{"id":2963,"date":"2019-05-15T17:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/?p=2963"},"modified":"2021-07-07T12:11:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T19:11:45","slug":"beyond-the-bottle-dry-bitter-belgian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beermonthclub.com\/blog\/beyond-the-bottle-dry-bitter-belgian\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond the Bottle: Dry, Bitter, Belgian"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a>In chatting with Garden Path\u2019s Ron Extract about this month\u2019s featured The Garden Paths Led to Flowered<\/a>, he mentioned XX Bitter from Belgium\u2019s Brouwerij De Ranke as being a point of inspiration for it. If you haven\u2019t yet crossed paths with XX Bitter, it\u2019s more bitter and expressive in its show of herbaceous, grassy hops than one would expect from a 6% blonde. And it\u2019s also basically the perfect sort of beer for repeated pints: layered, not numbingly bitter, crisp with depth.<\/p>\n

It was a bit easier to get hold of fresh XX Bitter and the similarly poised Taras Boulba (from Brasserie de La Senne) back when living in DC, as the fresh import options are a bit patchier these days in California. Our tasting crew in DC sought out these beers and any adjacent kin: Orval, De La Senne\u2019s Zinnebir, Thiriez Extra (from France), Jolly Pumpkin\u2019s Bam Biere… In basic terms: potent hops, but more traditionally noble\/herbal\/floral\u2014plus supportive yeast.<\/p>\n

Hoppy Belgian blonde\u2026 Belgian pale ale<\/a>\/IPA\u2026 Buncha overlapping terms for this general space. The Rare Beer Club<\/a> has previously highlighted De Ranke\u2019s XXX Bitter<\/a>, an amped-up version of XX Bitter with 50% more hops. Up here in Sonoma County, some of the closer alternatives are session options like Redemption or, with a more neutral yeast, Aud Blond from Russian River\u2014but still not quite that hop density + yeast combo of something like XX Bitter.<\/p>\n

Have a dry, bitter, Belgian-inclined beer you\u2019re digging? Chime in on Twitter via @rarebeerclub<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In chatting with Garden Path\u2019s Ron Extract about this month\u2019s featured The Garden Paths Led to Flowered, he mentioned XX Bitter from Belgium\u2019s Brouwerij De Ranke as being a point of inspiration for it. 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