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Spontanous applause for Panil

The good brewer of the Panil brewery in Torrechiara, Italy, has been experimenting again, this time with a spontanously fermented beer related to the ones we find in Belgium.

The beer is left in the open for one night with a full moon, covered with hop flowers for them to catch the yeast spores from the air. The brewing process takes only 20 days from heating the mash to bottling, so there is no aging here. I assume that there will be lots of yeast spores from winemaking floating around in this area, giving a rather potent fermentation.

So, how was the bottle I brought home?

Lots of fluffy head over a cloudy yellow beer, lively natural carbonation. The head has a texture I don't recognize from other beers.

Fresh citrus aroma. A lambic-like sourness, but not in an extreme way. Refreshing, quite easy-drinking beer with hints of lemon and sour apples. Like its Belgian realtives, it does not tell much about the malt used in the brewing. A beer for sipping in the shade on a hot day.

A little yeasty on the tongue, a little residue in the bottle.

And cheers once again to Panil for daring to go their own way!

Posted by: KnutAlbert at 14:50 | link | comments
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