Ferran Adria's New Beer

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 27th 2009 at 9:02PM

First we heard Ferran Adria, the famous Spanish chef from the world's greatest restaurant, El Bulli, was interested in pizza and it turns out he's already got the beer. Adria, his partner Juli Soler and two of his sommeliers have worked on a beer for the 100-year-old brewery Estrella Damm of Barcelona. This is no ordinary pint, The NY Times quotes Adria who says that, "The idea was to make a beer to drink with food, from a wineglass."

Inedit is actually a combination of two beers, a lager and a German-style weissbier with flavors of coriander, orange peel and licorice. The two beers are fermented separately and then combined in a 750ml wine bottle where they undergo a secondary fermentation. It is recommended that the beer be chilled in a wine cooler and served in white wine glasses which are supposed to be filled only half full so that the nuances of the brew can be appreciated. It sells for $9.99 and is available at Whole Foods.

Tags: beer, champagne, ferran adria, FerranAdria, inedit, lager