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 220: August 8, 2015
Diary entry:
A quiet day, relaxing at home. A very lazy Saturday. Sometimes, just what the doctor ordered.
I did wander out later in the evening to enjoy the summer weather on the terraces in the center of town…but otherwise, couch, movies, and try to catch up on some work.
The Beer:
Name: Zure Van Tildonk (2014)
Style: Belgian Blonde & Sour Ale
Producer: Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal
Alcohol content: 6.0%
Bottle size: 0.75l
Purchased from: De Caigny in Essen, Belgium
Zure van Tildonk (2014) by Brouwerij Hof ten Dormaal. Yeasty, funky aroma. Sour, yet sweet. But not syrupy sweet. Or acid burn sour. Well balanced.
Commercial Description:
An original Belgian Sour Ale from the farm brewery Hof Karen Dormaal. With this beer, we strives to create a special, spontaneously-fermented beer via traditional methods using ambient yeast from our farm in Tildonk. Each batch of Zure Van Tildonk is carefully aged in our cellars at the Engelburch Monastery for several months prior to release.
Hof Ten Dormaal Brewery is a farm brewery in Belgium that is dedicated to create beers and personalized. The brewery focuses on using barley malt bittering hops that are locally grown in the farm. Since ingredient is centered on use of barley malt, some of Hof Ten Dormaal’s finest beers have straw-colored appearance. The brewery uses oil extracted from rapeseed as part of the brewing process. The combination of locally grown hops, yeast and barley has allowed the Hof Ten Dormaal Brewery to create complex flavors of beers that reflect excellent Belgian style.
