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WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Brasserie Thiriez Esquelbecq Amber

Vive L’Ambrée!

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Brasserie Thiriez’s Esquelbecq Amber for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Brewery: Brasserie Thiriez — Esquelbecq, France

Description: A farmhouse amber ale featuring a light head, sweet and roasted malts on the nose, long lasting mouthfeel with a well-balanced bitterness.

ABV: 5.8%

Pairing suggestions: Cassoulet, lamb chops with mint and anything that’s got a sear to it.

Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.