Brouette de Bières
Blanche des Honnelles
Belgium
Often known as the country of beer, Belgium offers to beer lovers an impressive variety of products. At least 700 beers can be found.
In spite of the variety of local beers, belgian people are quite sober. Indeed they drink "only" 93l per inhabitant and per year (that is 5 to 6 33cl bottles per week).
Belgium is famous because of its top fermented beers and also its spontaneous fermented beers brewed only in the area around Brussels.
- Trademark:
- Blanche des Honnelles
- Kind:
- White
- Alcohol content:
- 6%
Friends
White beer
These are top fermented and non filtered beers that contain non malted wheat. These specificities give them their slightly turbid and milky aspect .
Nowadays, they usually contain spices such as orange barks, coriander or pepper.
Very refreshing and thirst-quenching, they will be very appreciated during a warm afternoon.
Top fermentation
Fermented at a temperature between 59°F and 79°F, top fermented beers are famous because of their more complex flavours. Moreover, they often have a higher alcohol content (depending on the malt quantity) than bottom fermented ones.
This fermentation type was originally the most spread one, but since this time bottom fermented beers have flooded the market. Mainly brewed by artisanal breweries, top fermented beers are the ones prefered by beer lovers.
Refermented in the bottle
Refermentation in the bottle is due to the addition of yeasts, and sometimes sugar, in the beer while bottling. Then beer is stored in a hot (68°F to 77°F) fermentation room for a few weeks before being sold.
Once begun, refermentation goes on during the conservation of the beer. Consequently taste and alcohol content evolve all along its ageing.
Because of the presence of yeast, you're likely to see a little sediment at the bottom of the bottle and beer can be a bit cloudy.
Double malting
Beer brewed with a malt quantity double as usual. As malt provides sugar for the fermentation, double malted beers contain a little more alcohol and have a sweeter flavor that the ones with a single quantity of malt. Even if there is no obligation, double malted beers are used to be brown.
As there is no official definition for a "double" beer, the preceding explanation is mostly used in Belgium but is not approved unanimously.
Ingredients
- Water
- Barley malt
- Wheat malt
- Oats
- Hop
- Yeast
- Spices
- Brewed since 1991
- Top fermentation
- Unfiltered
- Pasteurized
- "Balanced" foam
- White beer
Pasteurized
Invented by Louis Pasteur in 1856, pasteurization consists in heating the beer to a high temperature (158°F approximately). Often beer is pasteurized after being bottled, in such a case bottles are heated to pasteurization temperature during several minutes.
By destroying yeasts and micro-organisms in the beer, this process ensures the stability and conservation of the beer.
"Balanced" foam
Beer with a balanced foam, not too much, not too few! These beers are likely to be served in a round glass slightly flared to obtain a good proportion between foam and beer.
Depending on the habits, the beer can be served at one go or in two times. In this case, serve a first part of the beer and begin to enjoy. Then serve the rest of the beer to obtain a beautiful collar again.
This balanced foam allows very thirsty people to drink from the bottle :-)
White beer
These are top fermented and non filtered beers that contain non malted wheat. These specificities give them their slightly turbid and milky aspect .
Nowadays, they usually contain spices such as orange barks, coriander or pepper.
Very refreshing and thirst-quenching, they will be very appreciated during a warm afternoon.
Characteristics
White beer which color is between white-blond and amber. This color is due to the three cereals (barley, wheat, and oats) used to brew it. They give it a strong bitterness and a low acidity.
Beer on sale: click on bottles to add them into your wheelbarrow
Brouette de Bières®, BP 95, 59163 Condé sur l'Escaut (France) - SARL company with a 9000 ¤ capital - RNCS Valenciennes 493 819 684
CNIL registration number 1194297 - Selling beer to minors is forbidden
Beer brewed carefully, to be consumed with care