Beer tasting evening at my wine club tonight - fantastic:
Dentergems Wheat beer 5%
Bellevue Kriek 5.1% - Cherry Infused beer
Karmeliet Tripel 8%
Hercule Stout 8.4% - Soft and fruity
St Bernadus 10% - abbey beer :stun
Gulden Draakl -10.5% - abbey beer :stun
Not really tried this before but was very impressed with all of them. Have any of you guys tried these or better still cloned them?
Belgium Beers
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tribs
Yep, those are some of my favourite Belgians.
I have recipes for Karmeliet (The best beligan tripel imo) and Hercule Stout from Beer Captured and Gulden Draak from Clone Brews. I've not tried any yet but I plan to brew some Belgians later in the year.
I'm going over there in June
and I'll be bringing back a fair few bottles. I've still got a few left over from last year including a St Bernadus 10.
My favourite Belgian is Abbaye de Rocs and the Liefmanns Kriek and Framboise are far superior to any other fruit beer I have tasted.
I have recipes for Karmeliet (The best beligan tripel imo) and Hercule Stout from Beer Captured and Gulden Draak from Clone Brews. I've not tried any yet but I plan to brew some Belgians later in the year.
I'm going over there in June
and I'll be bringing back a fair few bottles. I've still got a few left over from last year including a St Bernadus 10.My favourite Belgian is Abbaye de Rocs and the Liefmanns Kriek and Framboise are far superior to any other fruit beer I have tasted.
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bitter_dave
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Daab kindly found me this recipe for http://www.homewinemaking.co.uk/cgi/yab ... ;start=9#9 on another forum.
I did a bit of research, and you can get all the ingredients at Hop and Grape (apart from Belgian Two Row Pilsner malt, but can't see why you couldn't use some other pale/pilsner malt). I have yet to make it, but will do at some point (probably after I reach a stage when I'm happy with my AG bitters).
If anyone has a go at making it, let me know how it turns out. I know very little about Belgian Beers, but Leffe is fantastic IMO :beer
I did a bit of research, and you can get all the ingredients at Hop and Grape (apart from Belgian Two Row Pilsner malt, but can't see why you couldn't use some other pale/pilsner malt). I have yet to make it, but will do at some point (probably after I reach a stage when I'm happy with my AG bitters).
If anyone has a go at making it, let me know how it turns out. I know very little about Belgian Beers, but Leffe is fantastic IMO :beer
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Here is a http://www.franklinbrew.org/brewinfo/candi_sugar.html which tells you how to make belgian candi sugar, if you are feeling adventurous.
I made up a brewferm belgian beer kit a while ago ('Grand Cru') and used raw cane (ie brown) sugar which my girlfriend bought back from france. As far as I can tell it was just brown sugar. I tried a bottle at a bbq I held over the weekend. It had been maturing for about a month, when it really needs twice that period. I was also a bit, ahem, 'tired' when I had it, if you get my drift, but it wasn't bad.
I also broke out my HB bitter when the deuchars ran out :beer - one a made with just goldings, and people seemed to quite like it - to the extent that they voluntarily drank it (there was other stuff to drink). This is my third attempt at AG, which just goes to show you have to persevere in this brewing lark
I made up a brewferm belgian beer kit a while ago ('Grand Cru') and used raw cane (ie brown) sugar which my girlfriend bought back from france. As far as I can tell it was just brown sugar. I tried a bottle at a bbq I held over the weekend. It had been maturing for about a month, when it really needs twice that period. I was also a bit, ahem, 'tired' when I had it, if you get my drift, but it wasn't bad.
I also broke out my HB bitter when the deuchars ran out :beer - one a made with just goldings, and people seemed to quite like it - to the extent that they voluntarily drank it (there was other stuff to drink). This is my third attempt at AG, which just goes to show you have to persevere in this brewing lark
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I returned from my trip to Belgium last week.
Called in at de hopduvel warehouse in Gent to pick up some of the harder to find beers but it was shut
I did call in at a Colruyt cash and carry and picked up a dozen bottles each of Floreffe Dubbel, St Bernadus Abt and Gulden Draak and six Delirium Tremens for around £25.
I also called at St Sixtus Abbey and picked up a crate of 24 bottles of Westvleteren 12. Its supposedly the best beer in the world. It was hard work finding the place and they have a drive through shop and the queue was unbelievable. I missed my ferry as a result
. I would have picked up another crate but it was cash only, I didn't have much left and the cash machines in Belgium are useless.
Called in at de hopduvel warehouse in Gent to pick up some of the harder to find beers but it was shut
I did call in at a Colruyt cash and carry and picked up a dozen bottles each of Floreffe Dubbel, St Bernadus Abt and Gulden Draak and six Delirium Tremens for around £25.
I also called at St Sixtus Abbey and picked up a crate of 24 bottles of Westvleteren 12. Its supposedly the best beer in the world. It was hard work finding the place and they have a drive through shop and the queue was unbelievable. I missed my ferry as a result
. I would have picked up another crate but it was cash only, I didn't have much left and the cash machines in Belgium are useless.-
tribs
The westies are to be "cellared" (garaged
) for at least 6 months. Had a 9 month old one a couple of weeks ago that I picked up on my last trip there and while I was there I had a fresh one. It certainly ages well.On Saturday I kegged and bottled the 24L of the Challenger Summer Ale which had been in the FV for 3 weeks. Looks like I'm going to be well stocked for a while B)
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