Unibroue was one of the first breweries I fell in love with. I know La Fin du Monde and Trois Pistoles seem to get most of the attention, but my favorite from them has been Don de Dieu (aka "Gift of God"). There are no clone recipes anywhere for it. I've scoured google for hours with no luck. I've tried to make it before with mixed results, but I think I finally hit the mark
Anyways, its described as a "triple wheat beer," which I take with a grain of salt since Unibroue claims their beers are "triple fermented" (which actually means they do a primary, short secondary to condition, then prime in the bottle. Cmon, thats a single fermentation you Canadian bastards). The beer has a lot in common with Belgian Tripels, but also has more honey and clove character going on than most.
So my idea was to try making a tripel with an inordinate amount of wheat and try a ferulic acid rest to hopefully get that clove flavor out. I wasn't sure if this step even does anything for non wheat beer yeasts, but whatever.
Unlike my other attempts, all the samples I took tasted remarkably similar to the real thing. I just bottled it and I hope to god it doesn't somehow decline after carbing up. If anyones interested in the recipe, I'll post it once I'm sure I've got a winner on my hands
Anyways, its described as a "triple wheat beer," which I take with a grain of salt since Unibroue claims their beers are "triple fermented" (which actually means they do a primary, short secondary to condition, then prime in the bottle. Cmon, thats a single fermentation you Canadian bastards). The beer has a lot in common with Belgian Tripels, but also has more honey and clove character going on than most.
So my idea was to try making a tripel with an inordinate amount of wheat and try a ferulic acid rest to hopefully get that clove flavor out. I wasn't sure if this step even does anything for non wheat beer yeasts, but whatever.
Unlike my other attempts, all the samples I took tasted remarkably similar to the real thing. I just bottled it and I hope to god it doesn't somehow decline after carbing up. If anyones interested in the recipe, I'll post it once I'm sure I've got a winner on my hands