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  Belgian Tripel: A beer deserving respect

  Created within the walls of the Westmalle monastery in the 1930s, the Belgian tripel is now one of the most iconic beer styles in a country

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  Gordon Strong’s Belgian Tripel

  For the right Belgian character, take care to let it ferment to completion, then cool condition it for several weeks.

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  Gordon Strong’s Vienna Lager

  Your goal here is a smooth, standard-strength malty beer with enough hop bitterness to match the malt. It should not be heavy on the palate

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  Vienna Lager: Brew me, Amadeus

  Some of the most well-known classical music was written and performed in Vienna and it is also home to one of the classic lagers of the worl

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  Gordon Strong’s Irish Stout

  My recipe produces a beer more like Beamish than Guinness — it has a more complex grain bill and less bitterness than a Guinness Draught S

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  Irish Stout

  For those of us beer lovers who came of age prior to the modern craft beer boom, finding an Irish stout at a bar or store was like receiving

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  Gordon Strong’s Bière de Garde

  An amber bière de garde in the style of Jenlain using (mostly) malts from the area.

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  Bière de Garde: From the French countryside

  The French farmhouse style we know as bière de garde has a somewhat fuzzy history. Gordon Strong catches us up on how the modern take of th

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  Brew Like It’s 1850

  Housed in a museum, Carillon Brewing Company in Dayton, Ohio produces beers in a similar way it would have been brewed during the Industrial

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  Carillon Brewing Co.’s Porter Clone

  This English porter features a toasted malt aroma punctuated with hints of coffee, dark chocolate, and fruity esters from the British yeast.

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  Carillon Brewing Co.’s Coriander Ale Clone

  Based on a recipe from the mid-19th century, Coriander Ale is yellow to yellow-gold in appearance. Its aroma is moderately spicy with a frui

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  Carillon Brewing Co.’s Ginger Pale Ale Clone

  The base of their Ginger Pale Ale is a traditional mid-19th century English pale ale but with fresh ginger, honey, and a moderate dose of ho