SAUNTER
It’s still freezing here and we’re still peppering our hop fuelled output with some dark beers of late, not least of them Saunter – our new Belgian style Dubbel. A base of Continental Pils, Dark Munich and Special B and Belgian sugar is all you need to let good complex yeast do it’s job. We’ve gone for a light touch of Magnum in there and some soft water then fermented on WLP530, a yeast originally from a somewhat famous Abbey brewery. What we love about this yeast is the heavy raisin and molasses character it can bring out in the beer while retaining a drinkability. To add to that, we’ve included a healthy addition of dates that would otherwise have found their way into somebody’s sticky toffee pudding, but we much prefer this use. The result is a body that’s really well balanced with a heady nose of caramels, toffee, dried fruits and a touch of spice with a body that’s balanced but extremely deceptive given its ABV.
It’s still freezing here and we’re still peppering our hop fuelled output with some dark beers of late, not least of them Saunter – our new Belgian style Dubbel. A base of Continental Pils, Dark Munich and Special B and Belgian sugar is all you need to let good complex yeast do it’s job. We’ve gone for a light touch of Magnum in there and some soft water then fermented on WLP530, a yeast originally from a somewhat famous Abbey brewery. What we love about this yeast is the heavy raisin and molasses character it can bring out in the beer while retaining a drinkability. To add to that, we’ve included a healthy addition of dates that would otherwise have found their way into somebody’s sticky toffee pudding, but we much prefer this use. The result is a body that’s really well balanced with a heady nose of caramels, toffee, dried fruits and a touch of spice with a body that’s balanced but extremely deceptive given its ABV.