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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bobolink Saison

10,000 Birds

Belgium is – quite justifiably – the most famous bastion of such relict preindustrial beers, home to some beers with truly ancient lineages, as well as more modern formulations that proudly incorporate old techniques and ingredients that would seem hopelessly obsolete anywhere else.

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Draai Laag Brewing Company: Haviken

10,000 Birds

In Belgium, dark, sour ales are traditionally paired with rich braises and stews, particularly the famous carbonnades flamandes , a slow-cooked, sweet-and-sour beef and beer stew from Flanders that’s worth cooking at home on a very cold winter day. And its challenges aren’t nearly as vexing as accipiter identification, I promise.

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