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About Omer Vander Ghinste

Belgium has been home to the Omer Vander Ghinste Brewery since 1892. Founded by Omer Vander Ghinste and handed down within the family, the brewery is now in the hands of fourth-generation owner/manager Omer-Jean Vander Ghinste.

During World War II the brewer at that time was Omer-Remi. Having spent some time in the St. James Hospice in Paris as a refugee, he was inspired to create a line of beers called “Jacobins” in honor of the Dominican Friars that answer to that name in France and who had given him shelter in his time of need. Today the brewery is better known as a producer of lagers, but has maintained the expertise and equipment to produce excellent spontaneously fermented beers.

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Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge
Lambic / Sour
5.5% ABV
Cuvée des Jacobins is a 100% foeder beer, an undiluted lambic that has been matured in oak casks for 18 months. The beer has a robust character but a very attractive and sophisticated content with an aftertaste of vanilla, dried cherries and cocoa. This is a complex but very balanced sour beer.

Tasting Notes:

Taste: Sour, balanced
Aroma: Vanilla, Cocoa, Sour Cherries
Appearance: Dark Red, Light White Head

Package Configurations:

Bottles:

6 x 4 x 11.2oz (330ml)

Kegs:

20L (1/6 barrel)
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Cuvèe des Jacobins Prestige
Lambic / Sour
7.6% ABV
Prestige is a blend of 24 month-old foederbier, spontaneously fermented in and blended from foeders IX, XI and XIV. It has a deeper brettanomyces character and an overall soft and fruity character. Sourness is here in plenty, just like the Cuvée Rouge, but the balance is finer and tipped more toward stone fruit. The complexity of true spontaneous fermentation cannot be equaled by any other method. Extended aging brings about different stages of fermentation, each adding their own note. Cerevisiae, brettanomyces, and lactobacillus are like voices in a choir—a truly gifted brewer can bring them into harmony.

Package Configurations:

Bottles:

24 x 11.2oz (330ml)

Kegs:

20L (1/6 barrel)
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Vanderghinste Oud Bruin
Brown Beer
Lambic / Sour
5.5% ABV
Originally called "Ouden Tripel", this ancient beer has found a new élan as a regional specialty under its current name: "VanderGhinste Roodbruin".
The main ingredients of our Vanderghinste Roodbruin are malted barley, wheat, hops, water, and caramelized malts. These are used to brew a top-fermented beer.
Blending this beer with lambic beer aged in oak barrels for 18 months, results in this specific West Flanders Red-brown beer. Its typical flavor is characterized by a well-balanced, hardly noticeable sourness. This first flavorr impression is soon followed by a second pleasant discovery: a slight bitterness followed by a hint of sweetness.

Tasting Notes:

TASTE: GOOD BALANCE BETWEEN SWEET & SOUR
AROMA: RED FRUIT, CARAMEL MALTS
APPEARANCE: RED-BROWN, LIGHT BROWN HEAD

Package Configurations:

Bottles:

6 x 4 x 11.2oz (330ml)
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