“This whole beer geek thing amuses me,” says Phil Leinhart, brewmaster at Brewery Ommegang (Cooperstown, New York). “Everybody wants super-hoppy or super-sour, but I think it’s going to pass at some point. I’m kind of old school, I guess. Don’t get me wrong; I love a good well-balanced IPA. But mostly, I like good solid beer, straight up beer that tastes like beer. It doesn’t have to be über-this or über-that.”
That said, it probably comes as no surprise that some of Leinhart’s favorite beers are traditional German and Belgian beers, where simplicity and quality of process are prized over recipe.
Duvel
Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat
(Breendonk-Puurs, Belgium)