Brouette de Bières

A selection of special beers

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  Spring beers
   
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  Trappist

  Very restricted label, only 7 breweries can put it on their bottles.
  To be recognized as trappist, the beer must be brewed within a trappist abbey under supervision and responsibility of monks. Moreover, this label means that most of the benefits are devoted to charities.

   
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  Abbey

  Beer which name is the name of an abbey. 3 categories can be identified:

  • Certified abbey beer: The abbey always exists.
  • Authentic abbey beer: The abbey is not likely to exist anymore but monks created the beer.
  • Abbey beer: The abbey is not likely to exist anymore and monks didn't created the beer.
   
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  Lambic

  Lambic is a country beer brewed only in the area around Brussels.
  It is available in 4 variants:

  • Fruity Lambic: Lambic brewed with fruits.
  • Gueuze: Traditional beer resulting of the blending of several Lambics of different ageings.
  • Faro: Lambic with sugar-candy.
  • Kriek: Lambic brewed with entire sour cherries.
   
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  Organic

  Beers which ingrediens come from organic farming. Most of countries have their own seal.

   
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  Flavored

  Beers in which a flavor is added. In this category any eccentricity is allowed, for instance take a look to chocolate beers.

   
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  Fruity

  Fruity beers. Kriek (Lambic brewed with entire cherries) is the most famous one. You may find more exotic beers with banana, pineapple...
  Depending on recipes, these beers can be brewed using entire fruits or fruit juice.

   
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  Beers of the world

  Beers from countries either distant or not famous for their brewery production. These beers will let you go off the beaten track and discover new flavours.