BIIR
← Experimental Lambic Producers
Website:http://biir.cat/ (Catalan, English)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biirbeer
Overview
BIIR is a brewery in Spain that produces a variety of IPAs and other craft beers. One of their partners, Gunther Bensch, has worked around lambic for many years. Gunther previously represented Girardin at beer festivals, and created the first Lambic - Tripel blend at the brewery Dilewyns. [1]
In 2014 BIIR released two lambic blends, a kriek and a gueuze. It is unclear what base lambic is being used in this initiative.
SWEET- SOUR Red Series 2014
Label Text
BIIR Sour Sweet is a 100% lambic beer, aged 12, 18, 24, and 36 months in French oak barrels. It has 450gr/l of whole cherries and raspberries, without ading sugar. Blended by Gunther Bensch (Montaigu), the maker of tripel-gueuze.
Lambic beer is a traditional Belgian style beer with a combination of red fruits to get a unique and balanced sour and sweet taste. It is made exclusively in the Zenne Valley.
4B OUDE GUEUZE. Lambic Series 2014
This beer is called 4B because is a blend of 4 lambic beers from 4 different brewers and 4 different aging, made by Gunther Bensch between Barcelona and Brussels. [2]
Label Text
BIIR Oude Gueuze is a 100% lambic beer, aged 36, 24, 18 & 12 months in French oak barrels. Blended by Gunther Bensch (Montaigu), the maker of Tripel Gueuze.
Oude Gueuze is a traditional Belgian style made exclusive with lambic beers brewed in the Zenne Valley. It is also called Brussels Champagne.
References
- ↑ Belgian Beer and Travel, 2009, http://belgianbeerspecialist.blogspot.com/2009/07/gunther-benschanyone-stateside-looking.html
- ↑ BIIR Website, http://biir.cat/beers/