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Strong Ale Family
Strong Ale includes beer styles with high alcohol levels and robust flavors, such as barleywine, wee heavy, and Belgian strong ales.
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Belgian Quad
We keep the IBUs on the low side for this beer in relation to the style because we like the hops to take a backseat to the rich malt and yea
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Burton Ale: Style Profile
Burton ale was the beer that originally put Burton on the map, beer-wise. It pre-dates IPA, and was a big export beer to the Baltic countrie
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Gordon Strong’s Burton Ale (Pre-WWI era)
A Burton ale is a rich, malty, bitter, warming beer that has a comforting feel about it, which does make it a good winter beer. However, it
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Fookin Buggerin Time Barleywine By Jeremy Cowan
BOS-winning homebrew recipe, brewed by Jeremy Cowan. Winner of Because Beer Homebrew Competition (Hamilton, Ontario: 500 entries)
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Great Scot!
Traditional Scottish breweries originally drew water from underground sources. Although some no longer have private wells, soft water remain
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Baird Brewing Belgian Strong Pale Ale clone
Chris Poel, Lead Brewer at Baird Brewing in Numazu, Japan says this beer relies on a light body and mild hop character, but features a spici
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Stewart’s Brewing Company McBride’s Strong Ale clone
Close to a traditional English style Strong Ale, with earthy English East Kent Golding hops and roasted barley, pale and dark malts and some
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Snake River Brewing Ol’ Stinky’s Strong Ale clone
According to Snake River Brewing Co. “This Strong Ale is sweet and fruity, balanced with a generous amount of hops. Fashioned after the “
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Oceanside Ale Works’ American Strong Ale clone
Head Brewer Mark Purciel considers his beer a hybrid of all three styles. “It has the malt richness of the English without the high alpha
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Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s Ovila Quad clone
Ovila is Sierra Nevada’s Belgian beer line that is brewed in collaboration with the monks at the Abbey of New Clairvaux. Here is a recipe fo
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Stone Brewing Co. 10.10.10 Vertical Epic Ale clone
In October 2010, Stone Brewing Co. in Escondido, California introduced 10.10.10 Vertical Epic Ale, a one-time release. The Belgian strong go
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Phillips Brewery’s Burley Wine clone
Found in Victoria, British Columbia, Philip’s Brewing Co. has since retired this barleywine from their line-up, but you can still brew it wi