About Cuvee des Jacobins
Jacques in Paris, the famous Dominican monastery that was built in 1218 to house pilgrims on their way to Compostela. This monastery was situated in the Rue des Jacobins.
Omer Rémi Vander Ghinste (the first Omer) stayed there for a short time during the First World War, and while there, he had the idea to use the name for one of his beers.
125 years earlier, French revolutionaries (known as Jacobins) got their name because they used to meet in this street after the French Revolution.
Cuvee des Jacobins is a product of Omer Vander Ghinste brewerey in Belgium
Cuvee des Jacobins Products
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
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)
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)