(Lovell, ME) – Yves Panneels has blended an epic creation for Ebenezer’s Belgian Beer Dinner this Thursday night.
In de Verzekering tegen de Grote Dorst, which Panneels co-owns with his brother, is a world-famous pub in Belgium. You can learn more about it here. There are only 32 bottles of Brabantse Trots made according to the label and since that does not equate to one for each dinner attendee, it looks like this will be for consumption only at Ebenezer’s. The bottles are somewhere mid-flight over the Atlantic with Yves as of Tuesday morning.
Quick history lesson: Brabantse Trots translates to Brabant Pride. Per Wikipedia, Brabant, or more specifically, The Duchy of Brabant (duchy refers to a duke or duchess-owned territory) “was a territory consisted essentially of the three modern-day Belgian provinces of Flemish Brabant, Walloon Brabant and Antwerp, the Brussels-Capital Region and most of the present-day Dutch province of North Brabant.” Brabant’s coat of arms is a common image on many labels and is featured prominently in Ommegang‘s logo. More history on the symbol here.
If you missed the dinner menu, click here. There are still seats left for the dinner. Here is the Brabantse Trots blend:
1. Boon Jonge lambik november 2009
2. Boon Oude lambik 2008
3. Boon Oude lambik 2007
4. De Troch Oude lambik november 2008
5. 3 Fonteinen Jonge lambik oktober 2008
6. Girardin Jonge lambik 2009
7. Lindemans Jonge lambik oktober 2009
8. Lindemans Oude lambik januari 2008
9. Mort Subite Jonge lambik juni 2009
10. Mort Subite Oude lambik januari 2009
11. Mort Subite Oude lambik februari 2006
12. Oud Beersel Oude lambik februari 2008
13. Timmermans Lambik december 2008
Interesting. I didn’t know they did a second bottling. I tried the batch from 2008 this year.
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