Does This Fit a Style?

[Clint Yeastwood]

I generally don't try to match styles when I brew, but a while back, I provided a list of ingredients, and someone here said the beer I made looked like some Belgian style or other. I can't find the thread to save my life. Can someone tell me if this fits anything?

9 # Maris Otter
2 # 10L crystal
4 oz. table sugar
1 oz. Nugget 60 min.
1 oz. Crystal 15 min.
1 oz. Crystal steep
Abbaye yeast

Ferment at room temperature or as low as 68. Should have lots of banana flavor and around 70 IBU's.

 

[AlexKay]

Nope.

Too bitter for a Belgian table beer (or a Patersbier) which is what it looks like otherwise.

I don’t get banana off of Abbaye, btw.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Well, I think you have to try.

 

[dmtaylor]

I agree with @AlexKay. Looks like a Belgian Single / Patersbier but a bit too strong to fit that style perfectly. But you could probably get away with it. Or consider it a sort of "Belgian Single and a Half" -- someplace between Single and Tripel.

Or just be like the Belgians and ignore style, and enjoy this beer for whatever it is. Cheers.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Oh, all my beer is Belgian. All of it. That's my explanation for everything.

I don't care about styles, but if I know a beer fits a style, it makes it easier to tell people what it is.

It's closer to an IPA than anything else I've tried, but it's not an IPA.

 

[AlexKay]

Oh, all my beer is Belgian. All of it. That's my explanation for everything.

I don't care about styles, but if I know a beer fits a style, it makes it easier to tell people what it is.

It's closer to an IPA than anything else I've tried, but it's not an IPA.

BJCP lists a Belgian IPA, and now that I’m looking at it, it’s a reasonable fit. Bitterness is about right, Crystal a perfectly reasonable hop choice. Abbaye isn’t assertive enough to give you the yeast-derived flavors to compete with the hops. But close! Call it a Belgian IPA.

 

[mac_1103]

It's closer to an IPA than anything else I've tried, but it's not an IPA.

BJCP lists a Belgian IPA, and now that I’m looking at it, it’s a reasonable fit.

I was going to say that yesterday, but figured y'all would just think I was being silly.

 

[Clint Yeastwood]

Close enough for government work!

 

[cmac62]

I think you would be safe calling it a Belgian PA.

 

[MaxStout]

The Maris isn't typical for Belgians. But yeah, a Belgian PA would be close. Shouldn't matter, if it tastes good, that's all that matters. Like you say, close enough for gummint work.