For years this has been one of my favourite beers from Belgium.
It was the first beer brewed by the ‘Glass Tower’ brewery, and remains the leader of their portfolio. It has won numerous awards at various international beer awards, and I have a pretty cool story about a US award for a competition that the brewers hadn’t even entered the beer for!
For many years the beers of Glazen Toren were only available in 750ml bottles. The reason for which was explained to me over lunch one day by co-founder Jef van den Steen: ‘Good beer is to be enjoyed in good company, so we make it in bottles to be shared.’
It was an ethos that really resonated with me, but I’m very glad they’ve started to put there beers into smaller bottle so we can include them in the beer packs too.
The beer is brewed with barley and wheat, along with some Belgian candi sugar and uses Hallertauer hops to compliment the complex saison yeast mix. And the result is a truly delicious beer.
A grainy malt body with a really complex yeast character that offers citrus and also hints of hay, apple and pear. There is also a peppery touch that combines with the earthy hops for that sense of rustic farmhouse. But all in a beautiful balance.