La Chouffe And Other Belgian Beers

[NRB]

I'm always a sucker for good beer and whilst visiting First Choice today I had my arm twisted.

I'm going to head out to Purvis later this afternoon - I'm actually craving Tripel Karmeliet right now, along with some other English strong ales. I must get my butt into gear and brew some English beers as I've never done one.

 

[Malnourished]

Another 2 bottle shops later still no Rochefort 8.

Happy days! :beer:

Rochefort 8 is now available at Cloud Wine. I'm not sure how much is left at the South Melbourne store though, some shady malnourished-looking guy bought all the stock on the shelves.

 

[MObeer]

And, has the LaChouffe been brewn? Or the R'fort 8 (indeed the recipe from my good friend Herman Holtrop is excellent!). My advise: use 15% of sugar in the malt bill for the LaChouffe. Final gravity of the original is 1010, so don't start higher than 1067. Same goes for the R'fort 8: use a lot of suger to reach the FG of 1006.

 

[kook]

If you like La Chouffe, then one brew worth hunting down (hell, worth trading for with people if need be) is Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

I'd love to see a recipe for it

 

[johnno]

Another 2 bottle shops later still no Rochefort 8.

Happy days! :beer:

Rochefort 8 is now available at Cloud Wine. I'm not sure how much is left at the South Melbourne store though, some shady malnourished-looking guy bought all the stock on the shelves.

Thanks for the tip Malnourished. I just got back from the Camberwell store. Picked up 2 Stubbies. There are 4 more there if anyone else wants some.

They have a pretty good range of beer.

Finally, I get to try it and compare it to my clone. woohoo

And, has the LaChouffe been brewn? Or the R'fort 8 (indeed the recipe from my good friend Herman Holtrop is excellent!). My advise: use 15% of sugar in the malt bill for the LaChouffe. Final gravity of the original is 1010, so don't start higher than 1067. Same goes for the R'fort 8: use a lot of suger to reach the FG of 1006.

Nice brewery MObeer!

Have not attempted a LaChouffe yet. My Rochefort 8 clone started at 1087 and got down to 1018.

cheers
johnno

 

[bconnery]

LaChouffe? Rochefort 8? How about some recipes on the site for stabs at these wonderful brews?

Please?

 

[Stuster]

bconnery

Have a look earlier in the thread for several recipes.

 

[neonmeate]

If you like La Chouffe, then one brew worth hunting down (hell, worth trading for with people if need be) is Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel

I'd love to see a recipe for it

well since we can't get it here i might just have to make it myself. fortunately plenty of details are available for the slavishly imitative homebrewer:
http://www.bunitedint.com/Products/achouff...on_chouffe.html

with that OG and ABV the FG would be something like 1020 which seems to indicate all malt.
just need tomahawk (which = columbus?), amarillo and saaz, Ardennes yeast, and you're off and away.

 

[bconnery]

bconnery

Have a look earlier in the thread for several recipes.

And so I did, awesome!

Still, perhaps in the recipe section for ease of access?

I normally trawl all over for these things but this site is making me lazy...