Category Archives: Silenrieux
#117 – Pave de L’Ours
Size: 250 ml ABV: 8 % Pave de L’Ours – a remarkably splendid name for a beer, and one which loses much of its meaning in translation. The ‘pave of the bear’ means very little in English, but in French … Continue reading →
Filed under 3, Bear, Belgian Strong Ale, Silenrieux
Tagged as bear, beer, Belgian, fable, good intentions, Honey, Horie, L'Ours, La Fontaine, Lover of Gardens, Normandy, Pave, pavement, poet, Silenrieux, Toshiyuki, tragedy
#115 – Joseph
Size: 250 ml ABV: 5.4 % Straight after Sara (#114) came Joseph – a kind of younger brother beer from Silenrieux. Where Sara is unusual in that it is made from buckwheat, the Joseph is made from spelt. Spelt is … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Fish, Silenrieux, Speciality Grain
Tagged as beer, Belgian, buckwheat, Epeautre, gluten, Joseph, Sara, Silenrieux, spelt, wheat
#114 – Sara Blonde
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % I have only just drunk the Sara Brune (#110), and so quickly onto the Sara Blonde, and a rare foray into the world of farming. It would be extremely churlish to drink another buckwheat … Continue reading →
#110 – Sara Brune
Size: 250 ml ABV: 6 % Silenrieux is a rare breed among breweries in Belgium, promoting a range of traditional beers that are made from the most natural of ingredients. Eric Bedoret started the brewery in 1995 while living on … Continue reading →
Filed under 7, Fish, Silenrieux, Speciality Grain
Tagged as Ardennes, beer, Belgian, blonde, Brune, buckwheat, Couvin, Eric Bedoret, Joseph, Louvain, organic, Sara, Sarasin, Silenrieux, spelt
