chemnitz
Well-Known Member
I am announcing my brewing project for 2011--a year of Belgians. I got this idea from another post (which I can no longer find--anyone know where it is?). Over the course of this year, I'm going to brew a full line of Trappist-inspired beers: single, dubbel, tripel, quad. I'll brew the quad in January, the tripel in April, the dubbel in July, and the single in October. Then, at Christmas I'll be able to host a grand tasting through the entire line, which will have (hopefully) reached their respective peaks. I plan for this to be a major highlight in my brewing career.
So, first of all, the quad: I'll be brewing this one on January 17th. I'm very thankful for the Martin Luther King Day holiday. I'd like to try an "old world" grain bill with a couple "new world" touches. I'm doing a double decoction mash and a long boil, and there will be plenty of homemade double-dark Belgian candy syrup involved. Also, I've already cultured the yeast strain from a couple of bottles of Westmalle Dubbel. I'm pulling out all the stops for this one.
So, first of all, the quad: I'll be brewing this one on January 17th. I'm very thankful for the Martin Luther King Day holiday. I'd like to try an "old world" grain bill with a couple "new world" touches. I'm doing a double decoction mash and a long boil, and there will be plenty of homemade double-dark Belgian candy syrup involved. Also, I've already cultured the yeast strain from a couple of bottles of Westmalle Dubbel. I'm pulling out all the stops for this one.