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There was only about ten or so people left at the end of Oldham Beer Festival to enjoy a quiet hour or two after a very successful festival. As we sat shattered and knackered, we had a couple of beers, but I was all casked out. My poor tired body and jaded palate needed something different. There was a little cider left, but no, that wouldn't do it. What would then? I eyed the Foreign Beer Bar up. I knew what I wanted. Gueze! So what did we have in stock? Gueze Boon, a favourite of mine and three from Cantillon, the straight 100% lambic, the Kriek Gueze with the addition of sour cherries and Rose de Gambrinus, the raspberry one.
Now these beers are not to everyone's taste and when passed round, produced many a grimace, but to me and my partner in crime, John Lewis, well known cider guru and a predecessor of mine as Branch Chairman, love the stuff. We started on the Boon, Dry, tart, but q
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I left in the wee small hours, with my palate renewed and an avowed intention to get some Lambic in for the summer - if we ever get one that is.
4 comments:
That sounds like a great session, and I know exactly what you mean about needing a change sometimes. I've only got eyes for lager at the moment, having got aled out in the last few weeks.
Hey, of course we're going to get a summer, don't be so negative!
Couldn't agree more - nothing like a gueuze for the combination of palate cleanser and summer thirst quencher in one neat package.
Gueze Boon & Rose de Gambrinus two great beers. Not to everyone's taste I suspect. I'm pretty sure I have a bottle of Rose de Gambrinus tucked away maturing somewhere - think I might well go and seek it out.
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