Mead the Gueze

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Some news from the Real Beer Page Mail....

Lugashall Meadery and Cantillion recently released Mead the Gueze, a 
combination of 30% mead and 70% lambic. Now Boon and New Belgium are 
going to put out another beverage created by blending the beers of two 
breweries. An interesting trend…..

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NEW BELGIUM, BROUWERIJ BOON PLAN HISTORIC BLEND
Colorado's New Belgium Brewing Co. and Brouwerij Frank Boon of Belgium 
have announced a historic venture that will result in a cross-Atlantic 
beer blended from batches produced at each brewery. The concept is a 
work in progress, but the plan is to ship a beer currently undergoing 
the natural alchemy that occurs only in Lembeek, Belgium to Colorado. 
This kriek will be blended with a beer being brewed at New Belgium 
specifically for this venture. The resulting beer will age at the Fort 
Collins brewery before being released. Frank Boon visited New Belgium 
last week and signed a Letter of Intent alongside Kim Jordan, CEO of 
New Belgium, during a press conference. Boon also attended the Great 
American Beer Festival. "Europeans will tell you Americans water down 
their beer, that they put ice in it," Boon said Saturday. "They don't 
know what has occurred in the last 20 years. They need to come here and 
see how much as changed."  

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