A beer rooted in history...
Every year, at Christmas, we celebrate the liberation of the Ardennes with a Patton beer, symbol of the victory of the Allied troops.
On December 25, 1944, the Germans, who absolutely wanted to seize Bastogne on Christmas Day, launched an umpteenth attack to break the defensive encirclement.
A group of tanks charged the village of Champs. The 502nd Battalion of the 101st Airborne, based at Rolley, stopped the attack.
« Nuts »
This was the provocative answer Brigadier-General Anthony McAuliffe gave to the German demand to surrender Bastogne.
Delighted by his audacity, General George S. Patton had already made a bold move, redirecting his divisions towards the blood and snow of Belgium’s Ardennes forest.
This was the partnership that helped bring an end to The Battle of the Bulge and World War II.
True to Patton’s principle to always "give credit where credit is due," he personally awarded McAuliffe The Distinguished Service Cross.
The ceremony was held at a medieval fortress in Rolley, near Bastogne, that battered city so bravely defended.
Now, more than 75 years later, Patton Brands International joins force with La Ferme du Château de Rolley.
Together, we’re bringing you an exceptional organic Belgian beer that recalls the victorious alliance of the two generals and their soldiers.
NORMANDY
A message from Helen Patton, General Patton’s granddaughter:
Born of Liberty. Crafted with Audacity
Utah.
Omaha.
Gold.
Juno.
Sword.
At first light, they hit the shores.
On June 6, 1944, more than 150,000 Allied soldiers crossed the
Channel and met the dawn on the beaches of Normandy.
My grandfather, General George S. Patton Jr., was not
among them. Hidden in England - impatient, restless - part of a brilliant deception to mislead the enemy, he was gathering force - that very force that defined him as a leader: AUDACITY.
Patton would also land on Omaha Beach, early July, stepping
onto ground already won weeks before, at great cost. His moment would, at long last, arrive on August 1, 1944. His Third Army launched: Operation Cobra – the breakout at Avranches that changed the course of the war.
From there, the advance was relentless. Across Normandy’s
hedgerows, through the salty plains near Rennes, onward past Orléans, through the vineyards of Champagne, and into the iron lands of Lorraine – a sweeping movement of speed, boldness, and resolve that opened the road to liberation.
Always bold, always resolute, my grandfather never forgot the
troops who opened the way – storming beaches, seizing bridges, holding the line in Normandy.
And more than 80 years later, D-Day commands our memory, and our memorials, in gratitude.
An organic, generations-old Belgian recipe. The finest hops. The
purest water. And something more – something that cannot be bottled, but must be honored: the spirit of that first dawn.
Today, in this same land, that story rises again with a beer
from La Ferme du Château de Rolley, a place where courage was once honored in the winter of Bastogne.
This is not a beer to taste once. This is a beer to remember.
Always.
Enjoy the Taste of Freedom!
Helen Ayer Patton
Founder, The Patton Foundation
Certified organic
The absence of filtration and the refermentation in the bottle explain the deposits that can be found at the bottom of the bottles.
Delicious
The attack is fresh, long in the mouth with a balanced bitterness.
Belgian
It smells so typically like the Belgian triples do. It still gives off fine aromas of primary fermentation that already tickle the taste buds.
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