Beer Tasting: De Ranke XX Bitter and Ellezelloise Quintine Ambrée
Hello, beer tasters! 🍻 😎 🍻
What is your situation? Here we are in the middle of a heatwave and nothing looks like letting up.
There is only one thing that helps, you know what.
Beer! 🍻
Today, for 263rd #beersaturday, I have two beers, completely different, the only thing they have in common is that they are both Belgian.
First, the one with less alcohol.
De Ranke XX Bitter
Brewed by Brouwerij De Ranke, Dottignies, Belgium.
Bottle, 0.33 l, alcohol 6% ABV, 65 IBU. It's Belgian Ale style, almost lager hoppy character, and a subtle fruity-spicy Belgian yeast.
What do the Master Brewers say?
XX-bitter is our most bitter, high-fermenting beer. Despite its low alcohol content, it produces a very rich, long-lasting, full flavor.
Taste: Very bitter but still balanced. Long-lasting, distinct hop taste.
Interesting. Let's compare it with IPAs.
The beer is cloudy orange in color, the head is large, creamy, and very persistent. I smell hops.
The first sip goes down the throat smoothly, with a strong bitterness immediately dominating the palate. It's very bitter indeed, perhaps I detect hay and a little malt in the background.
Brutally bitter! The bitterness lingers in the aftertaste for quite a long time.
A refreshing and drinkable beer, but not for everyone!
Only for very experienced beer drinkers! A pronounced bitterness is prevalent, as a joke, it overpowers every IPA.
I've had bitter beers like this before, but none of them were as balanced. I like it and would quite like to have it in the fridge.
Ellezelloise Quintine Ambrée
Brewed by Ellezelloise (Brasserie des Légendes), Ellezelles, Belgium. Bottle, 0.33l, alcohol 8.5 ABV. It's strong Belgian Ale style, is a delicious blend of malt richness, dark fruit flavors and not as bitter or hoppy as a tripel.
What do the Master Brewers say?
Quintine Ambrée is traditionally brewed and fermented and combines the bitterness of hops – like all beers in the Quintine range, it is deliciously bitter–
with flavors of pepper and caramelized malt. Its amber color comes from the use of malt and the caramel that forms during the long malt-roasting process.
Btw: Quintine was a witch from Ellezelles in the Pays des Collines region. She was burned at the stake in 1610 with four other witches. This story, along with that of the Witches’ Sabbath, is part of the folklore of the small, pretty town of Ellezelles in Belgium.
Oh, and they burned witches and drank beer with them. Nothing good ...
The beer is amber in color, with a little head. It smells of caramel. The sip goes down the throat smoothly and the different flavors linger in the mouth.
Malty sweetness, burnt caramel for nuance, grapefruit giving bitterness, some other fruit, plum? The bitterness lingers in the aftertaste for some time.
This beer is special too. Very complex flavours that I'm not really used to, but nothing bad. Being cold (I cooled it down to 4 degrees Celsius, as it says) it was refreshing in the heat.
What can I say in conclusion?
Both beers are special, not to say extreme, one emphasizing bitterness, the other with the complexity of flavors.
So, something for everyone. 🍻
And what am I listening to as I write this? Because I'm going to a concert, the Festival Trnje, I'm listening to a Slovenian jazz band that will be playing there.
Lolita - Loki
More stories about beers? You can go back a little further in history! 😎 😁
if you want to read more Beer adventures.
send the story to the Hive BeerSaturday challenge for fun.
btw: There's two BEER Games in town:
BEER PONG, and BEERFRIENDS
5% of the earnings of this post will go to beneficiaries of the community (@beerlover).
@seckorama
My NFT Showroom Gallery
Watch my 3Speak Channel
Take a look at my DTube Channel
Live Music playlist
VJing playlist
https://twitter.com/ilbiscom/status/1545787932354674689
The rewards earned on this comment will go directly to the people( @seckorama ) sharing the post on Twitter as long as they are registered with @poshtoken. Sign up at https://hiveposh.com.
What an enjoyment time you are having.. I take bear once in a while because I love the taste of it. Happy weekend friend
Thank you. Tasting beers and listening to music. That's it. I don't need more than that. 🍻 😎
It's sometimes fun to do that and that's the best to do..
A couple of beers like that you need on a warm #beersaturday!
Exactly! Thanks for stopping by. 🍻 😎
I'm not a huge fan of bitter beer but as you describes it, it sounds very tasteful. I would at least give it a try. My local beverage shop has often beer from different countries. I will keep an eye if they have Belgium beer too.
!BEER
Well, it's really bitter, maybe it's good because one is enough. 🍻😎
I never ever heard a man saying that one beer is enough. 😅
😁 well, @chaosmagic23, to be precise, after this kind of beer you continue with lager or pilsener 😎
Ah, I was worried for a second that you dropped out of the men's club. 😉
View or trade
BEER.Hey @seckorama, here is a little bit of
BEERfrom @chaosmagic23 for you. Enjoy it!Learn how to earn FREE BEER each day by staking your
BEER.This post has been manually curated by @bhattg from Indiaunited community. Join us on our Discord Server.
Do you know that you can earn a passive income by delegating to @indiaunited. We share 100 % of the curation rewards with the delegators.
Here are some handy links for delegations: 100HP, 250HP, 500HP, 1000HP.
Read our latest announcement post to get more information.
Please contribute to the community by upvoting this comment and posts made by @indiaunited.
Thank you, @indiaunited and @bhattg. 🍻😎
I'm not a big fan of too bitter beers, but from what you describe, I'd give them a try.
Yes, give them a try. I know that's hard to change mind, but at least, one will be enough. 🍻😎
Sure. If I have the chance I'll give them a try. Happy Sunday 😄🍺
I think it's possible Beer makes all weather better
Yeah, you're right. Not only the weather, but at least everything looks better after one beer. 🍻😎😁
A bitter and an Amber and a history lesson!