MONDO BIRRA - American Brewers in Belgium - a pilgrimage to Mecca with Kuaska as the guide of our Magical Mystery Tour (March 3rd – 8th)
American Brewers in Belgium - a pilgrimage to Mecca with Kuaska as the guide of our Magical Mystery Tour (March 3rd – 8th) Dear all, I would like to…
American Brewers in Belgium - a pilgrimage to Mecca with Kuaska as the guide of our Magical Mystery Tour (March 3rd – 8th)
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 3rd – 8th)
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.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 Thirstsee 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
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
Tuesday March, 7th
Esen, Roeselarestraat 12b www.proximedia.com/web/dolle-brouwers.html
around 10.30 am, brewery visit to De Dolle Brouwers Brewery (brewer Kris
Herteleer) plus tasting of DDB & US beers
for people interested: please contact directly the brewery
tel. 051 50 27 81 fax 051 51 03 37 dedolle@proximedia.be
Assebroek/Brugge, Astridlaan 134
around 14.30: brewery visit to De Regenboog Brewery (brewer Johan Brandt)
tel. 050 37 38 33 smisje@pandora.be
Brugge, hotel-cafè-restaurant Erasmus, Wollestraat 35
www.hotelerasmus.comaround 9 pm: owner Tom Allewaert introduce his chef Patrick Kabongo proposing a special menu of food paired with US beers
reservations: please, do it directly to the restaurant asking for the price
tel. 050 335 781 fax 050 33 47 27 e-mail: info@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