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Belgian and French Farmhouse Ales
Includes both saison and bière de garde recipes.
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To Better Times (Farmhouse Table Beer)
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Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Tank 7 clone
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Kent Falls Brewing Co.’s When Life Gives You Grape Must clone
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The Lost Abbey Brewing Company’s Ten Commandments clone
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Hippie Farm
Hippie Farm is a light and refreshing saison that marries the flavors of a simple, traditional farmhouse-style saison with hints of lemon an
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Session Saison
Already a dry, thirst-quenching style, this saison is brewed to a more sessionable ABV so you can drink a couple on a hot summer day without
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A Beer to Guard
Recipe author Horst Dornbusch states of the style, “The brew is not refined, but it is not coarse either. Instead, it is full-bodied and hea
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Petit Saison
The inspiration for this beer was a play on De Baets’ remarks that traditional saisons were low gravity and heavily hopped. When it was st
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Summer Cellar BdG
Biére de Garde’s are a remarkably flexible beer that can be brewed as a pale, amber, or brown, depending on your preferences, pairings, or
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Rustic French Ale
This recipe will create a French-style ale that is similar to Brasserie Thiriez’s Blonde d’Esquelbecq. Brewer Daniel Thiriez recommends
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Bière de Garde
Jamil Zainasheff provides readers with a recipe to brew a classic Biére de Garde farmhouse-style ale.
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Saison of the Season
Horst Dornbusch’s final Style Profile recipe for Brew Your Own magazine. This version is a bit darker and medium-bodied than the straw color