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Thank you for your wonderful beers and this informative AMA.

Do you think Flanders Red and Bruin should be protected appellations like champagne or Trappist ale? Would a Flanders Red brewed in California be a Flanders Red?

Have you come across non-Belgian drinkers who confuse Rodenbach products from others in the style, as if Belgian beers are interchangeable? I have unfortunately seen this happen at craft beer bars, fortunately not specifically with Rodenbach but with other Belgian beers, where bartenders and patrons alike treat products that are less-well-known styles as interchangeable, when they definitely are not.

What was the most memorable (for good or bad) that you drank so far this year?

Thank you for your answer! Since you control your microbes more than lambic producers, could you brew Rodenbach Grand Cru anywhere, or is it tied to the terroir?

Thanks for the link. It also states that Pilsen/Pilsener/Pilsner is limited to being produced in Czech Republic, despite the the German spelling and thousands of Pilsners brewed throughout the world and sold in the U.S.

Since this Beverage Alcohol Manual on mandatory labeling is from 2001, I wonder if there's plans to update it anytime soon. It makes no reference to sours, lambic, gose, imperial/double IPAs, session beers, and other craft styles of the last 15 years. It reads as a list of popular import and large brewery products.

You're right, I shouldn't have commingled geographic appellations with trade appellations. Other than Trappist beers and trademarked beers like Anchor Steam, are there other styles that are restricted? I remember Jim Koch getting in hot water in the court of public opinion over Samuel Adams Lambic since it wasn't brewed using traditional methods in Belgium.