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Friday, May 7, 2010

Urthel Saisonniere

A new one from Urthel...
Urthel Saisonniere...$3.59 11.2oz"Saisonnière is brewed with 20% wheat for a style-shifting beer that is part Saison, part wheat beer and part golden/pale ale. Like the best of Hildegard's beers, Saisonnière is deceptively simple on first sip and elegantly simple with a gently building complexity." -- importer
6.0% ABV



More about the brewery from their website
"Ruiselede, West Flanders, Belgium. Urthel was established in 2000, a creation of the wife and husband team of Hildegard and Bas van Ostaden, owners of The Leyerth Breweries. The duo share responsibilities with Hildegard formulating recipes and Bas, an artist and marketing expert, designing the artwork, packaging and sales materials.
he Van Ostadens never planned to brew a Cult Beer, it just happened that way. From their home in Ruiselede, Bas and Hildegard created the recipes for the beer as well as the charming labels, tap handles and other sales materials. Their beer has been brewed according to the authentic Flemish brewing style, at Thee Koningshoeven Brewery in Berkel-Enschot in The Netherlands.
he gnome-ish figures on the label actually predate the beer itself. Bas had been working on a modern-day fairy-tale for some time when he and Hildegard decided to start brewing. Searching for a brand image was going nowhere, until Bas had the idea to combine his fairy-tale characters, The Erthels, with their new beer. Thus Urthel was born..."





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