Raspberry Brambic - Lambic-style Ale

In October 2013, on our honeymoon, my wife and I visited Belgium, the land where Cantillon and Drie Fonteinen flow like water. There I truly came to appreciate the wonder that is Belgian Lambic. For me, there are very few memories I have more glorious than sitting late at night in a cozy, warm, bar...

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Wallonian Farmhouse Ale w/ Apricots

It had been a while since I made a fruit beer, so I decided it was high time to brew one up. Truth be told, I was originally planning to make this beer with peaches. I went to my local fancy grocery store and bought the nicest fuzzy organic peaches I could find. Unfortunately after about one day...

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Orange Blossom Saison

The original farmhouse beers were brewed with whatever ingredients were on hand or available at the time - these were beers that truly represented the place that they were from. Unfortunately, I don't have the resources to brew with 100% local ingredients (or the time - I don't farm, bro), but...

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Saison Rustique

In the book, Farmhouse Ales, Yvan De Baets' chapter on the history of saison gives awesome insight into the farmhouse ales of old. He describes them as rustic beers that were relatively low in alcohol, light in color for the time, very well attenuated, sometimes quite bitter, and most interestingly,...

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