Beer captured homebrew recipes for 150 world class beers this book con. One can notice a lot of green apple as does it have some citrus flavouring to it. The most highly soughtafter amongst belgian trappist beers is the westvleteren 12 or xii, a particularly strong brown abbey brew whose reputation has reached near mythical proportions. When the monks brew westvleteren 8 and 12 on the same day, they start with a single mash. Beer rating websites and magazines routinely list the westvleteren 12 as one of the best beers in the world and the limited demand only serves to stoke the interest in the elusive product. Brew like a monk trappist abbey and strong belgian brewing. This beer has been produced and sold by monks in a small town in belgium for more than 160 years. Bernardus used to be contracted to brew and distribute beers under the st. Here is a recipe for probably the best beer i have brewed to date. We provide beer recipes and other content to you for free. This one produced a noticeably quieter and shorter opening phtt suggesting that maybe it had lost something during the cellaring.
This page contains links to recipes intended to clone a commercial beer. So at the top of our list was a visit to the abbey of saint sixtus. On the other hand, the recipe called for a year of conditioning in the bottle. Flavor about halfway between westvleteren 12 and st. Although a single bottle of westy 12 can run 20 on the gray market, at the abbey a case of westvleteren 12 costs 42, a case of 8 is 37, and a case of blonde costs 32. They used to be listed in sets like this on ebay all the time, but i dont know how easy shipping beer to brazil is. I would have believed that a year of conditioning wouldnt change this beer that much. Many beer drinkers rank westvleteren 12 among their favourite beers. Westvleteren brewery is the smallest of the 6 trappist breweries and began brewing in 1839 in the st sixtus abbey at westvleteren. Pitch decanted yeast starter, adding chilled wort to.
In june 2005, when westvleteren 12 was again highlighted as best beer in the world, news organizations followed this up and articles appeared in the international press, highlighting the beer ranking. My personal experiences brewing a westvleteren 12 clone. Most of my process has been picked up on the way reading through this thread. This book contains 150 homebrew recipes for brewing clones of the great beers. Recipes for 200 commercial beers szamatulski, tess, szamatulski, mark on.
I started out looking at the recipe printed in beer captured but decided not to go that route based on what michael jackson writes about westy in great beers of belgium. Belgian dark strong ale recipe westvleteren 12 clone. Just had a quick question concerning some westvleteren 12 i came across. The contents of this website are not intended to promote the resale of alcohol and serves only as a reference for entertainment purposes only.
The battle of westvleteren news and features ratebeer. Ct home brewing supplies, clone beer recipe kits, beer making. All these is presumed you will be able to pick up the westvleteren beer at a specified timeframe. Welcome to the home of westvleteren xii, where you can buy westvleteren 12 for home delivery. Please help us continue by switching off your ad blocker.
Beer won favorite beer of june meeting and 1st place 2012 lacf. All that michael jackson and the book brew like a monk blam say is that. It certainly didnt remind me of the descriptions ive read of the real westvleteren xii beer. Belgian dark strong ale westvleteren 12 clone multiple award. Named the number one beer in the world for 2015 and several years before that, the westvleteren 12, formally called abt and flemish bourgogne, has made its way into the hearts of many beer lovers who can get their hands on it. Loading up crates of westvleteren trappist 12 beer. This is about as authentic to the westvleteren 12 belgian recipe as has ever been created outside of belgium. This is home to the best beer in the world, also know as westvleteren 12. Trappist westvleteren 12 for sale buy westvleteren 12. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients. Westvleteren 12 is my personal favorite beer as it is with many other drinkers of craft beer. If youre going to try to clone a beer, why not go for the best, right. Introduced in 1940, this beer continues to satisfy with a dark amber tone and very lacy white head. Sixtus name on behalf of the monastery, before the trappists decided that beer had to be brewed in a monastery and by monks there can be secular employees, but the monks have to be involved and supervise to be called trappist.
Trappistes rochefort 10 clone westvleteren xii clone. Westvleteren xii is a stunning and popular belgian beer that has several times over been referred to as the best beer in the world in the usa, the uk and europe. The smallest of the trappist monasteries is located in west flanders, right on the french border. In the following sections we are going to examine different aspects of this style such as its background, the style guidelines, ingredients used, sample recipes, brewing process, and finally the outcome of brewing a batch of this beer. Westvleteren 12 is a belgian trappist ale that has consistently been voted the single best tasting beer in the world. Only question is i noticed a best before date stamped on the cap. Brouwerij westvleteren, a brewery founded in 1838 inside the trappist abbey of saint sixtus of westvleteren. Beer recipe cloud by beersmith homebrew beer recipes. In the world of belgian trappist ales westvleteren is considered the finest belgian beer in the world. Ive talked about the hype behind this beer before but ill very quickly say that this has been rated as the best beer in the world and has been one of the hardest to get. Westvleteren is a village in the province of west flanders, belgium.
So in addition to brewing a beer for the monks to drink with lunch, westvleterens moderate gravity beer means they dont need to get a fresh pitch from westmalle for every batch. Westvleteren xii has been first at beer advocate for much of the six years or so ive been consulting the site, but its currently displaced by russian rivers pliny the younger. Hey guys, so thanks to ukb81, ill be outlining my process in brewing a westvleteren 12 clone this week, i brewed this recipe pdf warning for my second brew of my westvleteren clone. This beer can almost lyrically be described as spring in a glass as it gets topped off with some nice hints of hay and freshly cut grass. Aroma is peanut, caramel, syrup, brown sugar, and the overal character of dried fruit cherry. Designing a westvleteren 12 clone finn hill brewing. Beer captured provides you another 150 clone recipes. Belgian dark strong ale recipe clone of westvleteren 12. Brewing a clone beer westvleteren 12 beer infinity. My local shop had some of those gift packs for sale thankfully, have a few bottles to finally get to try.
Stone smoked porter homebrew recipe the not so professional. I made one mistake of following the advice of the guy at my local beer store i removed the dry extra light extract and poured in the full 1lb. The abt abbot, yellow cap, is the highest gravity beer and also, the one most sought after. Specifically the trappist beer westvleteren 12 by brouwerij abdij saint sixtus which is a belgian quadrupel. If there was ever a beer worthy of cloning, its the westy 12. However, i did brew a northern brewer westvleteren xii clone. Beer captured homebrew recipes for 150 world class beers. Westvleteren blond is a very fresh, hoppy and fruity beer. People who went to the festival, a beer event held last weekend in worcester, were given the opportunity to buy one gift set containing six 11.
Wesveleteren 12 is a belgian trappist ale that has been voted the top beer in the world for many years running. Despite this, the beer still produced a reasonable head and delivered a lively palate and most of the usual flavours and aromas. See bars, beer stores, and restaurants near me selling westvleteren 12 with prices and whether its on tap or in a bottle, can, growler, etc. Image beer name col 1 brewery style ratebeer score col 5 col 6 col 7 col 8. This book contains 150 homebrew recipes for brewing clones of the great beers of the world. This amazing belgian beer is produced by trappist monks in the grounds of the beautiful saint sixtus abbey in the vleteren region of. It is a westveleteren abt 12 clone recipe that turned out awesome.
Once we have our beer, we pull forward to pay by credit card. Westvleteren 12 has earned the moniker best beer in the world, but in addition to its exquisite taste, the beer from the westvleteren monastery is infamously difficult to get a hold of, making it also one of the most exclusive beers in the world. A few years ago i was fortunate enough to meet some fellow beer lovers from europe via the internet who wanted to trade westvleteren 12 along with. I know this is a great beer to age, yet this best before date is only 3 years from now. A few months back i had the pleasure to do an online beer swap with a bunch of really great guys from the burgundian babble belt. I originally brewed the old world recipe, but i switched to candisyrups recipe since theyve done a ton of research on brewing. Starting today, and likely only today as it will sell out, the monks have changed their rules so instead of only buying it at the abbey you can buy it across america. I would have believed that a year of conditioning wouldnt change this beer. Westvleteren abt 12 whistable oyster stout whitbread flowers original ale. Trappist westvleteren 12 brewed by abdij sintsixtus is a quadrupel beer with an alcohol content of 10,20%.
This has been shown by it repeatedly being voted the best beer in the world. We have returned to our original recipe using brewers gold westvleteren 12o title. In my opinion, it was worth it once to pay about 100 for two each of the 12, 8, and blonde. By the authors of clone brews beer captured is also a book of copies of 150 commercially produced beers from around the world. Instead of charging you, we charge our advertisers. Quick question on westvleteren 12 expiry date community. It has 12 per cent alcohol and experts list it among the. They are authors of the best selling homebrew recipe book, clonebrews homebrew recipes for 150 commercial beers storey books, 1998. The core of it is a linear settlement along the n321 road westvleteren is primarily known for the westvleteren brewery dutch. How to buy westvleteren 12 beer at westvleteren brewery in. Beer captured maltose express ct, home brewing and wine. All major beer rating sites agree that this is the pinnacle of beers, including. The first time it captured gold at the great american beer festival in.
Bernardus abt 12 is so similar to westvleteren 12 is that st. Oxygenate chilled wort to 810ppm by diffusing pure o2 via. Lots of dark fruit, some bubble gum, also a little banana. Id say 99% of the members here dont even have the opportunity to buy westvleteren 12 for any amount of money. Sharing a lineup with a quad abt12yellow that is a longstanding contender for best beer in the universe, and a dubbel extra8blue that i prefer to it, how.
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