Beer Forum

My Daughter was born on Wednesday (yes I realize it was BN4 and hope this bodes well for her brewing future). My wife and I want to brew a special beer to celebrate the birth and to give out to friends/family. Because of her light complexion and other circumstances we've decided on a belgian golden strong ale and I'll use jamil's recipe as a baseline. My wife wants me to add something else to the beer, we have jasmine in our yard we could use and I have seen Thai Basil at the local farmers market. My wife also likes the idea of peach or apricot. I'm wondering if anyone has made a Belgian Golden Strong with another flavor added to it and specifically if anyone has used Jasmine in their beer, when in the process and how much did they use. I'm a fan of the bruery beer that uses thai basil and I don't mind the elysian jasmine ipa, any suggestions will be appreciated. Cheers.

As far as a Belgian Golden Strong with peach and apricot flavors goes, try to pick up a bottle of Avery Salvation. It's one of the BJCP style examples and in my opinion an awesome freakin beer. Go from there.


Congrats on the newborn!

I just made a gruit ale based on a beer from Cambridge Brewing Company, recipe courtesy the brewer there. Among the many ingredients was jasmine blossoms. The recipe called for 40g total, 25g at 5min and 15 at flameout. These are the quantities for dried jasmine. If you use fresh, then just double the weight (i.e. 80g). We ended up using only 15g at the flameout because that was all we could get our hands on without buying a ridiculous quantity. Hope that helps get you started and gives you a range to work with. And by the way, Congratulations on the daughter!!! Wish you the best.