Lambic Digest #0327

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Lambic Digest #327                             Sat 23 April 1994 

 

 
        Forum on Lambic Beers (and other Belgian beer styles) 
                Mike Sharp, Digest Coordinator 

 

 
Contents: 
  various bits and bobs (ROB THOMAS) 

 

 
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Date: Fri, 22 Apr 1994 14:57:50 +0200 
From: thomasr at ezrz1.vmsmail.ethz.ch (ROB THOMAS) 
Subject: various bits and bobs 

 
Hello All,  
Here's a little something I found in a book published in 1549. The 
author is Helius Hessus (and the book is written in lousy "modern" latin). I 
thought it was interesting because the subject matter appears to be lambic, and 
because of his comments:  
".... to my palate at least, it seemed to have a 
peculiar tase. .. apparently nutrituious, as can  
be seen from the body, and 
quite wholesome. Both smell and taste are aromatic..."  
The beer he is decribing is from Belgium. The description he uses for the smell 

 
and taste is not what he associates with hops, which I assume implies a lambic 
type of profile, since herbs are also not mentioned. I appologise for the brief 
extract, but much of the latin does not fit with my (smallish) knowledge of 
ancient latin. In another section he decribes a typical "good" grist to be 5 
parts malt, 3 parts wheat, and 2 parts oats. There was also a lengthy discussion 
on hops, but by this time I had a headache coming on! 

 
As an aside, I found I can order Boon gueze via my local beer shop, but only by 
the crate of 24 bottles. Needless to say, I ordered a crate anyway. I'll just 
have to force it down ;-) 
  
Finally, another question. Has anyone looked at bottle conditioned Guiness for 
Brett content? I  heard somewhere that they blend mature and fresh beer to get 
the full complexity in their product. This could now be an unanswerable 
question, 
since I haven't seen bottle conditioned G for quite a while. 

 
Rob Thomas. 

 
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