Your Favorite Belgian?

[mhenry41h]

What is your favorite commercial Belgian and what was your best home brewed Belgian?

One brew at a time...

 

[McGarnigle]

St. Bernardus 12.

I don't know.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Tie between Rochefort 6 and Orval.

Oh, and the best home brewed Belgian I guess would be the AHS Orval clone I have aging right now. I'm guessing it's going to be my best at any rate.

 

[ChshreCat]

Your Favorite Belgian?

Audrey Hepburn

 

[McMalty]

St. Bernardus 12.

I don't know.

Agreed, on both parts

 

[msarro]

Audrey Hepburn

I was about to mention the hot Belgian girl I used to "hang out" with prior to my current relationship, but I'm pretty sure Ms. Hepburn sinks my battleship.

 

[kicknbrew]

Easiest drinking, delicious witbier, nothing fancy, just a brew:

6.6 lbs briess belgian lme
1oz tettnanger @ 60
1oz hallertauer @ 10 or 5 (your choice)

SA-05 yeast

Ferment to completion, bottle condition with 1c sugar/5 gal. Drink.

Freaking Delicious, ready from brew-day to glass in a month.

Sometimes you just want something to drink without the hassle...

 

[ChshreCat]

Oh, my favorite Belgian style is Saison.

 

[tchuklobrau]

big chimay blue fan

my red currant belgian 2x

 

[mhenry41h]

big chimay blue fan

my red currant belgian 2x

Your homebrew sounds disturbingly tasty.

One brew at a time...

 

[Boerderij_Kabouter]

Oude Beersel Gueze

Various wits. I haven't really gotten into heavy hitting Belgians. That is a tall mountain to climb. Some day...

 

[tchuklobrau]

Your homebrew sounds disturbingly tasty.

One brew at a time...

It was, and it will only get better. as i am about to do my 1st ag version of it

 

[GuldTuborg]

Oh, man, there are so many. Today, I'm going to say it's a toss up between St. Bernardus Triple and 3 Fonteinen Geuze. My answer might be different tomorrow.

Favorite brew was my "clone" of Achel Bruin. That turned out really well. I think I'm going to tweak it a bit and brew again when the weather warms up a bit.

 

[rexbanner]

Tie between Rochefort 6 and Orval.

Oh, and the best home brewed Belgian I guess would be the AHS Orval clone I have aging right now. I'm guessing it's going to be my best at any rate.

Where did you find said recipe? Or can you send it to me? I have Brewing Classic Styles with Jamil's Orval clone. Have you brewed that one.

You can probably tell that I like Orval.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Where did you find said recipe? Or can you send it to me? I have Brewing Classic Styles with Jamil's Orval clone. Have you brewed that one.

You can probably tell that I like Orval.

It's Austin Homebrew Shop's recipe. They're not big on posting their recipes so I won't. All I'll say is that it doesn't include Brett so I'm really not sure how it'll turn out. The samples smelled and tasted great though.


By the way: nice av

 

[rexbanner]

It's Austin Homebrew Shop's recipe. They're not big on posting their recipes so I won't. All I'll say is that it doesn't include Brett so I'm really not sure how it'll turn out. The samples smelled and tasted great though.


By the way: nice av

Cool. I made a mental note to PM you in a month or whenever you've had a chance to try it. I've been wanting to brew an Orval clone as my next batch but I'm a little hesitant to brew with bret because I lack patience.

 

[Houblon]

Somebody say Orval? My second trip to Orval>



Really like Lupulus Blond, a Ardennes Tripple


But really picking just one is foolish, open book to any page

 

[shutupjojo]

I find it impossible to give a favorite Belgian.

My Brugge Tripel clone. Nothing but Pilsner malt, sugar, 550 fermented warm. Oh, and hops

 

[motobrewer]

Dupont Moinette, or goose island sofie if we're including american breweries

i've only made one belgian, Houblon's Chouffe IPA clone. Warm out of the primary it's awesome.

 

[electronjunkie]

Van Steenberge Piraat

My last Belgian Dubbel I made with Wy1214 fermented @72*F
Scaled back the Rochefort 8 recipe to 6.5% and used 1214

Belgian abbeys are the most forgiving beers to brew.

 

[MeatyPortion]

Cool. I made a mental note to PM you in a month or whenever you've had a chance to try it. I've been wanting to brew an Orval clone as my next batch but I'm a little hesitant to brew with bret because I lack patience.

Cool, yeah, I'll post a thread on it too since it's Something I've been asked about once before. I'm very curious too. As it stands I don't see how it's going to mimic Orval but I'm giving it the benefit of the doubt. At the very least I'm going to have a very tasty Belgian ale so either way I consider this a win.

By the way: the instructions in the AHS recipe are very descriptive and really easy to follow. This was also a partial mash so I'm curious as to how the AG would behave and taste.

 

[SevenFields]

St Bernardus Abt 12 is my all time favorite beer. PERIOD

Im just getting into actually brewing Belgians. I have the Tripel extract kit from NB that I am brewing next. Can anyone recommend any other good Belgian extract kits?

 

[KYB]

Yea, so many.

Rochefort 10
Westvleteren 12
St Bernardus 12
Orval
Saison De Pipaix (14 yrs old )
Cantillon beers in general.
etc, etc.