How To Brew Bière de Garde: French Fields to Old Farmhouse Ales
Bière de Garde, which roughly translates to “beer for keeping” is a beer brewed in late fall/early winter and stored during the…
When thinking about Belgian beers, the farmhouse styles of witbier, saison, and biere de garde usually come to mind. The abbey styles of Dubbel and Tripel that are drastically different also quickly follow in the Belgian Beer most popular styles. Unique lambics and gueuzes almost fall into a category all to themselves. Belgian pale ales are left in this ambiguous state not really “fitting” into those three aforementioned Belgian Beer style types. Let’s explore.
Bière de Garde, which roughly translates to “beer for keeping” is a beer brewed in late fall/early winter and stored during the…
Belgian IPA is an IPA with the fruit and spice notes that usually derive from the use of Belgian yeast. This specialty…
Belgian Strong Golden Ale on the surface looks innocent and rather unassuming. Pale in color, appealing aromas, well carbonated, and drinkable until…
Trappist Single is the name for the lightest beer the Trappist monks brew. Before diving into the beer itself, let’s take a…
Belgian Dark Strong Ale is not a very old beer style. Usually when either writing or talking about beer, one is usually…
Saisons originated in Wallonia in southern Belgium. In French, Saison means “season.” This style is deep gold in color while having earthy…
Belgian Tripel is the youngest of the Belgian quartet. Only a mere 90 years old, this beer was created by brewer Hendrik…
Belgian Dubbels were created by Belgian monks at the Westmalle Monastery near Antwerp in 1856. This beer was stronger version that the…