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July/August 2008

Belgian beer American style! Check out these 5 clone recipes for new world Belgians.

In this issue

  • recipe

    Ithaca Beer Company: IPAbbey clone

     By Marc Martin
  • recipe

    Red Rock Brewing Co.’s Pecome Blonde clone

     By Glenn BurnSilver

    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.

  • recipe

    Allagash Brewing Co.’s Tripel clone

     By Glenn BurnSilver

    Allagash Tripel is a complex and delicious version of the Belgian classic. According to the brewery, the beer features herbal notes and passion fruit, with hints of banana and honey.

  • recipe

    The Lost Abbey: Devotion Ale clone

     By Glenn BurnSilver

    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.

  • recipe

    Brewery Ommegang: Witte clone

     By Glenn BurnSilver

    This is a traditional, Belgian-style wheat ale. Soft, hazy, and offering the characteristic Belgian phenols from the yeast along with the gentle taste of coriander and orange.

  • article

    Belgian Pale Ale

     By Jamil Zainasheff
  • mr-wizard

    Equipping a kegerator with gas on the outside

     By BYO Staff
  • mr-wizard

    Beers dispensed with nitrogen

     By BYO Staff
  • recipe

    Gettin’ Down Wit a Kiss O’ Hops (Wheat Beer)

     By Dave Green

    A low-ABV farmhouse beer style beer, meant for consumption after a long, hot day toiling in the fields. The turbid mash and unmalted grains help provide grainy character while the yeast is the main driver. Adding some a mild Brett yeast can be a fun twist. Brewers can substitute in flaked grains if berries are hard to come by.

  • recipe

    Hazed & Confused

     By Dave Green

    While originally brewed with a wit yeast, I thought a saison yeast might play nicely in the mix as well. The pepper hints from the Saaz and grains of paradise melded nicely while the orange provide a slight citrus character.

  • recipe

    Amber Waves of Wheat (Wheat Beer)

     By Dave Green

    If you’re looking for an experimental brewing technique, turbid mashing is a fun one to experiment with. This recipe provides outlines to brew up a low-ABV, Belgian-inspired, turbid-mashed beer. Get your stuykmanden ready!

  • article

    Turbid Mashing

     By Dave Green
  • article

    Yeast Pitching Rates

     By John Palmer