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Flanders Style Abbey Ale

Flanders Style Abbey Ale Wine Details
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Description: Delicious smooth beer with a complex palette and bouquet of apples and pears. Ask about availability. Review from the Citizen Times:"Since Jonas Rembert opened French Broad River Brewing back in 2001, he's made a real name by mostly crafting beer styles that no one else in town was trying, especially those with a European flair. His latest, Flanders Style Abbey Ale, is among this finest creations yet, a delightful, brown fruity nectar with hints of apples and pear-like flavors. It was among the best beers served at the recent Brewgrass festival, which offered well over 100 different offerings. Taking it another level, the Flanders becomes extraordinary when blended with a bit of French Broad's stellar Cellar Reserve Lambic, itself one of the most unusual brews in town."

Varietal Definition
Ale:
Ale is beer that is brewed using only top-fermenting yeasts, and is typically fermented at higher temperatures than lager beer (15–23°C, 60–75°F). At these temperatures, ale yeasts produce significant amounts of esters and other secondary flavours and aromas, often resembling those of apple, pear, pineapple, grass, hay, banana, plum or prune.


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