What we drink @ Home

People often ask me which beers do we drink at home? Do we only drink Ginger Tipple or do we also enjoy other beers?

Foodies

First, you have to understand that not only is my wife a superb chef, but we all enjoy her delicious food. Even a simple sandwich can be upgraded into a culinary pleasure, although it often requires some creativity.

Last week I was gong to make hamburgers, but took out schnitzels instead. I baked fresh rolls, which came out more fluffy inside than usual.

After assembling the freshly fried chicken schnitzel in the bun with vegetables and sauces, all it needed was a Oude Geuze Boon.

The award winning Oude Geuze Boon is one of the finest examples of the traditional 100% spontaneous fermentation Lambic style. To moderate the sourness, Boon Brewery only brews Lambic in the 7 cold months, from early October until April, according to the traditional “turbid mash” system. This Lambic beer is aged for 1, 2 or 3 years in oak casks. The blend, a mild average 18 months old Lambic (unsweetened, unfiltered, unpasteurised) is refermented in the bottle and can be stored up to 20 years.

We also drink Ginger Tipple

This was a more simple sandwich on which we added some horseradish relish (chrain).  Unlike the shop variety, this one was coarsely grated and with less vinegar and sugar, this was a chunky chrain and full of flavour. But it turned the basic salami and mustard sandwich on 13-grain bread into an absolute pleasure which could only be enhanced with a Ginger Tipple or two.

Market Research

There are other other beers which we drink at home or when we go out, but that would fill a few more blogs. However, tasting other beers on the market is an important part of a brewers work, market research. Who said you can’t combine business with pleasure?