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08-15-2008, 09:28 PM
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Location: Austin
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Help with a Leffe Brune Clone
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Hey I'm trying to get SWMBO interested in brewing. For her first batch, she said she wants to clone Abby de Leffe's dark beer, which is not available in Austin and I have never had. Has anyone here had it? Could anyone approximate a recipe? I only have the gear for partial mash brewing.
Is this a big beer in the range of a dubble or a triple? Is it dry like a trappist ale or heavier? I'm clueless here, since I've never drank it and SWMBO is not good with qualitative analysis of beer.
I imagine that I'll be using x-light DME, lots of aromatic and caramunich malt, and whitelabs abby ale yeast, but do I use enough munich to get the color or should I add some special B for that effect. Should I use candy sugar and how much? Styrian hops?
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08-16-2008, 02:45 AM
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Location: Chicagoland
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I have no idea how to replicate it but I absolutely LOVE Leffe Brun. My brew buddy distributes Leffe (Interbrew) but they don't import bottles of the Brun into the US, only kegs. During my second trip to Europe I fell in love with it and lugged around two 4packs for weeks and brought them home. I drank most of them quickly, had two the night before my wedding, and still have 1 bottle in the basement that has been aging for... holy crap... over 10 years now!!! Think its gone bad?!
Anyway, it was my favorite beer but I have to admit my taste buds have evolved from loving malty brews to the more hoppy. Wonder what I'd think of it now? Maybe I'm just in love with the thought of it... who knows, but I'd be happy to sample yours if you can clone it!  |
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08-18-2008, 12:27 AM
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Bump.
Still looking for help. Does anyone know where I could find this brew in the states?
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08-21-2008, 07:11 PM
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Find a distributor that carries Leffe and buy a keg?
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07-08-2010, 10:23 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Alexandria, VA, US, Virginia
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Leffe Brune
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I also fell in love with Leffe Brune in Belgium and I'm looking for a clone recipe.
Sorry to drag this up again, but I was hoping maybe the original poster had found a good recipe?
I would be so grateful if you could share, and in the mean time I will keep looking and post some recipes here if I find them.
Cheers,
-Mike
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07-08-2010, 11:32 PM
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Here in Montreal, it's pretty easy to find.
I can't help you for the recipe but this beer taste much more malty than the blonde, brown candi sugar, almost no hops taste and aroma.
Someone posted a recipe on the forum: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/leffe-brune-brown-any-close-clones-152048/
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07-09-2010, 02:05 PM
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Thanks for the link. That's the recipe I'm going with right now. Unfortunately the only person I can find who has apparently ever tried it has his message queue on HBT filled up! 
So I guess I'll give it a go and post the results here.  |
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08-20-2010, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by rebrandsoftware
Thanks for the link. That's the recipe I'm going with right now. Unfortunately the only person I can find who has apparently ever tried it has his message queue on HBT filled up!
So I guess I'll give it a go and post the results here. |
So do you have any results yet? I am also curious which yeast you used. I was thinking about brewing this, I am just concerned that the 1762 might be too dry.
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08-20-2010, 02:53 PM
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Not yet
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I have all the ingredients sitting here but my LHBS was out of the proper yeast.
They gave me dry T-58 instead but I'm hesitant. I think I will probably brew this in two weeks, hopefully with a true Belgian yeast.
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08-20-2010, 02:58 PM
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I should clarify that I'm going with the first recipe in that thread, which is reproduced below (thanks for posting it, Brew-boy).
It doesn't specify a yeast. The T-58 apparently can impart some clove. My memory of Leffe Brune on tap in Brussels is getting hazy now, but it seems like clove would be an acceptable addition as long as I don't let the temperature get too high.
What do you think? Go with the dry T-58 or hold out and get a liquid belgian yeast?
Leffe Brun Clone
9½ lbs. Belgian Pils malt
8 oz. Flaked wheat
4 oz. Flaked barley
4 oz. Aromatic
4 oz. Biscuit
4 oz. Chocolate
2 oz. Honey Malt
4 oz. Munich Malt
390 ppg for grains
8 oz. Dark Candi Sugar
2 oz. Malto Dextrine
1 oz. Pride of Ringwood hops
½ oz. Styrian Goldings after 45 minutes
OG for 5.5 Gallons: 1.070
Week long primary fermentation, then racked to two week secondary primed with 1-1/8 cup dark DME
FG comes out to: 1.015
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