Wit beer
Lambicus
The Belgian witbier is a barley/wheat beer brewn in Flanders. Witbier is a descendant from those Medieval beers which were not brewn with hops. Therefore it still uses gruut, although nowadays the gruut consists mainly of coriander, orange and hops. The taste is therefore only slightly hoppish, and is very refreshing in summer. Witbier has a second fermentation in the bottle.
Witbier differs from other wheat beers in the use of gruut. French laws (this territory was French in the 14th century) forbade the use of hops in gruut.
Examples
- Hoegaarden
- Brugs Tarwebier
- Verboden Vrucht
- Limburgse Witte
- Wittekerke
- Lambicus (based on Lambic, not 100% the same)
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