Introducing Antidoot Wilde Fermenten
The Antidoot production defies most normal classifications. Drawing on a rich culture of beer-brewing in their home country of Belgium (and incorporating all manner of other fruits, herbs and botanicals at hand) their bottles are some of the most thought-provoking and sought-after in the world. We are humbled to now receive a small allocation from this incredibly special producer.
Brothers Tom and Wim Jacobs are based an hour east of Brussels in Belgium’s Hageland region, best known for its fruit production. It is Tom’s family home which acts as the base for the operation with an adjacent barn housing the brew kit and barrel-store, and the land to the rear an experimental polyculture of fruit trees, vines, hops, herbs and botanicals. Together the brothers are pushing the boundaries of what can be achieved through beer brewing, cider making and winemaking, often a combination of all three, using mainly what is grown on their property. All fermentations occur spontaneously, whether grains, apples or grapes.
At certain times of the year they will travel to different regions of Belgium and France to harvest fruit they want to experiment further with - when we met Tom last year he had not long returned from trips to Normandy for apples and pears, and Alsace for Muscat and Riesling grapes from Christophe Lindenlaub. Since the project has only been properly established commercially since 2018, it is incredibly exciting to wonder where they will go next.
Unfortunately due to the high resale value of the bottles, and the fact that most direct-to-consumer sales occur through a membership scheme from Antidoot, we will only be selling our small allocation to restaurants.
Artemisia Absinthium
A malted barley and raw wheat beer, aged in barrel with dried wormwood flower.
Vernal Wood
A barrel-aged beer infused with blackcurrant leaf, quina bark and juniper berries.
L’Obscur Amaro
A Flemish red ale aged in Amarone barrel for 20 months, infused with blood orange, gentian root, wormwood, artichoke and cardoon leaves.
L’Illuminé Gorsemkriek
A barrel-aged beer macerated for 2 months with local tart Gorsem cherries.
Cider Analogia
An apple cider co-fermented with the skins of Riesling, Müller-Thürgau and Muscat grapes.
