooled down to 14<sup>O</sup> Celsius and
poured in glasses by my wife. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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three candidates are amber brown, #3 being a tad darker than the rest. #1 and
#3 still try to for something like a head, #2 looks flat. There are no CO2
bubbles in none of the beers. In fact, I haven’t expected a lot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is quite positive surprise. Well preserved hops aroma – some tropical fruits,
grass and citrusy notes. Resin and some alcohol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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very strong alcohol aroma burning the nose, there are some leftovers of hop
resin and malt, but in that case alcohol takes the most.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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balance of alcohol and fruity marmalade, caramel, pineapple. Alcohol is clear,
but does not burn the nose like #2. Pleasant.</span><span lang="PL" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Peach and tropical fruits, caramel and bread. Bit sweet with a resin finish. Clear
hop bitterness in the taste. Finish is bitter and a bit alcohol. Beer is full-bodied,
sticky on the tongue but acceptable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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As already suggested by the aroma, something went wrong here. Heavy alcohol is
hard to beat. Some little notes of sweet malt and bread. Very thick on the
tongue, no carbonation. Interestingly this one is very, very bitter. To tell
you the truth – it is the only thing I like about it. </span><span lang="PL" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Very well balanced tropical fruits, marmalade sweetness, floral aromas and
alcohol. Bitter. Body is thick but not sticky, some carbonation is left. Overall
looks like it is very balanced and alcohol is complemented by other assets.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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seeing the bottles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">#1
is probably the Lodołamacz (Polish word for Icebreaker). Mostly because of
clearly different alc. Content than #2 and #3. If I am right this also proves
what I have said before – the process is the key, and the longer you distill,
the more you may lose. #1 that one is more on the beer side, whereas #2 and 3
are on the side of degustation alcohols already. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and #3. I hated #2 for its heavy alcohol, #3 for me is excellent drink. Heavy
but perfectly balanced. Unless Het Uiltje screwed this lot, #2 is Brewdog and
#3 is Het Uiltje.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– I am not saying who is the winner. I am saying who is the looser. In that
case it is Brewdog. 1% alcohol difference between Hop Shot and Old Enough to
Drink does not explain why Brewdog’s beer is so heavy of alcohol and simply
distasteful.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Old
Enough to Drink proves once again to be a world class beer. Heavy in alcohol,
but still beer. Excellent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">L</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">odołamacz
is simply very good beer. However, to compare it to Old Enough to Drink it would
require additional double concentration.</span></div>
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notes on the bottles and availability.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Lodołamacz
is impossible to get. You need to know people, who know people and a lot of
begging is included (many thanks to <a href="http://www.ebrowarium.pl/">www.ebrowarium.pl</a>).
This has a lot of to do with the costs of production and the policy of the
brewery who likes to produce an exclusive beer from time to time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Brewdog
was (and still may be) available in many beer shops and Brewdog’s brewbars all
around the Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Het
Uiltje was freely available over the internet and in various shops in Europe.
Even in Poland.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Kudos
goes to Het Uiltje, for making an excellent beer, and making it AVAILABLE to
literally everybody who wants to try it. Everybody else – look and learn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Now
the bottle – here the situation is different. Brewdog sells the beer is shot,
150 ml bottles. Size fits the taste. Anyway, I couldn’t swallow more of this
thing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Uiltje, sells their beer in a classical bottle, with cartoon label. Nothing
here suggests exclusivity. That’s a pity, because I would like to keep some of
this beers for presents and they just lack the appearance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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looks like the exclusive beer. Look at the label. It is not paper, it is fabric.
Picture and letters are embroidered with a silver thread. Now this is something
I could give to somebody.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />kubasbnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314578897449723134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9029573146686634426.post-20748479382465086952018-02-14T04:11:00.000-08:002018-02-14T04:28:53.369-08:00Lithuanian craft beer weekend in Brussels, Dynamo - Bar de Soif, Brussels, Belgium<h1 style="background: white; line-height: 200%; margin: 0in 9pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: center;">
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was very difficult weekend for me as a beer lover. Not so often I have to
choose between 3 events in the same evening. But a possibility of trying a
craft beer from Lithuania was the most interesting one. First, because I have
never had a Lithuanian craft beer before. Second, because just few days ago a
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the introduction – event was organized by the Lithuanian community in Brussels.
Based on what I have found there are currently around 3000 Lithuanians living in
Belgium (half in Brussels). Interestingly, the story of the Lithuanian craft
beer is very similar to Polish one. Both countries have a history of brewing.
In both countries vodka was more prevalent in the communist times and bot lands
have a gradual turn in the direction of beer. Good beer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Braworas Apynys <span style="font-weight: normal;">(apynysbrewing.lt)
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Kuro aparatūra <span style="font-weight: normal;">(facebook.com/kabrews<span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;">)</span></span></span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dundulis <span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://dundulis.lt/en/">(</a>dundulis.lt)</span></span><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 200%;">@</span><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 200%;">dundulisbeer</span></span></span></li>
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you can imagine that the fact of not having a degustation size was really
annoying. I could test only limited number of beers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Delicate aroma of Belgian yeast and malt. Taste is very classical malty dubbel,
bit creamy. Not bad, but rather average. Two people tried and non-have realized
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the evening. Amazing combination of gin tonic aroma with juniper bitterness.
Taste is spicy, orange and juniper. Overall effect like unique and deserves
appraisal. Don’t mind people giving it low rating on Ratebeer. This is awesome
beer. Kudos to the brewer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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world class. Aromas of exotic fruits, mostly pineapple and grapefruit. Pine on top. Delicate carbonation and amazing
smoothness. Flavor is milky, exotic fruits and delicate bitterness. Not getting more bitter during drinking. Drinkable to the limit. Great beer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Belgian interpretation of gruit (</span><span style="background-color: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-place-and-beer-9-gentse-gruut.html)</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. And I like Lithuanian version more. Rich,
thick dark ale. Must have something to do with kvass or bread addition. Taste
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peppery, very dry honey, more in aroma than in taste. Almost not sweet at all.
Nice malt finish and average carbonation. On plus side it is great balanced -
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kubasbnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314578897449723134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9029573146686634426.post-7471399183448890902018-02-08T13:05:00.002-08:002018-02-14T04:27:49.359-08:00The Place and The Beer 9: Gentse Gruut Stadtsbrouwerij, Gent, Belgium<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXLS0CjHBGHqkEc9oq-JbfTXLLqExMUWUtZtXw7xAD-LUSJRxsg_HyxcMoaSqLepVJSysRhzG3tKyT4SLLmAdjxqC66UHkmViwXTN7OduVEbW4USqYKwgyHJGHBpDZclTxhh4zCAYt80/s1600/P_20180203_214703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeXLS0CjHBGHqkEc9oq-JbfTXLLqExMUWUtZtXw7xAD-LUSJRxsg_HyxcMoaSqLepVJSysRhzG3tKyT4SLLmAdjxqC66UHkmViwXTN7OduVEbW4USqYKwgyHJGHBpDZclTxhh4zCAYt80/s640/P_20180203_214703.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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sure if you are aware but hops were not the only herbal addition given to
beers. And I don’t mean current craft bee move, that make brewers to add every
piece of flower/vegetable they can find on the local market.</span></div>
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the name was Gruit/Gruyt/Gruut – depending on the region. The term was used on
the territories of current Belgium, Netherlands and some parts of Germany and
described herbal mixture used for spicing and bittering. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it was known as Gruut, the herbal-beer-addon exists under the name <i>materia cervisiae</i>. The name pops up first
in Germany. Kaiser Otto II granted the rights to sell Gruut to the Church of </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Liège</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"> in
the year 974. The name Gruut was first noted in the year 999, same Kaiser have
granted similar rights to the church in Utrecht. Even if hops were making its
way through the brewing scene of the middle age Europe, Gruut was popular in
some regions till XIII century. There were monopolists selling and producing
Gruut and they were less than happy to see hops coming. Also, past brewers had
to pay taxes based on the content of Gruut in the beer (today it is based on
alcohol content). Thus, many local governments that got good money from Gruut
were not happy. This led to some trade wars and sometimes almost anecdotal
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of such stories is the story of Gent in Belgium. The city is divided by the
river Leie in two parts, at some point of the history the right bank was ruled
by Flemish and the left bank by French-speaking communities. Flemish brew with
hops, whereas French brewed with Gruut. Full exclusivity apparently. At the
end, hops became prevalent in the brewing, mostly because of their
antibacterial and preserving abilities (and they were cheaper), but even today,
the only brewery still using Gruut indicates on its labels: “brewed on the left
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to the Gruut – it is difficult to say what was exactly inside – based on the
historical records people tend to believe that it was based on sweet gale,
mugwort, yarrow and ground ivy. With a possible addition of spices including
juniper or ginger (see Wikipedia for a complete list of possibilities). Very
likely, there were multiple combinations and addition possible. What also is
clear that each brew master would have its own secret recipe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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let’s go back to the left side of Gent and the one and only Gentse Gruut
Stadtsbrouverij. Brewery doing beer only with Gruut. I went there last weekend,
during </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Lichtfestival </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Gents just to see what does the Gruut-beer taste like.
There was too late for the brewery tour, but I may be back in summer. Still
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">At the moment, they sell 5 beers on the regular basis. I have managed to taste the blonde and two were the take home message from this trip. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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– blonde was my first choice to taste. As stated here many times – blondes are
almost as low aromatic as lagers. When usually it is a problem – this time it
is an advantage. In blonde, you have a chance to get all the aroma of Gruut. And
I was not disappointed – bit sweet, with a note of nutmeg, very herbal, but not
in a citrus hop way, rather like one of your herbal teas. Bit in the direction
of nettle. On top some herbal bitterness and not too heavy yeast. Very positive
and a must try for every beer lover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was always jealous about Rattshern. Living for 16 years in Germany, I have spent
my life in the areas on middle/middle south Germany who didn’t give a damn about
the craft revolution. Trust me, even in 2015 the area north of Frankfurt was
craft beer desert. Still today, Frankfurt am Main, the financial center and one
of the biggest cities in Germany hosts the amazing number of 2 crafts breweries
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then, all the time, I have heard about the Ratsherrn brewery from Hamburg. They
produce Pale Ales, Porters and everything. God, I was so jealous. Especially,
because they were no accessible in the area.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Still a brewery visit was a must. I have booked a tour containing brewery and
tasting at the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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use to be a traditional local Pils that went down. Current brewery kept the
name but represents rather modern style brewing. In its current form, Rattshern runs since
2012. Head brewer is Thomas Kunst and Ian Pyle is responsible for special
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brew craft beer for broader publicity. At the moment of my tour their “hardest”
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itself is great, the guide not only shows the brewery, but he will also show
all steps of beer brewing. Bonus for me: a chance to briefly talk with Ian who
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drinkable example of the style. Dark brown, tan head. Aromas of roasted malt
and tiny leftovers of yeast. Flavor of coffee and malts. Clean, tasty and worth
giving anybody. Especially dedicated to people who want to start tasting beers,
but don’t want to be scared by a double-barrel-aged-triple-hoppled-imperial-porter
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Aaah, the friendly Beer-Market from La Louvière, after a
while I feel like home here. And, to my positive surprise, even the local community
started to accept Polish guy who haven’t yet learned a proper French. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Not to forget another important new thing – the owner
David is now concentrated on the second shop in Namur, and he have hired a new
professional – Lise – to run the shop in La Louviere.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Imagine a beer-geek Belgian girl, who speaks English.
Bingo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The idea of the evening degustation is very simple.
Varying number of beers, tasted blindly and a local community happily
commenting and exchanging experience. 2-3 hours of nicely spend time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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general. And, again, David and Lise have prepared an interesting selection.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Aaah, le sympathique Beer-Market de La Louvière, après
un moment je me sens comme chez moi ici. Et, à ma grande surprise, même la
communauté locale a commencé à accepter le Polonais qui n'a pas encore appris
le français.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Sans oublier une autre nouveauté importante : le
propriétaire David se concentre maintenant sur le second magasin de Namur et a
embauché une nouvelle professionnelle, Lise, pour diriger le magasin de La
Louvière.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Imaginez une fille beer-geek, belge, qui parle
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de bières variable, goûtées à l'aveugle, et une communauté locale heureuse de
commenter et d'échanger des expériences. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2-3 heures d’agréables moments.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nouveautés du magasin. Pas seulement belges, mais en général. Et, encore une
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This beer was so heavy loaded with raspberries that my garden was jealous.
Small white head was gone almost instantly, carbonation almost not existing.
This time it is a plus, because the beer is sour, not only Berliner sour, but
also fruit, raspberry sour with some lemon notes on top. </span><span lang="FR-BE" style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Very refreshing, even
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italienne. Cette bière était si chargée en framboises que mon jardin en était
jaloux. La petite tête de mousse blanche disparut presque instantanément, la
carbonatation presque inexistante. Cette fois-ci c'est un plus, car la bière
est acide, pas seulement acide comme une Berliner, mais aussi fruitée :
framboise acidulée avec quelques notes de citron sur le dessus. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Très rafraîchissante, même si un peu unilatérale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Belgian Brewers Windy<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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should start looking for. New brewers brewing with the use of Alsace hops.
Windy is brewed with Mistral and is strictly amazing. OK, honestly, this pale ale can stand any. And I mean like ANY competition I have ever tested, no
matter USA or Europe, this is like world class. I never thought that European
hops can give so many grassy and fruity aromas. In fact if you would tell me that were american hops I would believe. Awesome. Light
body, decent bitterness, perfectly carbonated. This is amazing pale ale. World class. Best new beer I have tried that evening.</span></span><br />
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les amateurs de bière belges devraient rechercher : des nouveaux brasseurs
brassant avec du houblon d'Alsace. La Windy est brassée avec du houblon Mistral
et est absolument incroyable. OK, honnêtement, cette pâle Ale peut vraiment
tenir tête à de grands noms. Et par là je veux dire dans n'importe quelle
compétition que j'ai jamais testée, peu importe aux États-Unis ou en Europe,
c'est vraiment de classe mondiale. Je n'avais jamais pensé que le houblon
européen puisse donner autant de grands arômes, herbacés et fruités. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Amertume légère, corps léger, amertume décente. C’est incroyable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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hop aroma, citrus, pine. Some malts and fruits and decent carbonation. It’s a
bit too much caramel and toffee for me, but I cannot deny that I have liked
this one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Faible arôme de houblon, agrumes, pin. Quelques malts et fruits, et une
carbonatation décente. C'est un peu trop caramel pour moi, mais je ne peux pas
nier que je l’ai appréciée.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Something went a tad wrong
here, especially with the classification. Even if the hazy look suggests that
its New England, the aromas are West Coast – heavy pine, marmalade, berries,
caramel and grapefruit. Small bitter notes and a hell of a citrus in taste. Now
one point – this is a great beer. Just call it IPA.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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niveau de la classification. Même si la robe brumeuse suggère la New England,
les arômes rappellent plus la West Coast - pin lourd, marmelade, baies, caramel
et pamplemousse. De petites notes amères et un goût d'agrumes. Maintenant, un
point : c'est une bonne bière. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Appelez-le IPA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the evening, this time less acidic than the first attempt. However, not matter
how I have tried, I was not able to guess the fruit. Most of you probably know
this Multifruit juices from the supermarkets. You know its juice, but will
never find out more. Same effect here. Later, we have learned that its black
currant and rhubarb. OK, tried again. I couldn’t say. I think that something
went wrong here and both aromas somehow countered each other. Overall effect is
faceless and not satisfactory.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">D’accord, cette bière était une surprise. </span><span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE;">Une autre bière acide pour cette soirée, moins
acide cependant que la première. Cela dit, bien que j’aie essayé, je n’ai pas
été capable de deviner le fruit. La plupart d'entre vous connaissent
probablement ce jus Multifruit des supermarchés. Vous connaissez son goût, mais
vous n'en saurez jamais plus. Même effet ici. Plus tard, nous avons appris que c’était
du cassis et de la rhubarbe. OK, j’essaie à nouveau. Je ne goûte pas ces fruits.
Je pense que quelque chose s'est mal passé ici et les deux arômes se sont en
quelque sorte contrecarrés. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">L'effet global est sans visage
et pas satisfaisant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beer was an accident. Another proof for a beauty of craft. Big company would
pour it to the sink. Craft brewery put it in the barrels and made barrel aged
sour ale. The result is sour, oaky aromatic and tasty. Wooden notes mixed with
tanic bitterness. It is not the best beer I have ever had, but it is at least
worth trying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE;">Si j'ai bien compris, cette bière était un
accident. Une autre preuve de la beauté de ce métier. Une grosse compagnie la déverserait
dans l'évier. La brasserie artisanale l'a mise dans des tonneaux et en a fait une
bière aigre-douce vieillie en fût. Le résultat est acide, boisé, aromatique et
savoureux. Notes de bois mêlées d'amertume tannique. Ce n'est pas la meilleure
bière que j'aie goutée, mais elle vaut la peine d’être essayée.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IPA<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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IPA, I would probably never classify it as one. Neither I would classify it as
a good beer. Its average. Average body, average carbonation. Average aromas of
not defined hops and malt. Kind of brown beer taste, bit malty. Since
everything is average, you could think that the beer is well balanced. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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« Imperial IPA », je ne l’aurais probablement jamais classée comme ça.
Je ne la classerais pas non plus comme une bonne bière. C’est moyen. Corps
moyen, carbonatation moyenne. Arômes moyens de houblon et de malt non définis. Le
goût rappelle la bière brune, un peu maltée. Comme tout est moyen, on pourrait
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="background: white; color: red; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-ansi-language: FR-BE; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Celle-ci est juste moyenne. Vous voyez, c'était tellement moyen que j'ai
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Belgian beer since the Duvel. And the best one. However, it is interesting to
see how this is not everybody’s case. Looks like in any testing population 50%
of people love it. Rest hates it. Very polarizing this one. OK, I love it
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depuis la Duvel. Et la meilleure. Cependant, il est intéressant de voir que
tout le monde n’est pas de cet avis. On dirait que dans toute la population
testée, 50% des gens l'adorent. Le reste la déteste. Très polarisante, celle-ci.
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I very often
complain about the lack of novelty in Belgian beer. Yes, there is a tradition
and respect of the wide word. Yes, Belgians brew great traditional Belgian beer
styles like sour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">However, when
you look on development of the beer in the world in the last 5 years and
compare it to the local Belgian situation, you realize that most of the
Belgians did not know that there is some craft beer revolution going on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I encounter
almost weekly local beer lovers who Believe that Belgian beer is the best. The
problem starts when I start to ask questions: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it is the best? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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define the best – taste, quality?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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over for a discussion, since they have no idea. If you insist you find out that
they always drink a blonde brewed by the local brewery and may have tried a few
other from the local supermarket. IPA – I have tried one and don’t like it.
Which one did you have? Leffe…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">No wonder, Leffe
IPA is one of the worst beers I have ever had and by blind tasting I would
never say its IPA.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">One important
thing to say – there is a significant difference between the south and the north
of Belgium. South of Belgium is even more conservative what I have described
above. North is way more open. Most of interesting Belgian beers in the last
years came from Brussels or north of it. Best beer festivals are in the north. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">There are some
signs that the situation is changing also in the south. great Beer Market in La
Louviere (<a href="http://www.beer-market.be/">www.beer-market.be</a>) is
building a local community around its variety of beer styles from different
countries. I have recently tested a Barley Wine from the brewery in the south.
Maybe, one-day Belgium will again be a beer country I have hoped for.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to add, the situation is not just a Belgian problem. It is a problem of many
strong beer cultures. Germany, Czech Republic – those two countries suffer from
the same problem. And I know what am I saying – I have lived in Germany for 16
years.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">MEET THE BREWER AT FERMENTHINGS</span></b></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">I have met Totem
almost exactly a year ago at the Brugges festival. All their beers were named
with Aztec gods. Seeing the description of their brews I have red few obvious
facts:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">INNOVATION<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;">Sadly, during the whole year I have not really
managed to get my hands on any more Totem beers. Totem simply does not have any
distributors in the south of Belgium.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">Recently in December,
at Fermenthings I have spotted some Totem beers, this time named by the Viking
gods and heroes. Used to be Aztecs. Intriguing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I have heard that Totem is coming for a brewer evening at Fermenthings – there was
no option. I just had to go. And with a support of the whole family I have
managed. This was worth it – the pair running the brewery are fun and
interesting to talk. Here is what I have learned.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They agree with
my view on Belgian beer. Most people drink strong, alcohol boosted Triples.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most of the
innovation in European beer in the recent years comes from Poland and UK</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Totem beer is
brewed for fun. So far Totem have never brewed the same beer twice. And they
have the freedom to do whatever they want and do not need to fit into the expectations
of the everyday, boring market.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are playful.
In the first-year names were taken from Aztec gods, Recent wave is Vikings.
Coming beers will be Chinese.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And finally, a
blast. For now, Totem was an unusual contract brewer – why unusual? Because they
have found a contract brewery that have let them go inside and really brew
their beer. Nevertheless, Totem is opening the first physical brewery this year.
They have a building and the gear is coming in few weeks. Wish you good luck
guys!</span></li>
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evening with an everyday IPA. Huldra in the Norse Mythology was a seductive forest
spirit. Is the beer from Totem seductive as well? With its 2.7% alcohol it
clearly fits in the low alc market that its recently booming. Also, I could
imagine that this is a beer for mass events - concerts, football games. It
still keeps all the characteristics of the IPA with some bitterness and
tropical fruit aromas, but I have the feeling that the low alcohol came with a
price of generally diluting the aroma and taste. I my opinion 1:100 IPA from
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for Billies craft beer festival that I couldn’t attend. St Billie represents
the dry sour kind that I do not enjoy too much. It is hoppy I admit, but it is
mostly dry. Not everybody’s case. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from the famous Volsunga saga of the Norse Mythology. And this IPA has gigantic
potential as well. Almost a modern classic. Traditional, American IPA. Peachy and
tangerine citrus aromas nicely complemented with pine notes. Good bitterness. Cloudy
look and modest carbonation. One of the cases where beer smells and tastes awesome.
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How do you do a red stout. The answer was simple – do a white stout and add
beetroot juice. The effects are more than interesting. You know that the beer
is red. With rather light body and medium carbonation. However, your nose and
taste tells you that this is a real stout, with coffee, chocolate and smoked
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of dwarf king, affected by the curse and turned in the dragon. Slain at the end
of the story. Still, I had some problem with connecting the name to the beer
this time. The best I could come with is that dragons are fire animals and
Fafnir is smoked stout. Anyway, that beer is amazing, black, thick, oily in
consistence. Low carbonation. Nose is mocha and umami. Taste is light smoked,
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strong aromas of Palo Santo wood gave it really unique </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">character. For the ones that
has never heard the name before – Palo Santo (</span><i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Bursera graveolens</span></i><span style="background: white; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">)</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica;">, also called a holly wood, is very often used in
all kinds of scents, incenses, sticks and oils. There is a good chance you have
already tested the smell, if your partner is interested in this kind of things.
In case of beer Palo Santo gave pine and citrus aroma and strong vanilla flavor.
The whole thing was so well balanced, that I considered a beer an IPA and a
great one. Obviously not the first time that Totem brews out of the convention
and they are good at it. Another World Class Beer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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home was the rain water tank outside. Wrong choice, unless you want to do
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">First: short boil in the water and dried in the oven. I am quite
sure that they are rather sterile now. But they are boring...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And then
I had the idea. Recently, a friend on mine have gave me this aromatic alcohol
his uncle is preparing at home. It is self-made Grape Juice/<i><span style="color: #222222;"> aguardente</span></i> /sugar mixture. Fermented and
bottled. Amazing stuff, smells with sherry and grapes. Rather sweet. Probably 20%
alc. And they call it Abafado!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">And yes,
I have never heard the name before. Its as Portuguese as my friend. The name
defines a type of strong alcoholic beverage that can be distilled from wine or
pomace. You may have stumbled upon it, as it is used to fortify port wines
sometimes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">I spend
an hour trying to imagine the aromas and notes from adding this to the oak
aromas. My mouth watered, like Niagara Falls…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it. So, half of the chips was kept as they were, half was soaked in the amazing
thing for a week. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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end I expect to have 3 beers – original porter, barrel aged and barrel aged in
the amazing stuff barrels. Hope that they all kick ass.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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if I really love Imperium Prunum, Imperator Ba</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ł</span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">tycki has one big advantage.
First of all, it is almost as good as Imperium (ratebeer rank 3 and 4), but
most importantly you can buy it almost any time you want. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pitch black, aromatic, hopped with American
hops. Very solid coffee, smoked note and thick rich texture. It is rare to get
so much for your money.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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liquor and praline notes. Nice vanilla finish and very, very low carbonation.
Clearly +1 to respect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kormoran Brewery</b></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with a specific dried plum with a smoky aroma called (Suska Szechlonska)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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cite Ratebeer:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Prunum has 292 ratings: </span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Overall score 100/100; style 100/100<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2016 – Ratebeer Best Award -
gold medal – category – Best Beers in the world<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you look in the lists it’s
the best Baltic Porter in the World and Polands #2 overall*.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I found it difficult to
write about the beer that have been praised so much. There is a lot of hype and
hate. But all professional reviewers were amazed when the first batch of
Imperium Prunum hit the shelves in 2016. The brewery let us wait for the next one
year. And this was the moment when I was also able to get a bottle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Let’s just say that I wasn’t
disappointed. Aroma of cocoa, chocolate and Belgian pralines. No alcohol detectable, Smoky
notes in both aroma and taste. Rich, creamy texture with delicate and small
carbonation. Roasted chocolate and small bitter ending. That beer is really a
piece of art.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">On top, there is this
amazing bottle and the box. Just look at the photos. So far, one of the best
beer packages I know. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of the hardest beers in the world to get. Maybe not as hard as Pliny the
Younger (released only in the San Francisco area once per year), but way harder
to get than Westvleteren XII. Each batch of Imperium Prunum was about 8000
bottles, released just once per year. Guilty is process of aging (2 years).
Whereas the basic price is quite OK (around 8 euro), online the beer got really
crazy pricing going way beyond 10x of the original. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Having all these facts – you
can imagine that getting a bottle of Imperium Prunum was very difficult in
Poland and almost impossible outside.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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from Browarium – Sklepy Piwne who kept a bottle of 2017 for me. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">What I have learned this
year is that the brewery has heard the clients. This year’s batch is doubled.
Plus, they have also decreased the volume of the bottle. Now it is only 0.33.
This will result in more bottles and better accessibility for a broader
publicity. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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double batch, I believe that the 0.33 size is bullshit. I will anyway be able
to get one bottle max and I will share my bottle with somebody. 0.33 size for
sharing a beer is such a nonsense.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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it a great beer or is this a hype. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Because some of the very
exclusive beers are more hype than the quality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It is simple. Would you dare
to give a bad rating, knowing that you had to go to the monastery on a certain
day, directly after they call you to pick up the beer? All the effort travel
etc. to give a bad rating?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">That is why Westvleteren XII
is not the best beer I have ever tried. No doubt, this is a very good quad, but
in my opinion, it needs to age. I have been tasting a few freshly from the
brewery and the ones that were a year in my basement. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The fresh one is clearly
more hype than greatness. Only aged Westvleteren lives up to the expectations. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Finally – Batch 2018 is being
released today. Run, run, run.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">* In case you are interested number one is
Polish Quad – Buba Extreme, also considered to be the 3 best Quadruple in the
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">** <span style="background: white;">yeah, I
know all about only being able to get Westvleteren XII from the monks directly
from the monastery in limited amounts, and one car cannot come to pick the beer
more than once in every 3 months – the truth is that a willing tourist will
find more than enough places to get Westvleteren XII in Belgium and online. I
even have a bottle of Westvleteren XII in a bar in Toronto area. Price will be
high, but you can get it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As most of you have noticed, I have recently restarted my
brewing activities. Going through my notices and historical recipes I have
realized that one of my original beer actually got reviewed on a beer blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Amazing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I started searching for the blog and the review, and have
found that the blogging platform will be closed at the end of the January.
Holly cow, this was the last moment to save it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">On top, I have contacted the author – DareQ and got his
permission to re-use the text on the blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last problem was that the original review was in Polish.
After a few thoughts I have decided to let google translate to do the job and
paste the text below WITHOUT any changes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It is readable and translates the message of the author
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To put the reviewed beer in the context – the recipe for
Pliny the Eldest was originally designed to be a heavy West Coast Imperial IPA
in the style of Russian Rivers legendary Pliny the Elder. I really loved the
effects and decided to work on it. I have made some fine-tuning and the beer
have become – “Double Dare You”. No more a tribute, its separate entity now.
You could enjoy the bottle and the label on my Instagram (@beerlander.blogspot)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in "Beerstudio" in a sense, "special stage". It is rare
that I never write about home beer to say nothing. Beers brewed by breweries
have the advantage that they can be easier or harder to get from here, the
review may encourage or discourage the purchase of a particular beer or be a
contributor to polemics if someone has already done so and picked up the beer
differently (and it certainly happens and I think that for completely normal).
In the case of this beer, I decided to make an exception, because the history
of how it hit me is also unique. Pliny the Eldest is a beer by Beerlander - a
blogger whom I met during a beer trip to Amsterdam. One of the conference
points was the so-called 'bottleshare session', in other words simple tasting
of beers brought by participants. These were usually craft brewing beers, but
among various inventions unearthed from the cellars of companions there were
also 2 bottles of home-made specimen which can be described as borrowed from
the world of music as tritune Beer of the legendary Pliny the Elder from
Russian River. How to inspire, it's the best! The first bottle was spilled in a
dozen or so of the most persistent participants on the 2nd day of the
conference, while the second bottle, to my great joy, was given to me as a
gift, for which I thank you very much! I mark out the original Pliny from
above, I have not yet had the opportunity to try, that's why there will simply
be no links to this inspiration in this tasting.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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from the beginning intrigue suspiciously with dark colors. The deep amber color
and turbidity combined with the little abundant foam give it the appearance of
strong tea and suggest that it may be a 'very imperial IPA'. The feeling did
not disappoint! From the first nose very clear tropical notes. Very ripe papaya
and mango fruits do the job here. The aroma is really solid, intense and
powerful, slightly broken with an alcohol note, but in the end it's not just a
nice peanut. The aged Pliny comes with a blow in taste. There is power! The
beer is full, with lots of mango and tropical fruit. You can also feel caramel
(maybe a bit too much) and the sweetness that breaks the most at the finish.
While the smell of alcohol was a bit noticeable in the aroma, the beer is
incredibly well-arranged and smooth in taste. For a beer with this power is a
big plus. This element was able to support quite a long time before drinking -
in the Netherlands I drank it fresh, at home after almost 3 months but it was
still great. From a small mouthful in Amsterdam, I knew it would be my fairy
tale and the effect did not diminish at all with the whole bottle.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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finally a real firecracker. I assumed that beer on this level is a specific
experience and a minimum of a few dozen brews on the account. It turns out that
it was one of the first attempts of self-brewing which, given the result,
raises really great respect. If it was 3 batch, then the 30th may lack the
scale. Thanks to Beerlander! Good luck and keep it up!</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It was supposed to be
blinded competition. After giving it some thoughts I have decided not to do so.
First, because I am the huge fan of Kameradski Balsamico. Second – there is no official
beer style for sour stouts, thus a fair comparison is difficult to make.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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quite impressive one – rich aroma of dark chocolate, roasted malts, dried
fruits and plums. Flavor is barrel, rum, whiskey, plums. Overall very tasty,
very well balanced. One point of the criticism is that I cannot see the
Bretanomyces doing the job. All acidic notes may as well come from barrel aging
and that makes V&E quite close to many other BA Imperial Stouts. It is not
a bad beer, it is just not as exceptional as I thought.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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different approach. Stout is gone and lambic is taking over everything. Can you
imagine drinking a dry beer? Well, it’s the effect obtained here. Kind of like
drinking very, very dry wine. I have looked on Ratebeer and some people tend to
find there some malt notes and richness. I clearly don’t, it is one sided,
acidic and boring. And, yes, I have tried well before the “Best before” date.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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how ‘t Verzet calls Kameradski Balsamico. Whereas it is not a beer for
everybody – this is one of the most rewarding beers I have ever tried. Pitch
black in color with a brown foam. Smells with malts, coffee and caramel with
light acidic notes. Taste is acidic, but balanced with sweet fruits, berries, coffee
and chocolate flavors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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simply amazing and the best Belgian beer ever (Westvleteren XII is a joke in
comparison). Knowing that it is not everybody’s beer I have tested it on a chosen
group of beer lovers. Very polarized reactions – from I don’t like it, to where
can I get 10 bottles. For me, another sign of exceptionality – it does not a
beer that leaves anybody warm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Again in Amsterdam. Seeing a lot of craft (and having to travel a lot for it),
I have decided to visit something that is closer to the city center. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this time I need to start with the beer. At the moment of my visit (Summer
2017) they were having three own beers on the tap: Witte Antonia, De Blonde Barbier
and De Manke Monnik (see the photo below).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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honestly – Witte Antonia and Blonde Barbier are classical examples of Witbier
and Blonde that you can get in any proper brewery around Belgium, Germany,
Netherlands, Poland etc. Nothing to harm, nothing special.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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contrary – De Manke Monnik is over the average of its style. Not the greatest
triple of all times, but something worth trying. Nice and golden in color,
small head that disappears quickly. Aroma of Belgian hops and flowers. Malt,
honey and some grassy hops in the flavor. Nice, smooth and no alcohol
detectable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Combination of the wood, brick and copper brew gear just kicks ass. Amazing
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am really trying to do my best to
follow Poland related events in Belgium (and I don’t mean the debates in the EU
parliament), especially if they have anything to do with beer and food. Last
time La Louviere (</span><span style="background: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2017/11/soiree-degustation-bieres-polonaises.html">https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2017/11/soiree-degustation-bieres-polonaises.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">), this time Brussels.</span><span style="background: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When I have seen that the Fermenthings
is organizing Polish beer and food evening I have sked just 2 questions:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Answer to the first one was not
satisfactory – they have originally prepared same beers as David (I think that
he was providing them).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Answer to the second one was scary –
we have enough food but we don’t have bigos. No bigos, no Polish evening for
me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But, honestly, I wanted a Polish
evening to work and be successful thus I have proposed two things – improve your
beer stocks using my friends from Browarium – Sklepy Piwne (<a href="http://www.ebrowarium.pl/">www.ebrowarium.pl</a>). On top – we going to
provide you with bigos. I was very happy to hear that Fermenthings contacted
Browarium and got three new beers for the evening. And my wife has agreed to prepare
a bigos.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I will spare you an epic story of bigos preparation – just to say that we have got the real thing, cooked for 3
days, full of meat and mushrooms. Nice and juicy. I believe that this was the
first time we have prepared bigos in Belgium, therefore getting all the
ingredients seemed very challenging in the beginning, but nowadays Polish shops
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And The Bigos (yes, I am going to call
it The Bigos with a capital “B”) found broad acceptation by local community.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We were also positively surprised to
find that the evening has started with a nice presentation made by Cedric, who
have visited Poland before and have explored the world of the Polish craft
beer. In fact, I was more than pleased to hear that the Belgian beer lover can
be impressed by Polish beer scene. Thanks, Ced, you made my day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I wouldn’t be me if I wouldn’t comment
few things in the presentation. First, I would argue with the lack of Beer
tradition in Poland. In fact, we have a big one (that probably would be on the
level on Belgian if not the history). See my article here (</span><span style="background: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2017/11/soiree-degustation-bieres-polonaises.html">https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2017/11/soiree-degustation-bieres-polonaises.html</a>)</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">. I also disagree with the fact that
its better and more civilized to have a beer in the .33 bottles. 0.33 bottles
are useless for the everyday use. I would be happy to pay a bit more and have
0.5 bottles only.</span><span style="background: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that the size of the tasting glass for the beer festival should be smaller than
it usually is in Poland (comment on that here: </span><span style="background: #edf4ff; color: #888888; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2017/06/krakow-beerweek-03-part-1-krakow.html">https://beerlander.blogspot.com/2017/06/krakow-beerweek-03-part-1-krakow.html</a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fermenthings did a great job in bringing in some Polish sausages and pickled
mushrooms. And we loved smoked cottage cheese.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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beers for the evening – the two first from the right are the new ones. Very likely,
we were the first people in Belgium to try them. Thanks, Fermenthings for nice
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really brave to me. Polish/French collaboration brew is also interesting. Sadly,
this as a beer it was a bit disappointing. It is a nice beer, with hoppy fruity
notes, not to sour, refreshing. So far so good – but where is the tabasco? And
the tabasco has (mostly) left the building. After drinking more and more of
this beer you start to feel on the tongue that there is some spicy addition to
the beer, but it is very subtle and could come from any kind of peppery
addition. Overall – if you are looking for a nice sour beer – go for it. If you
are a fan of tabasco and spiced beers – you are wrong here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ale with sea buckthorn was clearly the weird beer of the evening. But
positively weird. Clear aroma of pumpkin and herbs, some bitter hops and
refreshing sea buckthorns in the taste. Must be the most original pumpkin ale I
have had this year, and amazingly probably the most enjoyable one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bitterness can add very interesting notes to the hops. Most of the beers I have
tried had earl grey in it, but Kingpin dared to use green Sencha tea instead.
It worked – an outcome is strong, aromatic West coast IPA, with clear tropical
aromas, hops bitterness and medium tea in both aroma and flavor. Medium carbonation
and a soft texture. Very drinkable. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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anybody who can brew a good RIS. RISpect to Birbant for this JagulaRIS. Black,
low carbonated, strong coffee aroma, dark and roasted. Bitter coffee taste is nice
complemented with malt sweetness and hops. Very thick on the tongue, strong but
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staying for a while in Europe, today we move back to USA. After 1 hour subway ride
from the upper Manhattan to Bronx I have visited the Other Half brewery. This
place is quite far from any tourist attraction but apparently a “must see” for
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Half Brewing (OH) is considered to be the hottest brewery in New York. Appraised,
loved, recognized – this is a very high bar, especially for an American
brewery. It is very difficult to get this level of recognition at this
amazingly strong craft beer market.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to tell you how amazing OH is – since recently, they were chosen to be the
official beer of the Wall Street. Yes, that Wall Street. People used to say
that the Wall Street Bankers do choose the beers that are big, bold and brash.
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I was curious, but also not prepared to what I have seen. I have arrived just 2
minutes after opening of their tap room and this was already almost full! OK,
the room is small, but I have seen bigger rooms being empty on good days. The
queue for the first round was still OK, the second was worse; finally, I had to
wait outside to get the last beer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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and styles. I would dare to call it rustically, it clearly has some atmosphere.
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the great moment is coming. Look at this Beer Menu. They almost only brew IPAs!
Double dry hopped. Triple dry hopped. It was some IPA madness. I got vertigo
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all this IPAs, I have decided to start with a Pils. Good decision, get rid of
the bad stuff first. My suggestion to Other Half is to stay with IPAs. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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the rest of the afternoon was like the never-ending IPA party. And what was
crazy, they were all at the very high level. Very thick body, low carbonation,
many single hopped IPAs made in the amazing way that really makes you to
realize the difference between hops used. That was like a dream.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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there I have tried my first beer with Lupulin ever – to be frank, in comparison
to other beers of the evening that one was quite average. I had a conversation
about it few weeks later with a different brewer, and he told me that the
problem I s the process of production. Don’t get me wrong, it was not bad IPA,
just in comparison it was not outstanding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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to put a cherry on a cake, I have decided to finalize the evening with the
collaboration brew from Other Half, Monkish and Trillium. A triple dry hopped IIPA
called <b>Fully Loaded Baked Potato</b>. Some mad genius has mixed here mosaic,
denali, galaxy and kohatu hops. And then brew it up to 10% of alcohol.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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so fa, IIPAs are dense, and heavy and the aroma and flavor never live up to the
“triple” expectations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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far, because the Fully Loaded Baked Potato is just the opposite. The aroma burnt
my nose and the flavor have killed my taste buds. Tropical fruits, mango, pine,
orange aroma and flavor. Full body, good bitterness. Soft carbonation and
almost no alcohol. No IPA will ever taste the same after this experience. Simply
the best.</span></div>
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I visit a new shop in Brussels. Fermenthings (www.fermenthngs.be) dedicated to
beer… STOP… fermentation. It is fair to assume that beer brewing is the highest
form of fermentation, but these people are really interested in all fermented
things. Yoghurt, kombucha, they have it all. and will help you to do one at
home. I have visited the shop once in our quest to get the live kefir and kombucha
cultures and found out that they also organize Beer and Food evenings. The closest
one was dedicated to Italian beer. Or, to be precise to a beer from Bibibir.
Interesting, since I have never tried this brewery before. I have gathered an
international pack of 3 Italians, complemented with French and Portuguese
colleagues and there we were on Friday evening.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the shop is a nice place to be. Well renovated, neat and tidy. Very good
selection of Brussel beers and beers from the north of Belgium. Real craft. No
Jupiler. Some sitting places, enough standing space with tables. Everybody
speaks English.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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brewers from Bibibir to join the evening and bring even more of their beers.
No, the Italians didn’t come because it was so important to be there (I hope it
may be in the future), they have come to visit Vine, Beers, Rebels 2017 in
Brussels. Still, the fact the Fermenthing had them there is a plus. Less OK,
was the fact that the tap has failed to work. But this one can be forgiven, as
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food is there. Then I mean that the food is there. Don’t get me wrong, I am
willing to pay for my food, but I need to know in advance that it’s the case.
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really waste your time trying that one. Technically it may be the right style,
but if you expect that it will hit any of your sensed with aroma or taste, you
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beer of the evening is the white IPA called White Shock. Amazing aroma of
citrus and grass complemented with some sweet, malty notes. Body is a bit low and carbonation could be a tad lower for my taste, but the flavor of citrus and some bitterness make that one crazy drinkable and
highly enjoyable. World class. Chapeau bas. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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is a popular place to get sex, drugs and rock’n’roll (not to forget that some
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Brewing (www.oedipus.com). Some of you may remember that Oedipus was a tragic
hero from the Greek mythology that, because of the twist of fate killed his
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you find the name interesting, then the will love the brewery. First, as a
pedestrian, you need to take a water tram to visit it. I suggest nice sunny day;
the trip is lovely and the tram is free. Then the interior of the taproom. Looks weird, may be a mix
of Amazons jungle with the 70’s. Very unusual, not everybody’s case. But local
people seem to like it. On top, there is a music – during an hour here I have
heard some of the weirdest, psychedelic music in my life. Trust me, I mean it –
really weird, Pink Floyd looks like a main stream in comparison to some of the
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Thai is another step in my search for an interesting interpretation of
traditional Belgian style. This time I would even dare to call it wacky. Deep
gold, strong foam. Spicy aroma of pepper and vanilla. Belgian yeast. Taste is a
mix of grass, orange, grapefruit and some chili-like spiciness. Very, very
unusual. Bit crazy. Interesting, worth trying. Maybe a bit over te top, as not
much is left from the original Triple taste. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a very special visit.</span></div>
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have collaborated with Browarium since I have moved to Belgium and honestly, I
couldn’t imagine a better partner. Professional, well connected and having access
to rare beers – yes, I have got Imperium Prunum (second edition). Sadly, our
communication so far has been restricted to email and Facebook. Therefore,
coming back from holidays, I have decided that it is time to meet the owners in
persona. S</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">ł</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">upsk
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story of Browarium is a success story: Natalia and Krystian have
started with their own pub in 2010, that have developed into a first craft beer
bottle shop in S</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">ł</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">upsk (2011). They have convinced the local
community that beer is more than a light company lager. The growth is enormous: starting with the old location and 300 beers they have recently moved to a
newer bigger place and are having over 1000 various beers from Poland and more
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for the best beer shop in Poland in 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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introduction. The shop is impressive, maybe not from the outside, but inside is
the wet dream of any craft beer lover. Beer, more beer and even more beer.
Local breweries, craft breweries around Poland and the rest of the world.
Glassware, T-shirts you name it. What is more important both owners know what
they are selling and doing. They both are beer lovers and will offer
professional help if you need it. They also have a great website (</span><a href="http://www.ebrowarium.pl/"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">www.ebrowarium.pl</span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">)
and will be happy to help all you folks living abroad and interested in Polish
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beer of the day is Bloody Belfegor from Szałpiw (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/szalpiw">https://www.facebook.com/szalpiw</a>). Why
it is connected to the shop? First: it is a present I got from Natalia when visiting.
Second: the beer is as impressive as the shop. Bloody Belfegor is blackcurrant Belgian
dark strong ale. Dark-brown, low
carbonation, aroma of blackcurrant, malt and Belgian yeast. Well balanced
sour-malt taste. Clear Belgium but with a twist. 9% Alcohol is well composed
and not detectable. Very, very good beer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />kubasbnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314578897449723134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9029573146686634426.post-74893498073801647062017-11-17T00:15:00.003-08:002017-11-17T00:21:14.240-08:00The Place and The Beer Part 2: World of Beer, Cambridge, MA, USA<br />
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to the combined efforts of heavy storm over Iceland and Icelandicair being unable to
properly take care for the clients I have arrived at Cambridge with a small 26
hours delay. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you know, everything is closed, but in the close shopping mall they have a
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I go to the beer. I just must finish the introduction – so World of Beers is a
huge chain of bars around the USA. 55 locations in 16 states. Whereas usually I
am a bit allergic to chain food (burgers, pizza), but this could be the first
one I promote. Very nice bar. Stylish, wood&brick interior. Amazing tap. And the
barman knows his job and his beers. I have asked something and have heard some
other folks asking and getting very professional and appropriate answers. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One point of criticism are the TV screens all around. But, in the USA they are everywhere. I haven't seen a single bar that wouldn't have them all around the place. For me horrible. For Americans normal. </span></div>
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cannot get a food I will get a cake - <b>Clown Shoes Space Cake</b> a double/Imperial
IPA with a very high ranking on Ratebeer. Never had one before but it looked
like a good start of the travel. Being on the east coast I have expected
something in a style, but Space Cake is clearly a west coast-tropical-fruit-grassy-aromatic-blast-killer. </span></div>
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and bitter. Citrus and resin. It just has everything what you expect from a
very good imperial IPA. A must try.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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sad realization that I am not able to write a proper story about all the places
I visit and all the beers I taste. But, most of those places deserve at least a
short note. Therefore, I have stated a new series called The Place and The Beer.
Rather short stories, lot of photos and a /the beer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Today we end up
in Cambridge Massachussets in USA. I have visited the Lamplighter Brewing in
the second week of November. It is Tuesday at 9 pm. The brewery is in a walking
distance from the Kendall Square being the center of the town. Typical American
building, well preserved and clean. Inside
is also very typical modern style brewhouse, solid tap/party-room and a huge
glass wall so that everybody can appreciate the brewery and barrel aging beer.
Nice but not ass kicking. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Clearly it was a
party night. We should have been checking earlier. Music was deafening. Live
DJ, doing quiz. Simply horrible if you come to get a beer and talk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the most American breweries was worth the effort – I have tried an imperial
stout brewed with vanilla and maple syrup called After Midnight. But they
really brew something for everybody: IPA, gose, sour, wheat, saison, brett.
They have it, I strongly believe that this is one of the powers of American
Craft – we are eclectic, we will not concentrate on a few local beers – we are taking
everything what is interesting from the world and do this better. Impressive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">So was the After
Minding. Pitch dark with appealing head and nice lacing. Aroma is chocolate, malt, clear maple syrup and roasted coffee. Intensive
and complex flavor, thick texture of drinking chocolate and vanilla.
Surprisingly it is not sweet, it could almost be considered dry. Maybe a bit on
the too much side, but clearly you would not mix that one with any other beer.
For me this a a huge plus and After Midnight was the best medication to cure my
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<br />kubasbnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05314578897449723134noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9029573146686634426.post-35854455235819564852017-11-07T08:39:00.002-08:002018-01-30T06:16:29.608-08:00Soirée dégustation – Bières polonaises. Bier Market La Louviére, November 4 2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After a long break, I have again visited the best beer shop of
La Louviere – the beer market. Well, not only of La Louviere, it is one of the
few shops in Belgium that sell craft beer from all around the world. On top,
its owner – David Soors is hosting regular evening events that promote the beer
culture. You can see the report from one of those evenings here (…). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Since I know David, I was always trying to convince him that
Polish craft beer is worth noticing, and it finally worked. Evening of Polish
beer was an event, where I just must go. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It wasn’t easy, next morning I was flying in a longer business
trip and I sincerely haven’t felt like getting few beers before. Here big hugs
to my wife, who literally kicked me out to join the tasting, and added
something about the responsibility for promoting Polish craft beer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Let’s start with the positives – in fact almost all was positive
– seriously. Beer selection was very good. David have introduced interesting
selection of modern beer styles from good breweries (mostly Raduga). People
were interested in the history of Polish beer and traditional Polish beer
styles. Finally, I got my five minutes, where I could explain about polish
craft and serve as translator for ingredients that are in the beer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">What I was missing a bit was lack of two traditional Polish beer
styles in the tasting – Baltic porter and grodziskie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Based on the feedback and people interest, before I will
describe the beers of the evening, I will give a short overview of the history
of beer in Poland.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Après une longue pause, j'ai de nouveau
visité le meilleur beer shop de La Louvière : le Beer Market. Eh bien, non
seulement à La Louvière, c'est l'une des rares boutiques en Belgique qui
vendent de la bière artisanale du monde entier. En plus, son propriétaire,
David Soors, organise des soirées régulières qui favorisent la culture de la
bière. Vous pouvez voir le compte rendu d'une de ces soirées ici (...).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Depuis que je connais David, j'essayais de
le convaincre que la bière artisanale polonaise valait la peine d'être
remarquée, et cela a finalement fonctionné. La soirée bière polonaise était un
événement où je me devais d’aller.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ce n'était pas facile, le lendemain matin j’avais
un long voyage d'affaires et je n'avais sincèrement pas envie de boire quelques
bières avant. Après de gros câlins à ma femme, qui m'a littéralement donné un
coup de pied pour participer à la dégustation, et a ajouté quelque chose sur la
responsabilité de la promotion de la bière artisanale polonaise.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Commençons par les points positifs - en fait
presque tout était positif - sérieusement. La sélection de bière était très
bonne. David a présenté une sélection intéressante de styles de bières modernes
de bonnes brasseries. Les gens étaient intéressés par l'histoire de la bière
polonaise et des styles de bière polonais traditionnels. Enfin, j'ai eu mes
cinq minutes, où j’ai pu expliquer à propos de l'artisanat polonais et servir
de traducteur pour les ingrédients qui sont dans la bière.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Ce qui me manquait un peu était le manque de
deux styles de bière polonais traditionnels dans la dégustation – Baltic Porter
et Grodziskie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sur base de la réaction et l'intérêt des
gens, avant de décrire les bières de la soirée, je vais donner un bref aperçu
de l'histoire de la bière en Pologne.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">I believe that Polish history and a beer are strongly bound
together. Southern countries had grapes, but north of Europe was too cold for
that. On top, Poland was never conquered by Romans, therefore we have never a
chance to become a wine country (thanks God for that). Here, a bunch of
historical facts:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>IX-X century</b> – German chronicler Thietmar describes polish king
– Bolesław Chrobry as a beer lover (<i>Tragbier</i>);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1113</b> - bier is mentioned in the Gallus Anonymous chronicles.
Gallus describes that beer used to be served in Poland way before the year 900;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1255</b> - fist document describing addition of hops to beer in
Poland (probably before it became popular in Europe;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1187-1227</b> - polish prince Leszek Biały has refused to join the
crusade organized by Pope Innocent III with the reasoning that there is no beer
in the holy land. Sounds ridiculous, but the Pope accepted it as valid. If you
know something about what Pope’s call to join the crusade call meant to the
Christians, you will understand that value of the argument;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1303</b> - another prince - Konrad II Garbaty refused to take over
the archbishopric of Salzburg using similar argument (I will not live in a city
that does not know wheat beer);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Middle ages brought stabilization to the beer brewers. Beer
production is more and more regulated by laws that also protect the quality;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>XVII</b> – wheat beer is slowly replaced by barley;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1643-1720</b> – Jakub Trembecki published first book describing
interesting Polish beers;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">After that beer is being slowly pushed out from the market by
stronger alcoholic. Still, there are over 100 breweries in Warsaw the end of
the XVII;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Finally, Poland disappears from the map of the Europe for over
100 years and so its brewing tradition;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>XIX century </b>– in the divided Poland the first wave of the English
style beers is hitting. At the beginning of the 1914 there are almost 500
breweries and they brew everything from porters to lagers, apparently also
being very successful on the international market<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1918</b> – 245 breweries survive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1939</b> – just 137 breweries exist<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>1945-89</b> - communists have tried to rebuild breweries in Poland. Sadly,
with the small exceptions of few very good Baltic Porters, most of the beers
were boring lager style. Here a small personal comment – 80 and 90ties were the
time of my youth. I cannot recall any positive connection with a beer. Beer
meant cheap, low quality drink. Something, most educated people will avoid. A
few breweries with the good reputation came from the south of Poland and
getting a lager beer from Żywiec was rare event.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>2010</b> – first organization of house brewers is formed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Since then Polish craft enjoys a steady growth. There are around
300 breweries now, with a steady growth of almost 40 new ones opening every
year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Je crois que l'histoire polonaise et celle
de la bière sont fortement liées ensemble. Les pays du sud avaient des raisins,
mais le nord de l'Europe était trop froid pour cela. En plus, la Pologne n'a
jamais été conquise par les Romains, donc nous n'avons jamais eu la chance de
devenir un pays viticole (Dieu merci pour cela). Ici, un tas de faits
historiques:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">IX-X siècle - chroniqueur allemand Thietmar
décrit le roi polonais - Bolesław Chrobry comme un amateur de bière (Tragbier);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1113 – Le mot bier est mentionné dans les
chroniques de Gallus Anonymous. Gallus décrit que la bière était servie en
Pologne avant l'an 900;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1255 - premier document décrivant l'ajout de
houblon à la bière en Pologne (probablement avant qu'il ne devienne populaire
en Europe)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1187-1227 - le prince polonais Leszek Biały
a refusé de se joindre à la croisade organisée par le pape Innocent III avec le
raisonnement selon lequel il n'y a pas de bière dans la terre sainte. Cela
semble ridicule, mais le pape l'a accepté comme valide. Si vous avez une idée
de ce que l'appel du Pape à joindre l'appel de la croisade signifiait pour les
chrétiens, vous comprendrez la valeur de l'argument;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1303 - un autre prince - Konrad II Garbaty a
refusé de reprendre l'archevêché de Salzbourg en utilisant un argument
similaire (je ne vais pas vivre dans une ville qui ne connaît pas la bière de
blé);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Le moyen âge a apporté la stabilisation aux
brasseurs de bière. La production de bière est de plus en plus réglementée par
des lois qui protègent également la qualité;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">XVII - la bière de blé est lentement
remplacée par l'orge;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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premier livre décrivant des bières polonaises intéressantes;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Par la suite, cette bière est lentement chassée
du marché par un alcool plus fort. Pourtant, il y a plus de 100 brasseries à
Varsovie à la fin du XVIIe siècle;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Enfin, la Pologne disparaît de la carte de
l'Europe pendant plus de 100 ans et donc de sa tradition brassicole;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">XIX siècle - dans la Pologne divisée, la
première vague des bières anglaises frappe. Au début de 1914, il y a près de
500 brasseries et elles brassent toutes des porters de fermentation basse,
apparemment aussi sur le marché international.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1918 - 245 brasseries survivent<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1939 - seulement 137 brasseries existent
encore.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">1945-1989 - les communistes ont essayé de
reconstruire des brasseries en Pologne. Malheureusement, à l'exception de
quelques très bons Porter Baltiques, la plupart des bières étaient de style
lager. Voici un petit commentaire personnel - les années 80 et 90 étaient
l'époque de ma jeunesse. Je ne me souviens d’aucune anecdote positive avec la
bière. La bière signifiait une boisson bon marché et de mauvaise qualité.
Quelque chose que la plupart des gens instruits évitaient. Quelques brasseries
de bonne réputation venaient du sud de la Pologne et l’achat d'une bière blonde
de Żywiec était un événement rare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">2010 – La première organisation de brasseurs amateurs est formée.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Depuis lors, l'artisanat polonais connaît
une croissance régulière. Il y a actuellement environ 300 brasseries, avec une
croissance constante de près de 40 nouvelles brasseries chaque année.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">The beers David have chosen for the evening clearly represent a part of what is being brewed in Poland. </span><span lang="FR-BE" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Or, at least its pale ale side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><span style="color: red;">Les bières que David a choisi pour la soirée représentent clairement une partie de ce qui est brassé en Pologne. Ou, au moins, son côté ‘pale ale’ d’influence américaine.</span> </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGVMT0rg5FsBsu_VjmwWY3PFpIXZlsPPY_plLAReg5h5ELiB1ZqUu9pgGCzZs_e5mrXruOb9BfdWpSxYLp3Bt8WjntjNN6_PclMyXUWy4monIbap3ptBWd9zcUmDKrGuL4seKkJIJAK8/s1600/02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGVMT0rg5FsBsu_VjmwWY3PFpIXZlsPPY_plLAReg5h5ELiB1ZqUu9pgGCzZs_e5mrXruOb9BfdWpSxYLp3Bt8WjntjNN6_PclMyXUWy4monIbap3ptBWd9zcUmDKrGuL4seKkJIJAK8/s320/02.jpg" width="179" /></a><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Aroma of orange and mango. Rather bitter for a pale ale (but for
me it is a plus). Low sparkling, nice to drink. More than decent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Arôme d'orange et de mangue. </span><span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Plutôt amer pour une bière blonde (mais pour
moi c'est un plus). </span><span lang="FR" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Faible mousseux,
agréable à boire. Plus que décent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Session IPA</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEqDMO5vf5GOGi5VBXrv9uqnFIxe8_grXCdJpdQRnSeF4fIvGGxwWFLapshcWKUquLYsKzCQNEIRgqglkT0iPcaIpalPtMPep3ObDCxKKGK95_S0IS5cRgeokFtkFCiAa_M9RHp3gMdw/s1600/03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEqDMO5vf5GOGi5VBXrv9uqnFIxe8_grXCdJpdQRnSeF4fIvGGxwWFLapshcWKUquLYsKzCQNEIRgqglkT0iPcaIpalPtMPep3ObDCxKKGK95_S0IS5cRgeokFtkFCiAa_M9RHp3gMdw/s320/03.jpg" width="179" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Not exactly my
case. On one hand, the aroma is nice citrus hoppy, but it is a tad too light
bodied and a bit too bitter at the same time. I know that being light bodied is
not a shame for a session beer, but over-hopping it is not always the best. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Still, this is a decent beer. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pas exactement mon genre. D'une part,
l'arôme est joli citrus houblonné, mais c'est un peu trop corsé et un peu trop
amer en même temps. Je sais que le fait d'être léger n'est pas une honte pour
une ‘session ale’, mais ce n’est pas toujours ce qui se fait de mieux. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Pourtant, c'est une bière décente.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what is in this year. The style that have started its life with Piwojad is now
being brewed by almost everybody. And it does not stop to amaze me. American
hops, well balanced with lactose giving it a smooth feeling of drinking a
hoppy, mild sweet peachy citrus shake. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Clearly on the
sweet side, but drinkable like hell.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Premier exemple de ce qui est à la mode cette année. Le style qui a
commencé sa vie avec Piwojad est maintenant brassé par presque tout le monde.
Et ça n'arrête pas de m'étonner. Le houblon américain, bien équilibré avec du
lactose, lui donne une sensation de douceur en buvant un houblon doux et sucré
aux agrumes. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Clairement sur le côté doux, mais
buvable en diable !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><b>Raduga AFRICAN QUEEN </b></span><span lang="FR" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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beer, but clearly an interesting one. Grains of Paradise (polish Aframon) is
one of the rare spices, therefore it is difficult for me to say whether the
aroma is right. Still, there is honey, fruits and clearly spicy on a tongue. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Citrus spiciness. Worth trying.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Pas une bière de tous les jours, mais clairement intéressante. Grains of
Paradise (Aframon) est une épices peu fréquente, il est donc difficile pour moi
de dire si l'arôme est juste. Pourtant, il y a du miel, des fruits et c’est clairement
épicé sur une langue. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Piquant épicé. Ça vaut le coup
d'essayer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">One of the best
Milkshake IPAs I have tried. Intensively fruity, and lactose balanced with
hoppy bitterness and aroma. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A must have for a beer
lover.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">L'un des meilleurs IPAs Milkshake que j'ai essayés. Intensivement fruité
et équilibré en lactose avec une amertume et un arôme houblonné. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Un must pour un amateur de bière.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><b>Raduga </b></span><span lang="FR" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><b>TRAPEZE</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;">Passion Fruit Wheat</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREBavty5RRzsjJX8b3u7yDYVNo4ElZc26R55lVJbfR4haRFXRWWQYjadnjzL9ajQRP8g5Jw0IIE29eeb7V8Tr9oYXu62KoulCi2e7z9d93N-uuVgYRzb5-X0sim1pORVW4YtCutmx7G0/s1600/07.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREBavty5RRzsjJX8b3u7yDYVNo4ElZc26R55lVJbfR4haRFXRWWQYjadnjzL9ajQRP8g5Jw0IIE29eeb7V8Tr9oYXu62KoulCi2e7z9d93N-uuVgYRzb5-X0sim1pORVW4YtCutmx7G0/s320/07.jpg" width="179" /></a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">This beer
probably decimated the world stocks of passion fruit. I cannot even imagine
what amount was used to make the beer. The effect is more like eating a soup
(and look on the photos – fruit pulp is staying on the walls). Because the
fruit is so intensive, you wouldn’t know that it is also a wheat. For some
people a plus for some a failure. Myself, I would probably enjoy it more on a
sunny summer day than now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Cette bière a probablement décimé les stocks
mondiaux de fruits de la passion. Je ne peux même pas imaginer quelle quantité
a été utilisée pour fabriquer la bière. L'effet est plus comme manger une soupe
(et regarder sur les photos - la pulpe de fruits reste sur les bords). Parce
que le fruit est si intense, vous ne vous doutes pas qu’il s’agit aussi d’une
bière blanche (de blé). Pour certaines personnes c’était un échec. Moi, je
l'apprécierais probablement plus par un jour d'été ensoleillé que maintenant.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of white IPA style. Intensive aroma, fruity and flowery and clearly citrussy.
Like by many Kafir infused beers it is slightly sour, in fact, a tad sourer
that citrus aromatic. Strangely it manages to be a bit watery on top. Won’t
kill you but will not knock you off your socks.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Un exemple solide de style IPA de blé. Arôme intense, fruité et fleuri
et clairement citrussy. Comme beaucoup de bières infusées au kafir, elle est
légèrement aigre, en fait, un peu plus acide que aromatique. Étrangement, il
parvient à être un peu aqueux. Ne va pas vous dégouter, mais ne vous fera pas
tomber à la renverse non plus. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="PL" style="color: #222222; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Trzech Kumpli & Piwne Podziemie
TRIPADELIC</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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what can you do with a traditional belgian beer style if you dare. And this
collaboration brew clearly dares. Columbus hops, orange skins change the
traditional style in something amazing and original. But, the beer manages to
keep its Belgian yeasty character. </span><span lang="FR-BE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Best beer of
the evening and amazing triple.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Un autre cas de ce que vous pouvez faire avec un style de bière
traditionnelle belge si vous osez. Et cette bière ose clairement. Les houblons Columbus, les
peaux d'orange changent le style traditionnel en quelque chose d'étonnant et
d'original. Mais, la bière parvient à garder son caractère de levure belge. Meilleure
bière de la soirée et triple incroyable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p>J</o:p></span><span lang="FR-BE" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">ust one comment at the end – David served one more beer. A Belgian one.
</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">I understand
that it was necessary to detoxicate some people overwhelmed by the power of the
polish craft. The beer was rum barrel aged and it smelled and tested amazing
rum. I was all excited, until I have learned that the brewers mixed real rum
inside. </span><span lang="FR" style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Sorry, no Kudos for you. Cheaters.</span></div>
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<span lang="FR-BE" style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Juste un commentaire à la fin - David a servi une bière de plus. Une
belge. Je comprends qu'il était nécessaire de désintoxiquer certaines personnes
accablées par la puissance de l'artisanat polonais. La bière était vieillie en
fût de rhum et elle sentait et testait le rhum incroyablement. J'étais excité,
jusqu'à ce que j'apprenne que les brasseurs mélangeaient du vrai rhum à
l'intérieur. </span><span style="color: red; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Désolé,
pas de félicitations pour vous. Filous! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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