rockdemon
Well-Known Member
To begin with, im a complete sucker for belgian beers. Even going on a trip soon to visit some of my favourite breweries(st bernardus, bosteels, kapitel, westvleteren, cantillon and a few more). Ive brewed a couple of beers with moderate results so far. Tripels, saisons and some amerian pale ales. I have dark syrup, special b, abbey, pale ale, vienna, munich and chocolate malt. Can anyone suggest a good beginners recipe for a belgian double or quad? I really dont like plum and raisin notes(chimay blue and rochefort) but really like caraml and nutty flavours. Westy 12 or bernardus abt 12 clones might be too hard for me to succeed with. Since i am a new to this whole homebrewing thing i dont want to bottle condition a beer for 6 months only to discover its a failure. There must be a recipe for a dark belgian ale thats ok to drink after like 3 weeks primary and a month bottleconditioning? And with the malts that i have. I have the usual hops, hallertauer, goldings and saaz...