Beer Style: Strong Ale Family
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Okie clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIn a space between a brown ale and a barleywine, Okie packs a punch delivering flavors of sweet caramel and dark toast led by the nuanced character used in the barrel-aging process.
Bring on the Warmth
Digital and Plus Members OnlyGet tips and recipes for brewing three high-ABV styles — barleywine, wheatwine, and imperial stout — that you can brew now to help shake off the frost in the dead of winter.
Winter’s Wheatwine
Digital and Plus Members OnlyWinter’s Wheatwine (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain)OG = 1.102 FG = 1.018IBU = 51 SRM = 9 ABV = 11.4% Ingredients12 lbs. (5.4 kg) German wheat malt3.5 lbs. (1.6 kg) German Pilsner malt1 lb. (454 g) flaked wheat1 lb. (454 g) caramel wheat malt (~50 °L)0.5 lb. (227 g) honey malt2 lbs. (907 g) white sugar21 AAU
Winter’s Barleywine
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThis is kind of a hybrid English/American barleywine.
Gordon Strong’s Belgian Tripel
Digital and Plus Members OnlyFor the right Belgian character, take care to let it ferment to completion, then cool condition it for several weeks.
Bell’s Brewery’s Song Of The Open Road clone
FREESong of the Open Road will pour a nice shade of brown with garnet notes. The hearty ale is best served in a snifter glass and will pair well with rich desserts, a fine cigar or, of course, the literary works of Walt Whitman.
2-for-1 Belgian Dubble
Digital and Plus Members Only2-for-1 Belgian Dubble (5 gallons/19 L, extract with grains)OG = 1.080 FG = 1.018IBU = 30 SRM = 25 ABV = 8.3% Ingredients7.7 lbs. (3.5 kg) light dried malt extract 5.6 oz. (160 g) caramel malt (40 °L)4 oz. (113 g) aromatic malt8 oz. (227 g) Simpson’s DRC malt1 lb. (0.45 kg) D-180 candi syrup 10 AAU
MASH Barrel Tripel
Digital and Plus Members OnlyMASH Barrel Tripel (5 gallons/19 L, all-grain) OG = 1.080 FG = 1.009IBU = 33 SRM = 4 ABV = 9.4% This is the fourth recipe members of the MASH homebrew club brewed and filled the second barrel (the clean barrel) with after fermentation for extended aging. Ingredients13.5 lbs. (6.1 kg) German Pilsner malt1.5 lbs. (0.68
Squash Tripel
FREEAn unspiced squash tripel recipe courtesy of Will Meyers, Brewmaster at Cambridge Brewing Company in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Big Island Brewhaus’ Golden Sabbath clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyStylistically, Golden Sabbath can be considered a slightly fuller-bodied Belgian golden strong ale. The use of local Hawaiian honey in place of traditional Belgian candi sugar provides body, a silky texture, and an inviting aroma.
Pedal Haus Brewery’s Barrel-Aged Quad Clone
Digital and Plus Members OnlyIt’s a beer big in all regards: Aroma, flavor, mouthfeel, and alcohol. The beer has a full body, with enough carbonation (2.8 v/v) to give it a “lighter than it really is” feel to it. Though the alcohol is strong at 10.6% ABV, it is just one of many components to this complex beer that blend into the whole instead of standing out by itself.
Jamil’s American Barleywine
Digital and Plus Members OnlyThe balance of bittering versus malt sweetness should always be toward the bitter, but expect the beer to become more and more balanced as the beer ages and the bittering drops out.