Day 594: Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar

I think today's beer review is of one that was the first post-Beercycling ride beer that I had on the trip. It was consumed in the town of Kortrijk, but I have no idea what the name of the place was. It seems that my Day 1 itinerary has gone missing! Eek!

You'll note that the beer photo is also missing. It's currently trapped in Mr. Blog Named Brew's phone so hopefully he'll get my email soon and send it along. Keep your fingers crossed.

In lieu of a beer photo for the moment, Even though the photo has arrived, please enjoy some scenery from Day 1 of the great Beercycling adventure...

Me and my bike in France! It was a brief sojourn...maybe 3 minutes. 

Lots of churches and religious icons on this trip.
Luckily none of them crumbled when my non-churchgoing self was nearby!

Now that's how you build a bridge.

Teeny archways around your building? Why not!

So what about that beer? The L'Enfant Terrible is brewed at Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar. Curious about the translation, I learned that it means "the daughter of the ear of corn" and that's synonymous with the word beer. From old records, it appears that Emperor Charles V around 1550 preferred the "juice of the daughter of the ear of corn" better than the "blood of grapes." In other words, Charles preferred beer over wine. Me too, Charles, me too.

L'Enfant Terrible is a gueuze style beer. It poured a sort of wet straw color with a big white head. The flavor is crisp and clean. Lots of spice and lemon with a fair amount of funk. Very refreshing and just was the dochter ordered. (Pun intended. Ha!)

Beer stats
Style: Gueuze
ABV: 7%
IBUs: Unknown
Rating: Good

Previously reviewed from De Dochter van de Korenaar
A look at Belle Fleur

Docther? Doctor. Doctor? Dochter.

Beer #48 Belle-Fleur / Brouwerij De Dochter van de Korenaar, Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Two days in the office, two days on the road, one day in State College.  Not a bad way to spend a week, and even better - it's over.  Someone asked me what our weekend plans were, and I had to pause.  Think... think... nope.  Nothing, nada.  How good does it feel to not have anything planned this weekend?  This is conducive to drinking beer, I'd say.

For today, I'm going with an IPA from De Dochter,  newcomer in the Belgian beer world. An odd website - half of it is in English, half in Dutch.  Dutchlish?  Anyway, this beer pours with a foamy head, and has a cloudy gold color.  The hop flavor dominates the beer, with a taste of bread along the way.  It finishes dry, some light hints of grass and lemon.  Good find, and I recommend you try if you want a beer that balances the hop flavor without cramming it down your throat.

Nice....

One of my dreams in life is to be multi-lingual.  I'm barely competent at English, so it's a long shot, but at some point I hope to be able to speak another language.  I'm thinking that this beer adventure may help; I've been spending a lot of time on Belgian brewery websites, and I think I'm starting to learn some Dutch.  I mean, at least I thought I was getting the hang of Dutch, but today's brewery (that's "brouwerij" to us fluent in Dutch) threw me off.  I was certain the translation of this brewery's name was "Doctor..."and I was getting all sorts of doctor jokes and puns queued up.  Such as this great scene from Spies Like Us:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFtyh-5LPxw

But then, I come to find out the name of this brewery translates into "the daughter of the ear of corn."  WHAAT?  I have no daughter of the ear of corn jokes at the moment, and nothing for you to think about in that genre.

Thing to Think About Today:
Therefore, we'll stick with my original plan, and highlight one of the most transcendent basketball players ever, Julius Erving.  Or as we know him, Dr. J.  The Doctor was my first favorite basketball player, and might still own that title.  He helped revolutionize the game, and always seemed to be a highlight waiting to happen.  With the Sixers enjoying some success again this year, the thing to think about is this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGzFXALUrbQ

How the Sixers only won one title with Doc running the court, I have no idea.