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Belgian Abbey Style Christmas Ale

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Episode 86 | Belgian Abbey Style Christmas Ales are a lovely holiday treat for beer lovers. They are big, dark and spicy. The key is homebrewing your holiday beer with enough time for the alcohol and spice to mellow out and come into balance. Join homebrewers Carl Allen and Zachary Newman for a brew

Belgian Biscoff-Style Speculoos Cookies

In Chop & Brew Episode 86, our friend Carl Allen told us all about how he and his wife Abby fell in love with speculoos cookies on a trip to Belgium. They were so inspired by the flavors of the delicious treat that she learned to make the cookies at home and learned to homebrew