This brewer based near Toulouse is launching a Christmas beer… with oysters!
By Florian Mutafian
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They are generally amber or brown, spicy and only available at the end of the year. Christmas beers are back at the brewers. Newly installed in Escalquensclose to ToulouseEric Mahuet, designer of The Witty Kitty brand, is no exception. He too has planned some recipes to mark this month of December.
There are three of them: a beer with spices, another with chestnuts, tonka beans and tea. and a last one with… oysters. “I had seen that there were oyster beers but I didn’t know what they were. I thought there were molluscs in it, but not at all! », reassures Eric Mahuet.
water and shells
Like the brewerEscalquens likes to experiment with flavor combinations, he starts thinking about a recipe based on this seafood. While oyster beers are usually dark, he turns to a blonde.
To make his beer, the entrepreneur needs oysters, but not directly from molluscs. Phew! The brewer starts from a recipe with hops, rye malt and a little peated malt to recall the surprising accord of oyster and whiskey. Then he uses these seafood.
At the end of cooking, I add the water from the oysters and let the must ferment with the oyster shells for three weeks.
Peat and iodine
Eric Mahuet is very satisfied with his “Beer of the sea”, as he called it.
At the start, there is a small attack of peat and the iodized taste comes at the end of the mouth.
instead of wine
Little effervescent, Sea Beer was conceptualized as an alternative to wine during holiday meals. “It’s very good with seafood and fish”, validates Eric Mahuet. The brewer does not recommend it, however. not with oysters. Too much is too much, one can sum up.
Sea beer and other recipes from The Witty Kitty are available order online on the website of the Artists pints. Note that the Lauragaise company now offers payment by credit card on site in its Hive Park premises in Escalquens.
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