New arrivals at St. Veronus

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Mon Dec 01, 2003 3:42 pm

Anyone passing through Peterborough in the next little while should drop into St. Veronus for drink and a bite. We've just dropped off Lindemans Faro, St. Louis Gueuze, Bacchus, de Koninck, Hoegaarden Grand Cru and Judas...all from Belgium.

Josh Oakes · Post by **Josh Oakes** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:40 am

Are any of these in Toronto? It's been a long time since I've seen a faro - it's a fun style, too. Especially in the summer, but a fun style nonetheless.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:55 am

I do enjoy faro quite a bit too. When I was in Belgium recently I had a draught faro from Cantillon. Good stuff. BTW, that was a shameless gloat about my trip, sorry

Regarding Veronus, I do believe they are getting exclusives of their own. Good for them - it's a great place and worth people taking the trip up to Pbo.

dhurtubise · Post by **dhurtubise** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 7:53 pm

Cass, if the only faro you've had was Cantillon, you should try the bottled faro, if only to allow you to appreciate even more what you experienced at the lambic brewer. Faro by definition is a young lambic (usually 1 year old lambic which is an old beer) with brown sugar added. The lambic is well developed already prior and the sweetness just smooths out what could otherwise be confused for a young gueuze. To add sugar to a bottled beer you have to kill the beer first (read pasturize), otherwise you will get bottle bombs.

Still it is nice to see a Faro come accross the Atlantic. I believe this is the first time I have ever seen one in Canada.

Did you make the trip to Biersels while in Brussels (to visit Drie Fontenen? That was the highlight of my trip.

Mississauga Matt · Post by **Mississauga Matt** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:21 pm

On 2003-12-02 19:53, dhurtubise wrote:

Still it is nice to see a Faro come accross the Atlantic. I believe this is the first time I have ever seen one in Canada.

The LCBO carried Timmerman's Faro back in (I think) 1995.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Tue Dec 02, 2003 10:49 pm

Matt's right - I remember a Faro from the 'legendary' Belgian beer release from back then. There was also a faro in a Mort Subite gift pack a number of years ago.

Unfortunately, I was unable to get to Beersel on my visit. I was only in Belgium for 3 days, so I did Brussels and Bruges. On the 3rd day (Sunday) I probably could have done Beersel, but I realized once I got there that nothing is open on Sunday, so I didn't bother making the trip.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:06 am

These beers are exclusive to St. Veronus. Yes, we did a Timmermans Faro through the LCBO a number of years ago...what a flop! Cass, you're imagining the Mort Subite Faro in the gift box...never happened...it had Kriek, Framboise, Peche, Cassis and Gueuze only.

esprit · Post by **esprit** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 10:08 am

These beers are exclusive to St. Veronus. Yes, we did a Timmermans Faro through the LCBO a number of years ago...what a flop! Cass, you're imagining the Mort Subite Faro in the gift box...never happened...it had Kriek, Framboise, Peche, Cassis and Gueuze only.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Wed Dec 03, 2003 11:19 am

Really? I could have sworn it was a Faro. Oh well, it was many, many beers ago. It probably was the gueuze.