Belgian Beer Styles with Stan Hieronymus- BeerSmith Podcast #205

Stan Hieronymus, the author of the book “Brew Like a Monk” joins me to discuss brewing Belgian beer styles.

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Topics in This Week’s Episode (51:38)

This week I welcome Stan Hieronymus. Stan is the author of Brew Like a Monk, For the Love of Hops, Brewing with Wheat and Brewing Local (Amazon affiliate links). Stan is also a certified BJCP beer judge.

We start with a short discussion of Stan’s recent travels.

We jump into Belgian styles starting with what makes Belgium such a unique place for beer.

We discuss how so many Belgian styles survived two world wars when many other styles died out.

Stan tells us a bit about the various major Belgian beer styles.

We talk about “Trappist” and Abbey ales and what the difference is between them.

Stan tells us a bit about the major Trappist styles and how they are brewed including major ingredients.

We discuss the use of “candi sugars” and how the ones used in Belgium are different from many sold here.

Stan talks about Belgian yeasts and some of their unique character.

He shares some of the Trappist brewing and fermentation techniques.

We talk about some of the changes in Trappist and Belgian beers since “Brew Like a Monk” was published back in 2006.

Stan gives his closing thoughts on brewing Belgian styles.

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Thanks to Stan Hieronymus for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!

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