Barnyard and horseblanket aromas and flavors are also favorable in a good gueuze, kriek, or framboise.

Think about a Belgian witbier or gueuze if you want a change of pace.

Strong ale, or if you are adventurous a Gueuze or Lambic. You probably wouldn’t use pure beer if you are using a flavorful one, I would think one 12oz. beer with the rest stock/water would be good.

the extra “trouble” of using hand-cut fries/frying in beef fat only to make their Belgian frites. Just the other day, I had a superb bottle (a 750 ml) of 1994 Lindemans Gueuze/Lambic “Cuvee Rene”. Blow your...

Gueuze. If you are ever in Philly you have to try their Monk’s Cafe Cuvee Gueuze on tap—I found it fresher and more delicious than the bottled Organic. I admit I have fallen hard for Cantillon so I like the sour bite....

, and salty – for me that suggests exactly the route you’ve been taking, fruit lambic and hefeweizen. High alcohol beer will taste too hot, and really what you want for cutting grease is something that is highly...

Abbaye des Rocs Grand Cru is a nice one. If a person wanted to spend some serious cash on a bottle of beer, Cantillon Lou Pepe Gueuze, at around $30, would be a nice gift.

them. My favorite was the Mort Subite Kriek, and my husband discovered a liking for gueuze (We also went to Beersel for some of the real thing). And we stopped by Mardsous on our way back from the market at Liege...very neat...

during the Craft Brewers Conference in April. These included a gueuze that they’d made by leaving the wort in an orchard to be inoculated by the wild yeasties in the air. (They laid out a nice lobster dinner for everyone,...

and/or those with a more vinous quality. but i find more often than not, the best of those (ales, lambics, gueuzes etc...) to be belgian

On the subject of Belgium beers...just came back from Belgium and really enjoyed the Cantillon Gueuze at the brewery. Anyone know of a place in LA where one can buy bottles of this specific beer? I didn’t see it in the...

Summer: Avery’s White Rascal witbeir, Stone IPA, Stone Levitation, Rogue Soba ale, Victory Prima Pils, Brasserie Dupont Biere de Miel, Petrus Aged Pale Ale (sour Belgian pale), Oud Beersel gueuze Winter: Samuel Smith’s...

or in place of champagne. Lambic without fruit is called gueuze which is a blend of younger and older lambics. The most available are Lindemans- which make several types including the cherry, raspberry, current, and my...

Just to clarify: not all lambics are blended, and the blending does not generally produce a secondary fermentation. Gueuze is an example of a lambic where very young—not fully fermented—beer is traditionally mixed...

, including a vigneronne. They also make an insanely sour raspberry one called Lou Pepe. I’m not huge into the raspberry ones myself. I’ve come to enjoy straight lambic (aka gueuze), which is unflavored. However I...