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Currently, the French part is the main beer-producing région of France, thanks primarily to breweries in and near Strasbourg. These include those of Licorne ( Karlsbräu ), Kronenbourg , l'Espérance ( Heineken International ), Meteor , Schutzenberger and Champigneulles (near Nancy ).
Most framboise beers are quite sweet, though the Cantillon Brewery produces a tart version called Rosé de Gambrinus that is based on the traditional kriek style. The Liefmans brewery uses oud bruin beer instead of lambic to make its framboise beer, resulting in a very different taste. There are other beers outside of Belgium, however, that can ...
Saison (French, "season," French pronunciation:) is a pale-colored ale that is highly carbonated, dry, fruity, spicy, and often bottle conditioned. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was historically brewed with low alcohol levels, but modern productions of the style have moderate to high levels of alcohol.
Old English: Beore 'beer'. In early forms of English and in the Scandinavian languages, the usual word for beer was the word whose Modern English form is ale. [1] The modern word beer comes into present-day English from Old English bēor, itself from Common Germanic, it is found throughout the West Germanic and North Germanic dialects (modern Dutch and German bier, Old Norse bjórr).
The term brasserie is French for "brewery", from Middle French brasser "to brew", from Old French bracier, from Vulgar Latin braciare, of Celtic origin. Its first usage in English was in 1864. [ 3 ] The origin of the word probably stems from the fact that beer was brewed on the premises rather than brought in: thus an inn would brew its own ...
The name was first seen as the Flemish word 'geuze-bier' in a French text in 1829. [5]There is some debate on where the word gueuze originated. One theory is that it originated from geysa (geyser), Old Norse for gush, since, during times of vigorous fermentation, gueuze will spew out of the bunghole of its enclosing oak barrel.
Stella Artois (/ ɑːr ˈ t w ɑː / ar-TWAH, French:) is a pilsner beer, [1] first brewed in 1926 by Brouwerij Artois in Leuven, Belgium. In its original form, the beer is 5.2 per cent ABV, the country's standard for pilsners. The beer is also sold in other countries including the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, where it has a reduced ABV.
Fino sherry is a classic apéritif.. An apéritif is an alcoholic beverage usually served before a meal to stimulate the appetite, and is usually dry rather than sweet.. Common choices for an apéritif are vermouth; champagne; pastis; gin; ouzo; fino; amontillado or other styles of dry sherry (but not usually cream or oloroso blended sherry, which is very sweet and