I really like triples, and Belgian Strong Golden Ales. In fact tonight, I'm even enjoying a bottle of Leffe Blonde, which I suppose is the Carling if the Belgian Ale world
But I don't enjoy the hammering that ales north of 7% give you if you fancy a few. So, how possible is a lighter, say 4.5% beer of this style? For me, the characteristics that my untrained taste buds look for in these beers is the yeast spice and or banana, with a light malty background. Can you get this in a lower ABV beer? What about going all malt, and dropping the sugars they normally use, would that work or would it be too malty? Should I just scale it all down and keep the malt / sugar? Questions questions. Has anyone else tried something like this?
But I don't enjoy the hammering that ales north of 7% give you if you fancy a few. So, how possible is a lighter, say 4.5% beer of this style? For me, the characteristics that my untrained taste buds look for in these beers is the yeast spice and or banana, with a light malty background. Can you get this in a lower ABV beer? What about going all malt, and dropping the sugars they normally use, would that work or would it be too malty? Should I just scale it all down and keep the malt / sugar? Questions questions. Has anyone else tried something like this?