This post is a part of the 2015 New Beer Every Day Beer Diary Challenge, #ottbeerdiary. Over the course of 2015, I will be trying a new beer every day. Please read the background in the link above, and enjoy reading about the most recently tasted beers below. If you’d like to join the challenge as well, let me know in the comments below, and be sure to check out Grown-up Travel Guide and his #grownupbeerdiary, where Andy Higgs came up with the diary format in use below. You can catch up on all of our posts as part of the challenge under the tag ottbeerdiary.
Day 189: July 8, 2015
Diary entry:
Sad start to the day, as I had to bring Erin back to Schiphol for her flight back to the US. Which was a bit stressful, as we got a slightly later start than intended, and only made it to drop her off at the departures zone with a few minutes to spare before the one-hour TSA cut-off for flights to the US. But make it we did, and she made her flight, so in the end, it all worked out.
Then a fun commute back down south to work, where, again, there was not much going on, other than the usual meetings, meetings, workshops, and meetings.
The Beer:
Name: Zatte Bie
Style: Pilsner
Producer: Brouwerij de Bie
Alcohol content: 9.0%
Bottle size: 0.33l
Purchased from: De Hopuvel in Ghent, Belgium
You taste the 9%. A little sour, and a bit sweet too. Slight metallic tinge.
Commercial Description:
Zatte Bie from Brouwerij de Bie is a jet black masterpiece called drunken honey bee, slightly spiced, six different malts used from pale to dark one gives smoky, roasted note that is rare in such a big beer. Truly endearing ale.
A strong, dark beer with a typical aroma which itself slowly enjoy
Hand-fermented beer, brewed on a small scale with only natural ingredients: malt, hops, candy sugar, yeast, water and spices.
THE STORY
Zatte Bie appeared one day
to drunken brewer Lowie.
When he tasted too much of his latest experiment
he experienced the wet dream of every guy.
Lying next to his brew kettle
appeared a dark beauty in his seat.
She looked full, powerful and hot out
and dropped slowly devouring as a booty.
Its typical aroma filled the room
and the brewery received a huge knock of the hammer.
When he came to his senses,
he shot straight into motion.
He called his latest beer Zatte Bie,
but drank henceforth never more than three.
-From the Zatte Bie web site
