Summer Sunday Pig Roast - Lindemans Belgian Lambic Ales
This Sunday, our pig will be roasted whole and served with wood grilled peaches and the Lambic Ales of The Lindemans Family
This is a startlingly fantastic combination and one rarely seen outside Belgium!
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In the Southwest of Brussels, in the quiet Belgian town of Vlezenbeek,
the Lindemans family has been farming and home-brewing as long as anyone
can remember. Commercial brewing started in 1811. The lambic, or
spontaneously fermented, beers of this region and are among the world’s
rarest: they are the only beers fermented via wild, airborne yeast - no
yeast is added by the brewers. Lambics come only from the Senne River
valley, near Brussels - a region about 15 by 75 miles in size. The
unusual, demanding, and unique flavors that come from multiple yeast
strains are unmatched in the world of beer. These beers have fruit
added during the beer-making process. The beers have a touch of
sweetness to them and pronounced and clean and bright fruit flavors.
Most lambics fruit beers are based on a style of ale called a "sour
ale." Lindemans is unique in that they use a brown ale for the base.
They're the only ones who do this and we think it makes their beers much
more approachable, accessible and food-friendly. They're perfect with
pig!
This Sunday,
we will toast the pig with glasses of Lindemans Peche (Peach). We'll
also have Lindemans Kriek (Cherry) and Framboise (Raspberry) beers
available at a discount. These are not for dessert. Most Americans
have never had them with dinner. We've been missing out!
Every Sunday
this summer, heaps of whiskey-barrel charcoal are laid upon a perfectly
seasoned whole pig sometime in the late morning. There is nothing quite
as tasty as pig roasted whole. Now you never can be exact with a whole
pig under charcoal, but we can assume he'll be ready to go around about 6
PM. Chef
is preparing our pig this week, with fresh fruit and herbs. There will
be a minted peach sauce to go with the pig and we'll be serving wood
grilled peaches as a side. We will have our regular dinner and bar
menus available, as always. So if you've got a piggy-pooper in your
party, they can always have a steak or a burger or anything else their
heart desires. The pig is served family-style: $20 for a half-pound $29
for a pound.