Never heard of it, so looked it up. The brewery's web page is quite the find if you are a beer geek.
The Hemel & Aarde is a RIS made with peat smoked malt.
Smoked malt beers aren't my thing, so I'm not going to get into suggesting a recipe, but all ingredients for all their beers are on their web site.
The illustration of the label shows its aged in Bowmore whiskey Barrels.
You can fake that by using barrel chips and soaking them in Bowmore whiskey, which supposedly has a somewhat smokey taste, so that's going to be crucial for a clone. My suggestion, find a recipe for a high ABV smoked porter/stout and then plug in the ingredients below, good luck!
Hemel & Aarde
Stout & Porter-ish
(Smoked Imperial Stout)
(website has stars next to these items, but they won't copy and paste)
- Body (4 stars)
- Bitter (3 stars)
- Sweet (3 stars)
- Sour (1 star)
- Alcohol10.0
- Plato24.0
Ingredients Water. Munich, brown, roasted,chocolate, caramel and smoked barley malts. Premiant and sladek bitter hop. Yeast (top fermenting).
DescriptionHemel & Aarde is brewed with the most heavily peated malts we could find. Not for the fainthearted. This powerful brew overwhelms you with smoke, chocolate and coffee. Flavour indication: smoke, chocolate, coffee Translates as
Heaven & Earth