(Family)²

(Belgian Dubbel, 26B) BeerSmith Recipe File Formulation  I love creating beers for special occasions, but this one might be the most special. A fellow home-brewer and friend of Klaserhausen is having twin boys. So we decided to brew him and his wife a special batch of Dubbel. We’re going to bottle it all (save for The Stig’s…

Pretension

(Biere de Garde, 16D), BeerSmith Recipe File Formulation You’ve seen them: Belgian beers in 750mL bottles with profound one word names. Why should we not join in here at Klaserhausen? It’s with Trepidation that I take on this style of beer. Commercial examples often have that musty-woodsy character that I love so much. But I…

Tripel Happiness

Belgian Tripel (26C)  BeerSmith Recipe File Formulation For the uninitiated, when you marry a Chinese woman (or I suppose, a Chinese man!), be prepared to see a lot of this.  It literally reads “double happiness” in Mandarin. So, this beer is called Tripel Happiness because I’m brewing a Belgian Tripel using some Chinese ingredients, and…