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== Description == | == Description == | ||
Cantillon Asperule Odorante is a 2-year-old lambic with sweet woodruff added. The woodruff was added ten days after being picked. | Cantillon Asperule Odorante is a 2-year-old lambic with sweet woodruff added. The woodruff was added ten days after being picked in the Gaume region of Belgium (no exact ratio provided as the entire bag brought was used directly and then the lambic was blended until reaching a satsifying result). | ||
250 x 75cl bottles were produced in May 2010 and served both at the brewery and at a charity event at Beachwood BBQ in California in 2014, as well as a few festivals like BXL Beer Fest and various tasting events over the years. | |||
ABV is unknown. | |||
==History /Other Notes== | ==History /Other Notes== | ||
[[File:AsperulaOdorata.jpg|thumb|left|frameless|Asperula Odorata Source: Wikipedia<ref name=wikiFlower>Galium Odoratum, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_odoratum#mediaviewer/File:Galium_odoratum_Flower.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_odoratum]</ref>]] | [[File:AsperulaOdorata.jpg|thumb|left|frameless|Asperula Odorata Source: Wikipedia<ref name=wikiFlower>Galium Odoratum, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_odoratum#mediaviewer/File:Galium_odoratum_Flower.JPG http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galium_odoratum]</ref>]] | ||
Asperule Odorante (''Asperula odorata'' or ''Galium odoratum'') is a perennial flowering plant native to Europe. Its common names include woodruff, sweet woodruff, wild baby's breath, and master of the woods (a literal translation from the German ''waldmeister''). As the word ''odorata'' suggests, the plant is renowned for its sweet, aromatic smell. It is used as a primary ingredient in ''Maitrank'', a drink served throughout Germany and into Wallonia. The Dutch word for this flower is ''lievevrouwebedstro''. | Asperule Odorante (''Asperula odorata'' or ''Galium odoratum'') is a perennial flowering plant native to Europe. Its common names include woodruff, sweet woodruff, wild baby's breath, and master of the woods (a literal translation from the German ''waldmeister''). As the word ''odorata'' suggests, the plant is renowned for its sweet, aromatic smell. It is used as a primary ingredient in ''Maitrank'', a drink served throughout Germany and into Wallonia, as well as in syrup form added to the german Berliner Weisse. The Dutch word for this flower is ''lievevrouwebedstro''. | ||
The inspiration for this lambic came from the ''Maitrank'', or May drink , which is served in many parts of Germany and into Belgium at festivals during the month of May. In Arlon, a Belgian municipality located in Wallonia, people “venture into the area’s surrounding beech woods in search of sweet woodruff, a delicate, fragrant little white plant sometimes referred to locally as reine de mai (Queen of May) or Elodie Belle." Though there is no one standard recipe for the ''Maitrank'', it is generally accepted that the flowers are typically macerated in white wine from the Mosel region of Germany along with sugar and unpeeled slices of oranges. In other recipes, cognac replaces the wine and Cointreau, lemon, a cinnamon stick or sugar cane is added to complete the drink. <ref name= Asp> Via Michelin, [http://www.viamichelin.com/web/Gastronomy-magazine/Arlon-_-Maitrank_a_Belgian_drink_for_May_time-1b5a460cd71373d4271b2b9182db9cc0-155291 Maitrank, a Belgian drink for May time ] | The inspiration for this lambic came from the ''Maitrank'', or May drink , which is served in many parts of Germany and into Belgium at festivals during the month of May. In Arlon, a Belgian municipality located in Wallonia, people “venture into the area’s surrounding beech woods in search of sweet woodruff, a delicate, fragrant little white plant sometimes referred to locally as reine de mai (Queen of May) or Elodie Belle." Though there is no one standard recipe for the ''Maitrank'', it is generally accepted that the flowers are typically macerated in white wine from the Mosel region of Germany along with sugar and unpeeled slices of oranges. In other recipes, cognac replaces the wine and Cointreau, lemon, a cinnamon stick or sugar cane is added to complete the drink. <ref name= Asp> Via Michelin, [http://www.viamichelin.com/web/Gastronomy-magazine/Arlon-_-Maitrank_a_Belgian_drink_for_May_time-1b5a460cd71373d4271b2b9182db9cc0-155291 Maitrank, a Belgian drink for May time ] | ||
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|06/15/2010||2010||750 mL|| | |06/15/2010||2010||750 mL||Classic yellow label | ||
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