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Ichtegems
Price: Not sold by PolyBEER
A red-brown beer of Western Flanders brewed according to the traditional method with different malt types.
Country: Belgium
Brewery: Brouwerij Strubbe
Alcohol: 5.00  %
Served: 7  °C
Type: Ale, Red Ale
IBU: 18
Hopped till circa 18 bitter units with perennial hop from Poperinge. After the main fermentation at a temperature of 18 Celsius, 80% of the beer goes in bright beer tanks at a temperature of 0 Celsius during circa 2 months. The other 20% of the beer goes to the storing tanks where it experiences a spontaneous lactic fermentation that can last up to 18 months. This natural soured beer is fortified with the younger sweeter beer afterward.

75% pilsener malt
20% amber malt
5% dark caramel malt

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