Beer Style: Belgian and French Farmhouse Ales

Includes both saison and bière de garde recipes.

60 result(s).

Grisette

FREE

BY THE NUMBERS OG: 1.028–1.032 FG: 1.002–1.004 SRM: 3–10 IBU: 20–30 ABV: 3.1–3.9% I hadn’t intended to write about this style now, but it’s come up as a question several times over


The Burnt Hickory Brewery: White Flag Third Strike Apricot Saison clone

FREE

This Belgian-style wit is brewed with apricot, and Pilsner malt to create a medium-bodied, tart beer with fresh fruit aroma.


Wicked Weed Brewing Co.’s Reticent Saison clone

FREE

Wicked Weed may be best known for its sour and hop-forward beers, but they also brew a wide variety of saisons. Reticent has a complex malt bill to build lots of character underneath the yeast-driven aroma.


The Bruery: Terreux Saison Rue clone

FREE

This beer was one of the original beers brewed at The Bruery, but is now brewed under their Bruery Terreux label. It is an unfiltered, bottle conditioned Belgian-stule farmhouse ale.


Rockford Brewing Co.’s Rockford Country Ale clone

FREE

This unfiltered French farmhouse-style Bière de Garde ale features a copper color and the yeast lends estery notes of pear and apricot.


Hopfenstark: Saison Station 16 clone

FREE

This is an extremely well balanced, easy-to-drink saison brewed with rye. The hops are not the star here, it’s all about the rye and the brewer’s skill.


Brooklyn Brewery: Brooklyn Sorachi Ace

FREE

Brooklyn Sorachi Ace marries the overall structure of the modern saison style with the unique lemony/herbal qualities of the Sorachi Ace hop. Sorachi Ace is used throughout, and very complete attenuation gives refreshing, flinty dryness.


New Belgium Saison Belgian-Style Farmhouse Ale clone

FREE

A retired beer from New Belgium Brewing’s portfolio. Brew one yourself to bring this one back to life.


Firestone Walker Brewery’s ‘Lil Opal clone

FREE

“Summer is all about outdoor activity and the beers of summer typically fit this theme and should provide refreshment. That doesn’t mean bland or without character. A refreshing beer can be full of character and still be a part of a sunny summer day.”


Brewing Rustic French Ales

FREE

The modern tradition of French bière de garde was a reboot of an older, more rustic beer dating to the early twentieth century, also called, confusingly, bière de garde. That earlier line


Rockford Brewing Co.’s Rockford Country Ale: Replicator

FREE

Dear Replicator, I have to say that my experience with farmhouse style beers had not been good. I’m more of a pale ale, IPA guy. That all changed when my brewing buddy


Bière de Garde

FREE

by the numbers OG:1.060–1.080 (14.7–19.3 °P) FG:1.008–1.016 (2–4.1 °P) SRM:6–19 IBU:18–28 ABV:6–8.5% It was well over a decade ago and I was still perfecting my brewing of the entire Beer Judge Certification


60 result(s) found.
Subscription Banner