Winterkoninkske is Flemish for 'winter wren.'

Flemish cherry used in some types of fruit beers.

French word used in Belgium to indicate rasberry beers.

Medieval county along coast of what is now Belgium and adjacent parts of France & Netherlands.

Acronym for Extra Special   Bitter.

One of the vessels used in the brewing process, used to filter the liquid wort from the solid mash. Lauter Tuns usually have a false bottom which opens up to filter the mash.

A period of one to many weeks following or including fermentation in which the temperature of the beer is slowly reduced. This helps reduce the harsher secondary products of fermentation, while clarifying and mellowing the beer.

A classification of beer styles made with a bottom fermenting yeast, lagers generally are smooth, elegant, crisp, and clean.

Wheat beer originally produced in the Bruxelloise region of Belgium with a strong acidic character from the spontaneous fermentation from wild yeast.

A blend of equal parts of two types of lambic beer, sweetened with sugar and sometimes colored and diluted with water. Practically extinct.