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13-05-2012 (6.44 MB)

Duration: 7:02 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

While on (working) vacation in Brussels, we had the privilege of speaking with Jean Van Roy, the head brewer and progeny of the Cantillon Brewery. Jean's family has been blending and brewing lambic beer for many generations. His beer is considered by many to be THE authentic lambic.
And what is this "lambic" beer? Most who have tried it -- at least the more well known version of it called gueuze -- know it as a very sour, acidic, lively carbonated, somewhat sulfery concoction that one either loves or hates.
Jean gave us a brilliantly simple explaination of the mysterious, ancient, spontainously fermented beverage called lambic. Even if you think that you know a thing or two about this rare style of beer, I'm pretty sure that you will learn something new from Jean's brief but informative interview.

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10-05-2012 (9.31 MB)

Duration: 10:10 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

On a recent visit to Brussels we met with Jean Van Roy, the brewer of the renowned Cantillon Lambic Brewery, who showed us his project of aging lambic in ceramic vessels called amphoras, which are usually used to age and store wine.

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02-05-2012 (10.4 MB)

Duration: 11:22 m - Filetype: mp3 - Bitrate: 128 KBPS - Frequency: 44100 HZ

As part of a very hectic week in the north-eastern US, Kjetil, the brewer of Nøgne Ø of Norway, took time to speak to us at a tasting event at Swifts in downtown Manhattan, where two of his beers which were cloned by Bitter & Esters a few months earlier were on hand to sample side by side with the originals -- the Sunturn smoked barley wine and the Nøgne Ø Porter.

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