Trappist Single - Monk Beer - Video guide

[David Heath]

It is time for a new educational beer style guide video and I am happy to bring you the Trappist Single guide.
This style has many other names including "Monk Beer".
This video guide begins with the history then moves onto BJCP style notes and a recipe writing section before I share my own tried and tested recipe along with recent brew footage. This then finishes with tasting notes and information about the beer produced by my recipe along with the usual hints and tips all the way through. I have been particularly enjoying this end beer recently and highly recommend it.
As usual, thank you for all your kind support and enthusiasm for my channel.
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Happy brewing!

 

[hedgerowpete]

great video

 

[David Heath]

great video

Many thanks Pete :)

 

[Clint]

Yes,I like that. I could see myself sitting on my patio chair,sun beating down,quaffing a few of those....

 

[Oneflewover]

On the brew list. I imagine that this is a test of one's brewing technique as I suspect there isn't anywhere much to hide

 

[Clint]

I'm going to hide in my brew shed when I've had a few...

 

[David Heath]

On the brew list. I imagine that this is a test of one's brewing technique as I suspect there isn't anywhere much to hide

More of a test of fermentation really :)

 

[David Heath]

I'm going to hide in my brew shed when I've had a few...

Haha, I am learning to hide the actual beer so that I get to drink more of it :P

 

[Horners]

Yes,I like that. I could see myself sitting on my patio chair,sun beating down,quaffing a few of those....

Sun beating down? Thinking of moving?

 

[chthon]

As a Belgian, I like this video.

One remark: with your choice of yeast, add propagated yeast from a trappist (or possibly an abbey) beer. I have done this with Westmalle, St.-Bernardus and currently busy on Rochefort. Part of this propagation is brewing a light beer to obtain a whole lot of yeast.

And I have too much English hops (Eastwell Goldings), so I brew my Belgian beers currently with English hops instead of continental noble hops. Since we can't keep contests here in Belgium, I am never out of style

 

[BrewCurious]

great video. Educated. Thanks.

 

[MartinHaworth]

Thanks for this. For the classic Belgium yeast taste would you all is free rise?

 

[David Heath]

As a Belgian, I like this video.

One remark: with your choice of yeast, add propagated yeast from a trappist (or possibly an abbey) beer. I have done this with Westmalle, St.-Bernardus and currently busy on Rochefort. Part of this propagation is brewing a light beer to obtain a whole lot of yeast.

And I have too much English hops (Eastwell Goldings), so I brew my Belgian beers currently with English hops instead of continental noble hops. Since we can't keep contests here in Belgium, I am never out of style

Great, thank you :) I will be making further guides like this for more Belgian styles in the coming months.

 

[David Heath]

great video. Educated. Thanks.

Great, always nice to hear :)

 

[David Heath]

Thanks for this. For the classic Belgium yeast taste would you all is free rise?

Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, you want those esters to sing so restricting temps is not the way forward. If it goes higher then let it be.

 

[chthon]

And for those interested in the beer itself, the Enkel style is even very underrated/almost not sold in Belgium itself. Chimay Doréé is a recent addition, St.-Bernardus has the Extra 4, and there is the Witkap Pater Stimulo. All the rest seem to be found only in or near the abbeys themselves.