I made a 16.2% stout last year, turned out really well. I used kveik yeast which meant it was drinkable pretty much straight away with minimal conditioning time.
I assume you serve this in shot glasses!
I made a 16.2% stout last year, turned out really well. I used kveik yeast which meant it was drinkable pretty much straight away with minimal conditioning time.
Me too. The supermarket shelves here are solid with Belgian beers of all sorts of strengths, but if I want to sip, I'll sip wine or whisky. When you're been brought up from an early age to know that "a quick half" means half a gallon, then strong beers don't really do it.Lingonberry Imperial Stout, a bit above 10%. All tasters approved, but it's not really my style. I prefer ales between 3-6%.
You could try Goudale: about 7% but drinks way easierMe too. The supermarket shelves here are solid with Belgian beers of all sorts of strengths, but if I want to sip, I'll sip wine or whisky. When you're been brought up from an early age to know that "a quick half" means half a gallon, then strong beers don't really do it.
La Goudale is a lovely drink and cheap as chips. So is Trois Monts.You could try Goudale: about 7% but drinks way easier
I'll be in Paris in a couple of weeks (company trip), must remind myself to stock up a bit.
@chthon do you have a recipe for this? It's the nicest triple I've ever drank, and probably the best Belgian beer I've ever tasted (controversial opinion alert )
I made a 16.2% stout last year, turned out really well. I used kveik yeast which meant it was drinkable pretty much straight away with minimal conditioning time.
I had ciders and meads way North of 12% but they don't count I guess.
La Goudale is a lovely drink and cheap as chips. So is Trois Monts.
Would be VERY interested to hear how you are making that for 25p per 500ml bottle!Triple Hop Double IPA as below, brewed in November. I usually just have one on a Friday night each week after work - any more and i usually have to go to sleep for a bit.
Its a bloody wonderful beer, i have compared it directly with other Citra based IPAs and double IPAs and it outdoes every one - with the added benefit that i made mine for around 25p a bottle :-)
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If I lived in france I'd probably not home-brew anymore.Ahhh good old 3M - I often pick up a 'six-pack' of those when in a french hypermarket. 75cl of course
The trouble is that if you're used to drinking pints, the beer here is too strong. You can find the odd thing around 5%, but it's not very good and overpriced.If I lived in france I'd probably not home-brew anymore.
I visit france several times a year, I love belgium beer and its my favourite style. Its great to find a wall of it in the hypermarket and so reasonably priced.The trouble is that if you're used to drinking pints, the beer here is too strong. You can find the odd thing around 5%, but it's not very good and overpriced.
I think its a bit optimistic, too. I reckon I use about £3 gas and electricity, too. Possibly a bit more., I'd put it nearer to 50p a pint and that's with buying Citra at £37 a kilo from Geterbrewed.Would be VERY interested to hear how you are making that for 25p per 500ml bottle!
I reckon on £1 kilo for grain, and for an abv like that you're gonna need at least 6 kg grain in a 20l batch. So there's £6, £2 for yeast (unless re-using of course, but then probable DME costs for building a starter). Leaves around £2 for hops to achieve 20l for a tenner / 25p for 500 ml.
I would probably put a tenner's worth of hops alone in a beer like that so need to know where I am going wrong!!
£30 gas and electric!!?I think its a bit optimistic, too. I reckon I use about £30 gas and electricity, too. Possibly a bit more., I'd put it nearer to 50p a pint and that's with buying Citra at £37 a kilo from Geterbnrewed.
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