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    • Storage Tips

    Vicaris beers are best stored in a cool, dark, and dry place. It is important to always store the beer upright so that the yeast remains at the bottom of the bottle.

    The bitter compounds in beer are sensitive to light! The more sunlight a bottle is exposed to, the worse the beer will smell. Wort and beer rarely see sunlight in the brewery. Even the bottles have that special brown color to preserve the taste and aroma for as long as possible.

    Every beer is subject to aging, but not every beer ages as beautifully. You can determine how old your bottle is from the information on the label.
    The blonde Vicaris beers—Quinto, Tripel, and Tripel/Gueuze—are beers with an extremely refined balance between maltiness and hoppiness. Flavors and aromas that develop as these beers pass their expiration date do not pair well with this balance.

    With our dark beers, on the other hand, the aging flavors pair better with the complexity of the caramelized and roasted malts. You can safely let Vicaris Generaal and Vicaris Winter sit for up to 5 years, and they’re fine even past their best-by date.

     

    To serve

    The ideal serving temperature varies from beer to beer. To fully enjoy Vicaris Tripel/Gueuze and Quinto, we recommend a temperature of 5–7°C. With Vicaris Tripel, Generaal, and Winter, the rich aromas come into their own at a slightly higher temperature of 6–9°C.

    It is best to serve the beer in a dry and clean Vicaris glass. Pour the beer gently into a glass held at an angle, straightening the glass as the bottle becomes 3/4 empty. Aim for a head of about three centimeters. A nice, full head in a clean glass ensures that all the fine flavors linger longer in your glass, allowing you to enjoy your Vicaris for longer.

    (Tip: Never put your glasses in the dishwasher; soap residue leaves a film on the glass that breaks down your head. Well-rinsed glasses washed by hand give the best results.)

    It’s up to you whether you pour everything down to the last drop in your glass. Vicaris beers are bottle-fermented and therefore have sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Pouring this sediment into your glass will naturally make your beer cloudy, but it will also give it a fuller flavor and an extra hint of bitterness.