Recipes
Beer-style: Belgian Blond and Pale Ales
Allagash Brewing Co.’s Nowaday Blonde Ale clone
Allagash Brewing Co.’s Nowaday Blonde Ale clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.051 FG = 1.010IBU = 25 SRM = 4 ABV = 5.5% A blonde ale fermented like a lager. Nowaday
Allagash Brewing Co.’s River Trip clone
Allagash Brewing Co.’s River Trip clone (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.040 FG = 1.004IBU = 40 SRM = 2.5 ABV = 4.8% Good for any adventure, River Trip is a low-ABV,
Tafelbier
Similar to Trappist single, Tafelbier is a low-gravity session style beer with a nice Belgian character in the background that is a great beer to drink on brew days when you need to keep your wits about you but would also like to have a few beers. It also has a quick turnaround, so it’s perfect for brewing when you need a beer for a fast-approaching event.
Worth Brewing Co.’ Belgian Grand Cru clone
Iowa has a 5% alcohol by weight (ABW) limit — this works out to just over 6% alcohol by volume — for native brewers, so Belgian ales are a challenge. Here is a favorite that hits the limit but isn’t quite as strong as most Belgian ales. — Peter Ausenhus
Red Rock Brewing Co.’s Pecome Blonde clone
This beer has since been retired, but you can still brew up this Belgian blonde ale with this recipe. Feel free to allow fermentation temperature to rise if you would like the yeast to be more expressive.
The Lost Abbey: Devotion Ale clone
This Belgian-style blonde ale is light bodied and hop driven. It has a low level of yeast phenols and instead a lot of the spicy character comes from the aromatic hops.
Jamil’s Belgian Blond
Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with a recipe to brew up an authentic Belgian-styled blonde ale.
Sucro-licious Belgian
Sugar selection can completely change the impression of a Belgian beer. Some dubbels are little more than Belgian blondes with dark candi syrup instead of pure sucrose. This recipe from Michael Tonsmeire leaves it up to the brewer to decide which sugar-type to determine the final beer’s character.
Spencer Trappist Ale clone
The first beer released by the first and only American Trappist brewery, The Spencer Brewery located in Spencer, Massachusetts. This beer was designed to mirror the patersbiers (“fathers’ beer” in Flemish) found in Belgium. They have since released a full line-up of beers, but their original Belgian-style pale ale is something to be savored. Find the recipe here.
Big Belly Belgian Blonde
Austin Powers claimed that "Danger" was his middle name. After seeing our procedures, you may think we should have named this beer after him. However, once you get your first taste of it, you’ll be yelling one of Fat Bastard’s most memorable lines — "Get in my belly!
De Koninck clone
A smooth, easy-drinking amber-colored Belgian Ale.
