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Strong Ale Family
Strong Ale includes beer styles with high alcohol levels and robust flavors, such as barleywine, wee heavy, and Belgian strong ales.
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Brewing Belgian-Style Beers: Tips from the Pros
Make the most of your Belgian-style beers with expert advice from the brewers at Ommegang, Allagash and Boulevard.
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Recipe
Steelhead Brewing’s Wee Heavy Scotch Ale clone
A text-book, delicious wee-heavy…
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5 British Ale Clone Recipes
We got the scoop on five classic British ales and serve them up like bangers and mash. Try our clone recipes for Bass & Co.’ Pale Ale, Young
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Chancellor Ale
College and beer go together like, well, college and beer. But did your college brew its own? For almost 600 years, Queen’s College at Ox
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Recipe
Tripel the Light Fantastic
Light colors and dry finishes don’t go along with most big beers, but that’s exactly what makes a Belgian tripel great. The road to home
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Groudskeeper Willie’s Wee Heavy
Wee heavies are malty/sweet big ales, but don’t smell fruity as most big ales do. You need to use a yeast strain that won’t overattenuat
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The 10 Hardest Beer Styles to Homebrew
Witbier. Wee Heavey. Tripel. Schwartzbier. Gueze. Eisbock. Dry Stout. Berliner Weisse. American Pilsner – are these the 10 most difficult st
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The 10 Easiest Beer Styles
It’s Brew Your Own’s Tenth Anniversary and we’re kicking off a year-long series of articles with our list of the 10 most approachable
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Old Ales
From 19th-Century England to today, a new look at old ales. You’re not Peculier if you want to learn about this style of beer. Plus:
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BJ’s Millennium Ale clone
A big Belgian tripel from a California brewpub originally brewed for Y2K.
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Peat Smoked Wee Heavy
This is a big, rich, malty and strong brew – the smoke, although present, seems restrained compared to all the other flavors.
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T&R Theakston Brewery: Old Peculier clone
The beer that made Masham, England, famous, Old Peculier is rich, dark and smooth tasting, with a character all of its own. Glorious, rich,