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Jan De Lichte
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Jan De Lichte is the fourth and the latest beer of Belgian brewery De Glazen Toren.
Country: Belgium
Brewery: Brouwerij De Glazen Toren
Alcohol: 7.00  %
Served: 6-10  °C
Type: Ale, White, Double, Artizanal
The beer was developed only very recently (May 2005). As it is brand new it has not got a wrapper yet. It was first introduced to the public during a two-day beer Festival in West-Flanders in early June 2005.

Jan De Lichte is a wit Belgian beer. But following ancient tradition the brewery is using four grains beer: Barley and wheat are used of course, but there is also oats and buckwheat.

Jan De Lichte is the only Glazen Toren beer to which spices are added, following the Belgian tradition of wheat beer brewing.
Appearance : straw yellow, slightly hazy, strong sparkling, heavy head.
Taste : grapefruit aroma, spicy and slightly bitter in the mouth, long dry aftertaste.

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