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Type: Lambic ABV (Alcohol by volume): 5.1% Country of origin: Belgium Introduced: 1900 Belle Vue is a Belgian brewer that started out in the early 1900's, not as a brewer but as a buyer and blender of lambic style beers. Now owned by the mega-brewer Interbrew, Belle Vue are world famous for their fruit flavoured lambic, and blended lambic (gueuze) styles. Lambics are one of the oldest beer styles that start out as wheat beers made with stale hops and naturally occuring yeasts that live in the districts and countryside around southern Brussels. This produces a strong tarty yeasty beer which is often balanced by adding fruit, usually cherries, but in this case raspberries, and aged in oak barrels to give it a softer fruitier woody aged character. The resulting style is know as a fruit-lambic and makes an excellent substitute for dry wines or champagne, especially with food.
Belle-Vue beer types
Type: Lambic ABV: 5.2% Introduced: Belle Vue Gueuze is one of the most famous Lambics. It is blend of older and young Lambics, 5 different vintages are used and balanced to achieve the final outstanding flavor and sparkle before the beer is bottled, using methods identical to those of the vintners of Champagne. The bottles will remain racked and undisturbed for additional fermentation for a further 6 to 18 months before coming to full maturity. The resulting brew? A full bodied, golden beer, that achieves a perfect harmony of bitter, sweet and sour nuances. |
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Name: Belle-Vue Kriek
Name: Belle-Vue Gueuze