As I hope you know, Belgium is world famous for its unique and absolutely delicious beer. Our best discovery was Lambic, a very distinctive type of beer made only in the Brussels area. Virtually all beers are brewed with clinically cultivated brewer's yeast in totally sealed containers. Lambic, in contrast, is left exposed and local airborne wild yeast causes 'spontaneous fermentation.' Also separating it from conventional ales and lagers, Lambic is brewed for three or more years in wooden barrels. I don't mean to insult the beer, but it kinda tastes like a sour wine cooler.The Gueuze shown in this pic is a mixture of one and three year old Lambic. The combined young and old beer undergo secondary fermentation in the bottle, giving it some nice carbonation. It has a very long shelf life and is supposedly available in the US... I'll see about that soon enough...
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Josh Johnson informed me they sell Gueuze at H.E.B. and Central Market. I preferred the taste of the plain Lambic, which is probably impossible to find in the U.S. - at least in the state of freshness that we experienced. The Gueuze had a unique acidic bite, but I thought it detracted from the smoothness of the Lambic. They even provided sugar cubes with the Gueuze beer, so you could neutralize the flavor to your taste.
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