I was sitting in the Marine Hotel in Stonehaven couple of days ago and was drinking a Belgian Triple by Witkap- Pater. On the ingredient list it had vitamin C listed. Can anyone tell me what this is for? I thought that this was quite a challenging beer with a funny sort of sharp flowery taste with orange and lemon in the background. It was very strange.
Although I digress a bit from the original subject the Marine Hotel is well worth a look at if you are ever in the region. The beer list is huge running to 2 pages of A4 for Belgian beers in addition to the 5 cask beers, a Belgian on tap and Guinness that I was told was very very good.
Stonehaven is a nice small town and it was a real revelation to find such good beer there. A great surprise.
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Wilf
Vitamin c
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oldbloke
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Re: Vitamin c
Well... It's an acid so will contribute a bit to the flavour profile. It's also, IIRC(which I may not), an anti-oxidant so has some preservative properties
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6470zzy
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Re: Vitamin c
It is used for reducing oxidation of the beer.
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