This was supposed to be a slightly scaled up version of a previous Biere de Garde recipe I really enjoyed, but the store was out of the both the defining specialty malt and the defining hops that made the flavor combination unique. I substituted a few things here, and it should still yield good results, but there's no point pretending that it's the same. Instead of caravienne and Brewers Gold, this one uses Aromatic malt and Nugget hops.
Basically, this is a table beer brewed with the Biere de Garde yeast that I will use as a productive starter for an eventual larger beer. This one is pretty light in color, with only a slight bit of light caramel malt (which I happen to I have lying around) thrown in for grain complexity/maltiness. In the past I have found the combination of this yeast and Brewers Gold hops to be a winning one, and I'm sticking with it here, if only (primarily) for bitterness. I may toss in a pellet or two for ...
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