Malheur 10°

When tasting a basic Malheur beer, the term basic has to be seen in terms of the way things are in Belgium. In Belgium, a basic beer is a pretty wonderful beer. This one is made with three or four different pilsner malts, mainly coming from France, and one more specialized malt from Belgium. It’s got Saaz hops from the Czech Republic, and it’s got Styrian Goldings from Slovenia. The yeast originally came from the Affligem brewery nearby, and they have sold so much now to the brewery at Malheur, that it’s really the Malheur yeast. Its quite a fruity beer. Very flowery, very cleansing. It would be a terrific aperitif beer. Despite its great strength, ten percent, it’s a very thirst cutting beer. And a very, very appetizing beer.