Description
It owes these characteristics not only to the grains used, but also to the limited use of Styrian hops, the abundant spices and the fruity character (banana and vanilla) of the house yeast. The vanilla mixes with the orange hop aroma. It possesses not only the lightness and freshness of wheat, but also the creaminess of oats, and it also has a spicy, lemony dryness that is almost reminiscent of quinine.
* Category: Strong & Blonde
* Type, Taste: Grainy, round aftertaste, |Sweet:***|Sour: *|Bitter: ***|Spicy: ***|
* Alcohol percentage: 8.5%
* Brewery, location: Bosteels, Buggenhout, Belgium
Brewed with three grains: barley, wheat and oats. Refined and complex aroma with hints of vanilla and citrus. The Carmelites of Dendermonde in East Flanders brewed a three-grain beer in the 1600s. This information and a unique beer recipe from 1679, originating from a Carmelite convent, which stood on the site of the current Dendermonde courthouse. The recipes were found in a recent book on the local brewing history and were discovered by chance after the Bosteels brewery (near Buggenhout) decided to brew its next very own specialty, a three-grain beer. The beer is a Tripel, but it is made from barley, wheat and oats. In that sense, it might as well be called a six-grain beer, as each of these grains is used in both raw and malted form.
Ingredients: Water, BARLEY MALT, WHEAT, WHEAT MALT, OATS, hops, yeast
