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American Brewers in Belgium - a pilgrimage to Mecca with Kuaska as the guide of our Magical Mystery Tour (March 3^rd – 8^th)

Dear all, I would like to let you know about a great project involving Belgian beer community.

From an original idea of Sam Calagione (head-brewer of Dogfish Head Brewery), five young US craft brewers, protagonist of the "American Renaissance" want to pay a tribute to Belgium as source of inspiration for they awarded beers, coming to Belgium as a pilgrimage.

I am sending in attachment details of brewers and beers involved.

American Brewers in Belgium - a pilgrimage to Mecca with Kuaska as the guide of our Magical Mystery Tour

(March 3^rd – 8^th)

This event will be largerly featured in forthcoming book by Sam Calagione "Extreme Brewing" that will be published on fall 2006.

Interest about the tour is growing on the web:

see www.whitebeertravels.co.uk/belgtrips3.html

        www.realbeer.com/blog/?p=50

        www.beeryard.com/news/default.cfm?action=view&id=615 

Here are the ultimate program. People included in this mailing list are most welcome to attend the scheduled events

(written in red)

Friday March,  3rd:

Eizeringen, cafè "In de Verzekering Tegen de Grote Dorst", church square

Night of Large Thirst see details on  www.nightoflargethirst.be

around 9pm: brief press-conference with presentation of the US brewers

Saturday March, 4th:

Anderlecht, Brasserie Cantillon, rue Gheude 56

Public Brewing Session from 6.30 am

see www.cantillon.be/br/Cantillon.php?lang=3&page=14

from noon to 1 pm: US Beer Tasting in the reserved room upstairs

free entry, Brasserie Cantillon will offer special "fromage à la Gueuze"

Bruxelles, Restaurant Restobières, rue des Renards, 32

see www.restobieres.be

around 9 pm: awarded chef Alain Fayt will propose a special menu of food paired with US beers (menu and price will be known very soon)

reservations: please, do it directly to the restaurant asking for the price

tel. 02 502 72 51    mobile 0495 506300     e-mail: fayt@restobières.be

Sunday March, 5th:

Us brewers will attend ZBF (Zythos Beer Festival)  see www.zbf.be  organized by Zythos, see www.zythos.be

from early afternoon: Zythos will provide us a small reserved place where Belgian brewers and beerlovers can meet US brewers

Monday March, 6th:

US brewers will be on tour in Pajotteland

Denderleeuw, café-restaurant De Heeren van Liedekercke, Kasteelstraat 33

see www.heerenvanliedekercke.be

from noon to around 2.30 pm: US Beer Tasting & buffet-menu

reservations: please, do it directly to the restaurant asking for the price

tel. 053 680 888      e-mail: joost.de.four@belgacom.net

Lembeek, Boon Brewery, Fonteinstraat 65 see http://users.belgacom.net/gc762821/NL/nl-index.htm

around 4.30 pm: visit at Frank Boon brewery

people wishing to join us, please call directly Frank Boon

tel. 02 356 66 44   fax 02 356 33 99     e-mail. info@boon.be 

Beersel, 3Fonteinen Brewery, Hoogstraat 2A see www.3fonteinen.be

around 6.30 pm  visit at 3Fonteinen brewery

around 7.30 pm  3Fonteinen Restaurant will propose a special menu of food cooked in lambic

reservations: please, do it directly to the restaurant asking for the price

tel. 02 331 06 52    fax 02 331 07 03   e-mail: guido.debelder@pandora.be

Esen, Roeselarestraat 12b www.proximedia.com/web/dolle-brouwers.html

www.hotelerasmus.com

                         Lorenzo Dabove aka Kuaska       www.kuaska.it   www.kuaska.be

BREWERS & BEERS

Sam Calagione (Dogfish Head Brewery, Milton, Delaware) www.dogfish.com

FESTINA LENTE – A neo-lambic ale brewed with a Belgian yeast strain and cultured bacteria and fermented with Delaware Peaches. Aged for six-months in the tank and three years in the bottle. 7% ABV

FORT – The world’s strongest fruit beer at 18% ABV. Brewed with pilsner and wheat malt dosed with over a ton of Delaware and Oregon raspberries during primary fermentation. 18% ABV

Tomme Arthur (Pizza Port Brewery, Solana Beach, California)  www.pizzaport.com

CUVEE DE TOMME - With a nod towards Flanders and the great Flemish red ales, we imagined Cuvee de Tomme an Original American Wild Style Ale. Our Cuvee begins begins with a blend of imported and domestic malts. The beer then gains its higher alcohol strength from the addition of 4 different types of fermentables including barley, raisins, candi sugar and Sour Cherries. The beer is aged in Bourbon Barrels over 9 months before it is bottled and sold. Our most award winning beer, the Cuvee de Tomme has won national and international awards for brewing excellence including being named the 2001 Malt Advocate Domestic Beer of the Year. 11.0% ABV

SPF 45 SAISON - Inspired by the numerous smaller farmhouse breweries in Wallonia, this beer remains one of our favorite bottled beers. Blond in color, like the women on our beaches, this beer overwhelms the senses with notes of Oranges, Ginger and Chamomile and Pepper including Grains of paradise. The spices are balanced by a tartness making this a very refreshing summertime beer. It is served unfiltered and is 6.7% ABV.

Vinnie Cilurzo (Russian River Brewery, Santa Rosa, California)   www.russianriverbrewing.com

DAMNATION the great beer producing country of Belgium, there is a tradition among some brewers to name their brews something unusual. Often the name is curious, sometimes diabolical, and occasionally just plain silly. Damnation is our brewmaster's version of a Belgian-style Strong Golden Ale. This hand- crafted ale has an exquisite bouquet of banana, pear, and spice with mouth filling flavors of citrus, malt, and earthy hops. The smooth dry finish will linger until you take your next sip. 7% ABV

SUPPLICATION - The beer inside this bottle took more than a year to make- a reasonable length of time for fine wine, but not for beer. This is, in fact, a brown ale aged for twelve months in used pinot noir wine barrels. Over the course of a year, sour cherries, Brettanomyces, lactobacillus, and pediococcus were added to each barrel, imparting a nice cherry flavor and sourness. While most winemakers and brewers cringe at the idea of adding wild yeast and bacteria to their wine or beer, brewer, Vinnie Cilurzo, embraces these unusual ingredients in beer, despite his winemaking background. 9%ABV

Rob Tod (Allagash Brewing Company, Portland, Maine)  www.allagash.com

ALLAGASH WIT - Belgian Style Wheat Beer. “unfiltered” and fermented with a Belgian yeast strain. Spiced with coriander and Curacao orange peel. Bottle conditioned. 5%ABV

Gold World Beer Cup 1998, Bronze World Beer Cup 2002, Silver World Beer Cup 2004, Gold GABF 2002, Gold GABF 2005

ALLAGASH INTERLUDE - Primary fermentation with Belgian Farmhouse Ale yeast and Brettanomyces. Aged in French oak Sirah and Merlot barrels. Bottle conditioned.

Vinous character throughout, with hints of “breadcrust”. Suggestions of peach, plum and apricot in the aroma.  9.5% ABV

Adam Avery (Avery Brewing Company, Boulder, Colorado)  www.averybrewing.com

THE BEAST GRAND CRU - The Beast is a seducer - accomodating, complicated, powerful, dark and created to last the ages. A deep burgundy color, with aromas of honey, nutmeg, mandarin orange and pineapple, this massive and challenging brew has the flavor profile of a beautiful carribean rum; dates, plums, raisins, and molasses are dominate in a rich vinous texture.

Malts: 2 row, honey malt, imported Belgian specialty malts (aromatic, pale wheat, roasted wheat, and Special B)

Hops: Magnum, Galena, Saaz, Hallertau, Tettnang, and Hersbrucker

Brewing Sugars: raisins, dates, blackstrap molasses, alfalfa honey, turbinado, and Belgian dark candy sugar 14.9% ABV

SALVATION BELGIAN GOLDEN ALE "Good for the Soul!" Luscious apricot and peach aromas are delicately interwoven with spicy suggestions of cinnamon and allspice in this heavenly soft, champagne-like 9% abv golden elixir. Cellarable for 3+ years. 9%ABV

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Febbraio 2006