November 15, 2006

Sour beer, might sound like a turn off to some but a delicacy to most in the beer world. I am drinking a Fantôme Black Ghost (PIC), a Strong Belgian Ale with added spices and brett. Without going into much details Brett is strain of yeast not natural to normal fermentation that turns beer sour. Basically, it is purposefully added by brewers to create sourness. Crazy you might say, even a year ago I might have felt the same but now I crave the brett character. Luckily, a few brewers on the west coast make their bread and butter with brett, but they're on the west coast. So this beer perfectly balances a strong belgian sweetness, a high alcohol (8%), some spice character, and a good strong brett, ummm.

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