Le Hérisson
Le Hérisson
Le Hérisson, an easily approachable beer with a sharp muzzle, is a blend of sour seasons aged in red wine and Banyuls barrels. Like the animal after which it was named, it shows a strong vitality. Its gentle cobnut and sour peach candy aromas make it quite lovable, which confirms the adage that claims that after all, one can pet an hedgehog without fear of getting stung. Le Hérisson is bottled in small quantities and never gets tired of pursuing its prey.
- Type
- Sour beer
- Aging time
- 24 months
- Format(s)
- 750 ML
- Alcool
- 6.5%
- Barrel type
- Banyuls, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauvignon and Sauterne
- Appearance
- Golden yellow
- Aromas
- Cobnut, white stone fruits
- Taste
- Acidulous, lemon, peach
- Final
- Ultra-dry, mouthwatering
- Food pairings
- Snacks, rosemary chicken, white fish with lemon, desserts
- Operating temperature
- 4 to 6 celcius
- Gasification
- Natural
- Yeast
- Saison + wild yeast
- Creation date
- 17 December 2014
2018 Brussels Beer Challenge (Belgium) Silver Medal – Speciality Beer: Other Sour Ale
2018 World Beer Awards (United Kingdom) World’s Best Sour Beer Lambic
2018 World Beer Awards (United Kingdom) Canada Winner Lambic
2017 World Beer Awards (United Kingdom), World’s Best Lambic
2017 World Beer Awards (United Kingdom), Canada’s Best Lambic
2016 Brussels Beer Challenge (Belgium) Certificat d’Excellence – Speciality Beer: Other Sour Ale
2016 World Beer Awards (United Kingdom) Bronze Medal – Canada – Lambic
2015 World Beer Awards (United Kingdom) The Americas Best Lambic
Did you know that
A limited selection of our wine barrels aging sour lambic is assembled to give you Hérisson. Every year, only mother nature knows how many barrels will evolve the exact way our brewers wants to for this beer.
Hedgehogs are a perfect example of the theory suggesting that the evolution of species is based on their needs rather than mimicry.”
