Belgium Final Exam Flashcards
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belgium family brewers association rules
Trade organization - very strict rules
-Has to be belgium brewery in belgian
-Independent family brewery – must have made beer for 50+ years
-Cannot have someone else brew for you - must be an original beer, no other name or label
witbier history
Hoegaarden - many breweries began to close and few kept the style alive, ABinBev bought the brewery and that helps to keep the style alive
witbier ingredients
grain: (pale or pilsner malt), wheat (malted or unmated, 50% of the total mash bill), flaked oats, rice hulls - aids in filtration)
hops: bittering
yeast: Belgian Wit - phenolic (clove, allspice)
Adjuncts - coriander, bitter orange peel
Witbier description/makeup
SRM 2-4 (straw and very cloudy)
malty sweetness on nose, honey, spice, citrus
high carbonation, a lot of foam and head because of the high amount of wheat
4.5-5.5% abv
when do you brew Saisons/Farmhouse Ale
“seasons” - Brewed at the end of harvest, beginning of winter - Beer you make in the winter months while cooler and quieter in the farm
what is Saisons/Farmhouse ale fermented with
Brettanomyces, lactactobuccilus
bottle conditioned
saison ingredients
grain: pale or pilsner malt, vienna malt, munich malt
wheat: malted or unmalted
hops: bittering, earthy notes
yeast: Belgian Saison (warmer fermentation, fruit forward esters (banana), phenolic (clove, allspice)
adjuncts: oats, coriander, orange peel, ginger, black pepper
saison makeup
pale yellow/orange to dark brown
floral, fruity, spicy, hoppy, light to medium finish
3.5-9.5%, alcohol may be detectable
Trappist Brewery
Cistercian Order of Strict Observance
Abbey of the Genesee- 175 monasteries around the world where labor is the main goal
Rule of Saint Benedict - “ora et labora”
strict order - wake up, pray, eat, work
possessions are of the church (no worldly possessions)
financing a trappist brewery
These monasteries must be self-sustaining, and make their own money. It is self-sustaining through the homes they offer for people to stay in, also makes jams and breads
3 rules of trappiest brewery
- all products must be made within the immediate surrounding of the abbey
- production must be carried out under the direct supervision of the monks or nuns
- profits should be intended for the needs of the monastic community, for purposes of solidarity within the trappist order, or for the development of projects and charitable works
Trappist Brewery - Rochefort Abbaye Norte-Dame de St. Remy about and rank the 4 types
Production capped at 21,300 barrels
Rochefort 6, 7.5% abv
Rochefort Triple Extra, 8.1% ABV
Rochefort 8, 8.2% abv
Rochefort 10 - 11.3% abv
Trappist Brewery - Chimay Belgium Abbaye Norte-Dame de Sourmont about
More popular type in the US, largest producer of Trappist beer, has a christmas beer, cold at the brewery so it does not have labels (identified the type of beer by the cap color)
Trappist Ale Brewery - Brouweij Westmalle - rank the three
Extra - 4.8% abv
Dubbel - 7% abv - 1926
Triple - 9.5% abv, 1936
Trappist Brewery - Brasserie D’Orval
Head brewer - Anne-Francoise Pypaert
Only produces a Belgian pale ale at 6.2% abv
Widow Matila lost her wedding ring in the lake, legend says that a trout came up with the ring and returned it – thus became the creation of the brewery
Such an iconic beer that it garnered its own special day in June called Orval day
Trappist Brewery - Bierbrouweij Koningshoevenm “La Trappe”
has the largest selection of beers and add/removes from portfolio
employs disabled people who cannot usually work
trappist brewery - Brouweij Westvleteren about and rank 3 styles
very small production, one of the most sought after beers (often counterfeited)
Westvleteren blond 5.8% abv
Westvleteren 8 (dark) 8% abv
Westvleteren 12 (dark) 10.2% abv
what is considered an abbey beer
must have a connection with an existing or no longer existing abbey
St. Bernardus - what kind, about, and ranking
Abbey beer
Used to have St. Bernadus make the beer but once the rules that it had to be made in the place, they changed
hop field nearby it
Pater 6 - 6.7% abv
Tripel - 8% abv
Abt 8 - 8% abv
Abt 12 - 10.5% abv
Dubbel kind and ingredients
Abbey/Trappist style
grain: barley malt, belgian caramel malt, wheat
belgian dark candi syrup (increases alcohol level and helps color)
hops: German, English, or Belgian
Yeast: belgian ale yeast, high alcohol tolerance
production: fermentation at warmer temperature, phenol compounds
anyone can make a dubbel beer
dubbel makeup
reddish brown, copper to brown color
caramel, dried fried, residual sugar, medium to full body, high carbonation
6-7.6%
Tripel ingredients and kind
Abbey/Trappist style
Grain - barley malt, light-colored crystal malt
Belgian light candi syrup
Hops - german, english, or belgian
Yeast - belgian ale yeast, high alcohol tolerance
Adjuncts - coriander
Production - fermentation at warmer temperatures, phenol compounds
tripel makeup
deep yellow to gold in color, little haze, complex on nose, clove, banana, fruity notes, sweet malt, high carbonation
7.5-9.5%
