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General Beer Discussion by COTTRELL
What styles would you like to see brewed more often in the U.S.? There are a handful of styles that just don't get the respect they deserve in the states. It seems like 80% of U.S. breweries start off with Pale Ale, Amber Ale, Porter, Dry Stout, and then are slow to expand. Personally, I would like to see more schwarzbiers, saisons, baltic porters, Berliner weisses, roggenbiers, and rauchbiers. In a perfect world....
20 years ago
Do any USA brewers do Belgian-style abbey beers? I've read that some of those grain beers were practically bread in a bottle-helped the monks to get thru their fasting rituals. Sounds like cheating to me! Altho' it's not an unpopular style, I'd like to know if there are many US brewers that do lambic style, such as Ommegang. I don't think I've ever seen an American beer made from bananas, for example?
Yes there are some American micros that do try their hand at Belgians - Abbey and otherwise. One that comes to mind is one that I tried the other day - Great Lakes Anniversary Tripel. This Cleveland brew is a lot less subtle than the Belgians it tries to imitate, but without getting into detail, it is an impressive ale. There are others, I've had a few - perhaps some of the other beer pals can help me out here.
In Reply To #2 Ommegang makes abbey style ales, not lambics. One of their beers, Three Philosopher's is blended with a lambic, but is a quadruple in sense. There are a handful of American brewers that make abbey style brews, such as New Belgium, Ommegang, and Allagash. Lambics are a little less common, although some are brewed everynow and then. New Belgium brews one, as does Dogfish Head, but there aren't many.
In Reply To #1 I would like to see an American microbrewer try to out do Unibroue with a Golden Belgian Ale....I really like La Fin Du Monde...It is very similar to Duvel, and I think it might even be a little bit better...Does anyone know of a U.S. Microbrewery that makes a Golden Belgian Ale like this???....I would be interested to know.. Oiz
In Reply To #6 Nothing quite like La Fin du Monde that I can think of, but there are a small handful of brewers that brew Belgian pales. Ommegang has Rare Vos, Allagash has a Summer Beer and Speciale Reserve, and there are several brewpubs around the country that brew seasonal Belgian style pale ales.