[Sca-cooks] Help me drink beer (semi-OT)

[Patricia Dunham]

Hi there,

Google both Gruit and Lambic... the wiki article on Lambic includes a big list (12-20?) of BELGIAN Lambic breweries!  And the Gruit article mentions one Belgian gruit by name and brewery, and has a couple of likely looking links.

good luck!
chimene


On Jan 17, 2011, at 5:33 PM, Robin Carroll-Mann wrote:

> First of all, this is *not* an invitation to a keg party, so don't get
> excited.  I need advice.
> 
> I dislike beer, ale, etc.  My lord was a connoisseur, and sometimes
> offered me a sample of imports and micro-brews that he assured me were
> really good beers that I might like.  All of them tasted unpleasant
> and bitter to me.  Some of you are wondering: what's the problem?
> There are many delicious beverages in the world, both alcoholic and
> not.  This is true.  Wine is good, and in England I rejoiced in the
> easy availability of cider.
> 
> I'm going to Belgium in May.  Belgium, one of the Holy Lands of beer.
> I know that, even there, I can find other things to drink.  But I
> understand that they have thousands of kinds of beer, and it seems
> wrong to not give a local specialty a proper try.  (I suspect my late
> lord might haunt me if I didn't even try.)
> 
> I went into a local liquor store today, found a knowledgeable person,
> and asked for help.  He suggested that a wheat beer might be more to
> my taste.  I took home some Leffe blond, and sampled it.  It's not bad
> at the beginning.  Mild and slightly tart, like a dry white wine.  But
> then the aftertaste hits, and that seems bitter to me.
> 
> Any suggestions for *Belgian* beers I might like?  Something common
> enough that I could order a glass with my lunch in a mid-priced
> restaurant, not an exotic brew that is only available in alternate
> Leap Years in a back alley in Brussels.
> 
> My hopeful thanks in advance. . .
> 
> Brighid ni Chiarain
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