Special beers

*NEW*  A very fortunate blend of blond barrel-aged beers, infused with sweet wood-ruff. It reach 9,5 % vol. 

*NEW* Orient-Ále is a hybrid between Saké and beer. An Ale with clear foodprints in the East. We used Koji spores, Darjeeling tea and a combination of Sake yeast and Beer yeast. The results, a complex, different beer with an elegant body, but dangerous, because of the hidden alcohol. 

8% vol  

Original English barrel-aged IPA.  Aged for 2,5 years on Puligny Montrachet barrels. A bit more fruity and oaky than the first version .

7 % ABV

Our first 'fruitbeer'!  Based on our barrel-aged beer "Bien-Sûr' , a gin-sour ale. Slightly sour, dark beer with a delicate gin flavour. By adding a large quantity of cranberries this beer got the 'boost'that it needed to become a super fresh, sour, fruitbeer. And that worked out well! 7% ABV

Nouveau Riche; Vieilles Fortunes : Aged for over 2,5 years on Brunello barrels. Clear taste and smell of red wine, vanilla and oak and light rosemary.

  Very full body for a beer of only 6 % ABV

*New  

Innovative and surprising. After a visit to a Porthous in Porto the idea rose to use the same method to produce a 'Porto' out of beer. A specially brewed barleywine is , after a few days of fermentation, put to strength by adding grainalcohol. The fermentation is put to hold with lots of remaining sugars. The sweet 'reinforced' barleywine is the aged for multiple years on oak barrels and, in the proces 'portorized'. For now available in 3 year- , 4 year- and (December 2020) 5 year version.

Uit onze “Pure Oak Series”

Dit zijn een aantal bieren uit ons assortiment die een rijping krijgen op ‘Virgin Oak’ vaten; oftewel vaten die nog nooit gebruikt zijn, nieuw dus.

Our first beer of the ‘Pure Oak Series’:

These are / will be beers matured on new Bulgarian oak barrels. This type of wood has characteristics of both American oak and French oak; beautiful vanilla keys paired with spicy oak keys. Through maturing these beers for six months in these casks, they get incredibly beautiful wood / vanilla flavors.
The practice will learn us which beers will eventually come in the ‘pure oak series’; We already know that above all blond beers come into their own with this kind of barrel aging.

Style: Classic heavy bittersweet ‘Imperial Stout’ with a touch of ‘Rooibos’, 11% vol. / serving at 11 ℃

A full malt barley wine of 13% by volume, which is brewed once a year; fermented       with beer and wine yeast. These are / will be beers matured on new Bulgarian oak barrels.
This type of wood has characteristics of both American oak and French oak; beautiful vanilla keys paired with spicy oak keys. Through maturing these beers for six months in these casks, they get incredibly beautiful wood / vanilla flavors. Aged for 1 year on virgin oak

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special blends of different oak beers from our cellar

Style: / serving at 12 ℃

Uit onze “Pure Oak Series”

Dit zijn een aantal bieren uit ons assortiment die een rijping krijgen op ‘Virgin Oak’ vaten; oftewel vaten die nog nooit gebruikt zijn, nieuw dus.

A Special 'Belgian' White beer , brewed with extra buckwheat and Rosemary. After fermentation the beer gets a 4 month maturation on Brunello barrels. A different , complex and still refreshing Wheat beer.

Available on 33 cl - 20 L - 30 L
6% vol ale 14 plato
240 kg mout / 10 hl
kleur 16EBC
bitterheid 24 EBU
hops: Magnum, Mandarina, El Dorado

Our IPA Belle Fleur is aged for almost 2 years on second use white Burgundy barrels. In the seconds  half of maturation in the presence op Brettanomyces.  Wild, complex and beautiful.

Style: Light blonde / intensly hopped beer with dry-hopping / barrel-aged / 6% vol / serving at 5 ℃

Een volmout gerstewijn van 13% vol, die één maal per jaar wordt gebrouwen; vergist met bier- en wijngist

Met L’Ensemble zoeken we de grens op. Niet alleen de grens van het maximaal haalbare, want 13% vol is extreem zwaar voor een volmoutbier. Ook de grens tussen bier en wijn vervaagt, om namelijk aan dit alcoholpercentage te komen, geschiedt een deel van de vergisting m.b.v. wijngist. Het brouwen en vergisten van dit unieke bier vergt veel tijd en aandacht. Lees verder in het technische fiche.

Stijl: Barley wine (winterbier)

A full malt barley wine of 13% by volume, which is brewed once a year; fermented       with beer and wine yeast. With L’ensemble we find the limit. Not only the boundary of the maximum possible, because 13% is extremely heavy for a full malt beer. But also the boundary between, beer and wine,  because to get this amount of alcohol, a part of the fermentation uses wine yeast. Brewing and fermenting this unique beer requires much time and attention.

Aged for 1 year on Brunello barrels (red wine).

Style: Barrel-aged Barley wine (winter beer) / serving at 12 ℃

Embrasse matures four to six months in whiskey barrels. For the peated oak aged Embrasse Islay barrels are used; for the blended oak aged Embrasse non-peated whiskey barrels are used.
By barrel aging the beer it takes the rich tones of the whiskey and the beer gets a softer and fuller taste.
Both types do well with blue cheeses and nuts; but both beers are also excellent with venison. Peated Oak Aged Embrasse won the 2011 Zythos Consumer Trophy.

Style: Abbey / Stout / Porter Barrel-aged /  serving at 10 ℃

Accessible spicy blonde beer of only 5.5 vol% matured in gin barrels.

This beer has matured for eight months on  ‘Villiers’ genever barrels and 8 months in bottle. Noblesse VSOP is thus a clear beer, and has a very fine, light bitterness of hops and juniper. The beer is refreshing, smooth and has sufficiently long aftertaste. A perfect thirst-quenching beer.

Tasty with asparagus / dutch herring.

Style: Kölsch / Bitter / Blonde Barrel-Aged /  serving at 7 ℃

Embrasse lagert 4 tot 6 maanden op whiskey-vaten. Voor de Peated Oak Aged Embrasse zijn dat Islay-vaten; voor de Blended Oak Aged Embrasse zijn dat non peated whiskey-vaten. Door de vatrijping neemt het bier de rijke whiskey-tonen over, en wordt het bier zachter en ronder van smaak. Beide soorten doen het uitstekend bij blauwschimmelkazen en noten; maar ook prima bij wild-gerechten.

Peated Oak Aged Embrasse won in 2011 de Zythos Consumententrofée.

Stijl: Abdij / Stout / Porter Barrel-aged

L'Esprit de Noël; our Christmas blend of Finesse oak aged for 2 years, Charbon and Rien ne va Plus blanc aged for 1 year and Noblesse VSOP.

  All of this infused with myrrh and heather. dark chestnut colour some residual sweetness, flavours of exotic spices and oak   8,5 % ABV