The mouthfeel is of medium creamy feel with a nice pleasant warmth from the 10. The abbeys at westvleteren and rochefort produce two of the best examples of the stylealong with the former brewers for westvleteren. Water profiles for a westvleteren 12 clone recipe one of the last things i worry about in brewing is water profiles. 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. Its rarity makes it also an attractive product, and sought after. Westvleteren 8 is 12 s little and lesser known brother. Pitch decanted yeast starter, adding chilled wort to the yeast flask to clear remaining yeast as necessary.
My local shop had some of those gift packs for sale thankfully, have a few bottles to finally get to try. Belgian dark strong ale westvleteren 12 clone multiple. Welcome to the home of westvleteren xii, where you can buy westvleteren 12 for home delivery. Recipes are included in three formats, extract, minimash and all grain, appealing to all level of brewers. Most belgian ales have a somewhat restrained hop profile, and instead rely more on the flavor produced by the sweeter malts that are used along with more flavorful yeast strains. It tastes great and is one of my favorite beers, but nearly impossible to get. Belgian dark strong ale recipe clone of westvleteren 12. Bernardus abt 12 oak calvados aged belgian quadrupel. These recipes are not meant to be exact copies but we think they are pretty close. I originally brewed the old world recipe, but i switched to candisyrups recipe since theyve done a ton of.
Only question is i noticed a best before date stamped on the cap. Includes recipes for many belgian beers, like gulden draak 9000, tripel karmeliet, westmalle extra, saison dupont, st. You can buy it as liquid yeast in a vial from white labs wlp 530 or in a smack pack from wyeast wy 3787. I originally brewed the old world recipe, but i switched to candisyrups recipe since theyve done a ton of research on brewing. This is about as authentic to the westvleteren 12 belgian recipe as has ever been created outside of belgium. By the authors of clone brews beer captured is also a book of copies of 150 commercially produced beers from around the world. Founded in 1838 and owned and operated by the monks of the saint sixus abbey. It is a westveleteren abt 12 clone recipe that turned out awesome. Brewing a clone beer westvleteren 12 beer infinity.
This thread is intended to clarify the blam grist for westy 12 versus other multigrain versions, the westy 12 only uses 2 grains and recently very likely only 1 grain. Image beer name col 1 brewery style ratebeer score col 5 col 6 col 7 col 8. Im fortunate to live in the seattle area where the water is naturally soft, so there is a wide array of lightcolored beers that i can brew with tap water, without a second thought, and without any treatment other than to remove. Its sadly also sometimes less appreciated, and is said by some to be the least popular recognised by its blue bottle cap of the active varieties made by the sintsixtus. Just had a quick question concerning some westvleteren 12 i came across. Which would make more sense from the time i started buying the beer there and storing it for posterity. The most highly soughtafter amongst belgian trappist beers is the westvleteren 12 or xii, a particularly strong brown abbey brew whose reputation has reached. Mark and tess teach homebrew classes, beer tasting and appreciation classes at local colleges. X ratebeer is a community website where craft beer enthusiasts can leave beer ratings.
Located in the west of this european country, the saint sixtus abbey is home to the trappist westvleteren brewery. Beer captured homebrew recipes for 150 world class beers. We have returned to our original recipe using brewers gold westvleteren 12o title. Oxygenate chilled wort to 810ppm by diffusing pure o2 via.
My personal experiences brewing a westvleteren 12 clone. 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. Westvleteren 12 beer buy belgian beer online at beer. You need to schedule a time to visit the monks at the abbey of st. In the world of belgian trappist ales westvleteren is considered the finest belgian beer in the world. Belgian ales can be traced all the way back to the middle ages, when monasteries began crafting beers. Mediumlight to medium creamy body with a moderate and prickly carbonation level. Belgian dark strong ale recipe westvleteren 12 clone. Lots of dark fruit, some bubble gum, also a little banana.
I really enjoyed reading belgian ales from the classic beer styles range of books. With our clone brews you become the brewmaster of your favorite beers. Here is a recipe for probably the best beer i have brewed to date. Book clone brews by tess and mark szamatulski book north american clone brews by scott r. A few months back i had the pleasure to do an online beer. Taste is sugary malty sweet with some apple sourness and not much bitterness. Specifically the trappist beer westvleteren 12 by brouwerij abdij saint sixtus which is a belgian quadrupel. This is a baseline westvleteren 12 clone true to traditional grist. I recently got some westvleteren 12 from the monastery in february and the date on the cap is 16. Westvleteren 12 is a rare and wellknown beer brewed by the trappist monks at the saint sixtus abbey in flanders, belgium. Aroma is peanut, caramel, syrup, brown sugar, and the overal character of dried fruit cherry. Trappist westvleteren 12 for sale buy westvleteren 12. The book as a whole may be aimed at homebrewers, but that section is definitely worth reading for anyone interested in trappist beer.
Beer won favorite beer of june meeting and 1st place 2012 lacf. Designing a westvleteren 12 clone if there was ever a beer worthy of cloning, its the westy 12. Many of the beers brewed from beer captured have won numerous ribbons and awards, and a few have won brewers cup and have been brewed by commercial breweries. So in addition to brewing a beer for the monks to drink with lunch, westvleteren s moderate gravity beer means they dont need to get a fresh pitch from westmalle for every batch. Quick question on westvleteren 12 expiry date community. Trappist beer westvleteren 12 is now for sale at belgianmart, your online belgian shop. Russell book brew your own magazines 250 classic clone recipes book beer captured by tess and mark szamatulski. According to brew like a monk these are the ingredients used when brewing westvleteren 12. Beer recipe cloud by beersmith homebrew beer recipes.
This necessarily gives the envy to the lovers of the taste. Instead of charging you, we charge our advertisers. We provide beer recipes and other content to you for free. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients. Placed next to a radiator, measured beer temperature at 78f 12 hours later. Want to brew your own homebrew version of classic commercial beers. Most of my process has been picked up on the way reading through this thread. 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.
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. The trappist beer westvleteren 12 has been voted several times the best beer in the world since 2005 on the site. I found this book to be an improvment over the szmatulskis first effort in that with the books new look you get a helpful hints section on each recipe along with serving suggestions. 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. 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. 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. I know this is a great beer to age, yet this best before date is only 3 years from now. Westvleteren 12 xii westvleteren 12 xii westvleteren abdij st. Flavor about halfway between westvleteren 12 and st. Please help us continue by switching off your ad blocker. This book contains 150 homebrew recipes for brewing clones of the great beers of the world.
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