The Cocktail Hour: Belgian Sour Ale Gustatory Modality Off



To me, Kingdom of Belgium is the beer capitol of the world.  In this minor country, over 250 breweries brand the best beer on earth.  Today, we’re tasting a tiny sliver of that tradition alongside our Belgian sour ale gustation off.

 Belgium is divided into 2 linguistic regions, Wallonia as well as Flanders.  French is spoken inwards Wallonia as well as Flemish (similar to German) is spoken inwards the northern region.  This expanse along the Dutch edge is where the sour ales to a greater extent than oft than non hail from.

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Sour ale is a beer that, simply similar the cite says, tastes sour.   Sometimes it’s simply a hint of sourness as well as other times you’ll mean value you’re swilling vinegar.  It’s definitely an acquired gustation for most people.  It’s a gustation I’m trying to acquire…sour beer is pretty hard for me to larn a handgrip on.  My wife, on the other hand, loves sour ales as well as it’s her favorite beer type.  Unfortunately for her, most beer drinkers inwards our expanse aren’t large fans of the materials as well as therefore it’s pretty hard to find.

We’re lucky that nosotros convey a few pubs nearby that serve a pick of Belgian beers.  One, Lucky Baldwin’s, has a Belgian Beer Festival each yr as well as this is where my married adult woman flora out she liked the sours.

Today, we’re tasting 2 ales. Monk’s Café is a Flemish sour ale.  Brewed simply southward of the Dutch border, it’s made peculiarly for Monk’s Café, a Belgian eatery inwards Philadelphia.  It come upwards out a dark, copper coloring cloth alongside a nice, 1 inch head. The sour gustation is non overwhelming as well as is non sweetness similar some of the Flemish ales yous discovery available around here, similar the krieks yous larn at Trader Joe’s.

The instant ale is Duchesse de Bourgogne, a Flemish region blood-red ale.  This 1 is a niggling sourer but nevertheless drinkable to me.  It’s simply slightly redder than Monk’s.  It’s brewed further south, almost l miles southward of Brugges.

At BevMo, the Monk’s Café sour ale is almost $3.50 a bottle as well as Duchesse de Bourgogne is $5.49.

Cheers!


Darryl

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