Project Info
Project Description
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.
OMER VANDER GHINSTE OMER
BELLEGEM, BELGIUM
This pale strong ale from Flanders has splashed upon the world beer scene with great fanfare. Winner of the 2010 Gold Medal in the World Beer Cup©, Omer bested many of the world finest beers in a hotly contested category.
Pale golden and extraordinary, Omer has a firm malt character with a pleasant hop bitterness and warm, bready aroma. Tasted in it’s signature glass it’s a treat for the eye and palate.
The name “Omer” is a tribute to the family owners of this brewery who, for the sake of continuity, have each been so named.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Packages:
330 mL Bottle
OMER VANDER GHINSTE CUVEE DES JACOBINS ROUGE
BELLEGEM, BELGIUM
The beer that we are offering is unblended old lambic, aged for 18 months or more. It has a robust character but is beautiful and sophisticated with a full body and overtones of vanilla, dried cherry, stone fruit and cocoa. It is a complex, beautiful sour beer.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Packages:
330 ml Bottle
1/6 bbl Keg
OMER VANDER GHINSTE OUD BRUIN
BELLEGEM, BELGIUM
Originally called “Ouden Tripel”, this ancient West Flanders Brown beer has found a new élan as a regional specialty under its current name: “VanderGhinste Oud Bruin”. The main ingredients of our Vanderghinste Oud Bruin 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 for 18 months results in this specific West Flanders Brown beer. Its typical flavour is characterized by a well-balanced, hardly noticeable sourness. This first flavour impression is soon followed by a second pleasant discovery: a slight bitterness followed by a hint of sweetness.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Packages:
11.2 oz Bottle
1/6 bbl Keg
OMER VANDER GHINSTE KRIEK DES JACOBINS
BELLEGEM, BELGIUM
The basic ingredient of our Jacobins Kriek is wort made of wheat and malted barley. This wort is first boiled and then transported to the brewery’s open cooling vessel to cool down.
Afterwards it spontaneously ferments in big oak barrels, giving the beer its refined flavour and aroma.
To obtain its true “kriek” or cherry flavour, natural cherry juices are also added. The fruitiness of the aroma clearly reveals itself in the mouth. Our Jacobins Kriek has a well-balanced, pleasant and slightly sweet flavour, which is best enjoyed when drunk out of its own bowl-shaped glass. An excellent thirst quencher and… perfect for drinking in an outdoor café!
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Packages:
330 mL Bottle
1/6 bbl Keg
OMER VANDER GHINSTE CUVÉE DES JACOBINS PRESTIGE
BELLEGEM, BELGIUM
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.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Packages:
11.2 oz Bottle
1/6 bbl Keg