Brasserie des Géants : Les ingrédients : 100% régional, en direct du producteur.

The ingredients: 100% regional, direct from the producer. Beers consists of 95 % water. The water which we use is drawn from the semi-captive ground water of the Ath basin. It is a pure water which is rich in minerals (calcium, magnesium,etc) with a very low nitrate content (<5ppm). The quality of the water influences the taste of the beer. The malt we use is made from barley which is germinated and kilned at a maltings. The barley is planted and harvested on the Arc-Wattripont family farm in Belgium Belgique, then specially mated at the Malterie du Château (Beloeil, Belgium). It provides the fermentable sugars and the non fermentable substances which give the beer its body and consistency. It also gives the beer its colour as well as different flavours. The Brasserie des géants uses what is known as pale malt for the making of Gouyasse. There are also special malts (e.g.: torrefied malt, caramalt smoked malt etc) which give the beer colour (amber, brown, etc) and specific aromas (coffee, caramel, etc…).

	Malt	Couleur
Gouyasse	pale	blonde
Gouyasse Triple	pale	golden
Saison Voisin	pale, caramalt, Munich	amber
Urchon	pale, torrefied, caramalt, Munich	brown
Ducassis	pale	red

The hop (Humulus lupulus) is a living plant which grows to a height of 6-7 m by twining along wires stretched between. The brewer uses the flowers of the hop. The hop gives the beer its bitterness and certain aromas. We use different varieties of aromatic hops coming principally from the district around Poperinge (Belgium) We work directly with the grower.

Hops also aid the keeping qualities of the beer due to their natural bactericidal action.

Yeast is a single-cell organism of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae cerevisiae. The brewery has its own strain of yeast. Through the fermentation process, the yeast transforms the sugars which are released in the brewing process into alcohols. It changes and forms dozens of compounds which bring about the pleasant taste of the beer.

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