Belgian Style Ales

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Belgian Style Ales
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BELGIAN ALES

• Abbey Ales (Dubbel, Tripel, Strong Golden,
  Quadrupel/strong brown)
• Candi Sugars often included for color, flavor and
  strength
• Trappist Ales are a certified sub-category
• Lambic (Geuze, Fruit, Faro)
• Oldest beer style in the world
• Spontaneous fermentation
• Flanders Sour Red and Brown
• Roasted (brown) and caramel (red) malts,
  adjuncts
• House yeast/bacteria cultures
• Wit
• Spiced w/ Coriander and Curacao Orange Peel
• Saison/French Biere de Garde
• Spiced sometimes. Peppery and citrusy flavors
  (Saison)
• Earthy, anise, hay (Biere de Garde).

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Traditional Belgian Abbey Ale
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Witkap Pater Single

• 6 ABV
• Fermented warm, then aged cold for a month before
  bottling
• Only secular Trappist beer ever
• Originally brewed at Drei Linden, now brewed by
  Braurerij Slaghmuyd

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"You are only really a monk when you live from
the work of your hands. Ch 48 Rule of St
Benedict
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ACHEL, WESTMALLE, CHIMAY, WESTVLETEREN, LA
TRAPPE, ORVAL, ROCHEFORT
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Orval
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• Monastery rebuilt in 1929, more than 130 years
  after being disbanded
• Brewery Built to fund rebuilding and public works
• Pale malt with a little caramel malt, Liquid
  Candy Sugar, Hallertau Styrian Golding Hops

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Saison

• Not a rigidly defined style
• Any number of refreshing, summer pale ales brewed
  in the Wallonian region of belgium
• Typically 5-8 Abv, though traditionally
  somewhat lighter

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La Fin Du Monde

• Belgian-Style Tripel
• Tripel fermented
• 9 abv, but well masked

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Duchesse De Bourgogne

• BROUWERIJ VERHAEGHE
• Brewed with water from a 162mtr deep French
  aquifer
• No pale malts, all roasted
• Aged in French liquor casks, some of which are up
  to 80 years old

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Abbaye De Rocs Grand Cru

• Belgian Strong
• 9 abv
• Seven malt varieties, no added sugar
• The foretaste is very prolonged because of its
  rich and unctuous development throughout the
  mouth.

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Wild Ales
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De Proef Flemish Primitive Ale

• Dirk Naudts, The Prof developed beers for a
  number of Belgian breweries before starting his
  own small, modernized facility in 1996.

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Flemish Primitive Ale

• Six editions, each with different hopping rates
  and featuring a different Hieronymous Bosch
  painting.
• Ours is Pinhead, was released in 2005.
• 9 abv / 50-55 ibus

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Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel
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Dobbelen IPA Tripel?

• 9 ABV
• Three hop varieties in high (for Belgium) amounts
• Inspired by hoppy beers coming out of the United
  States.

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