Roll-a-Style 12: 29D. Grape Ale

If you follow this blog at all, you probably have read that I want to concentrate more on my BJCP Goal this year.

As of the time of this post, if I'm counting correctly, I've brewed 84 of the 108 styles in the 2021 BJCP Style Guidelines. Since the beginning of the year, I've already brewed 6 new BJCP styles (7 if you include Tasman Pilsner).

I have my Roll-a-Style list, which helps me keep track of styles that I still need to brew.

The idea is that I use a 20-sided online die to decide which style to brew next. 

June is here, and I did my Big Brew Day ... Halfway to Helles (Batch 375) at the beginning of May, checking off my 84th style. I think it is time to pick another beer to brew.

I rolled my 20-sided online die, and rolled a 12 ... 

 

... which corresponds to 29D. Grape Ale.

"Combines the profile of a sparkling wine and a relatively neutral base beer allowing the aromatic qualities of the grape to blend pleasantly with hop and yeast aromatics. Can be in a range from refreshing to complex."

This is actually a style that I know very little about and didn't really have on my original list. So, I'll have to do some research. 

My original idea after looking at the style guidelines is to use my harvested French Saison Yeast from 2025 Melting Stream Spring Saison (Batch 374) to brew a simple saison recipe with some percentage of grape juice or maybe even must.

EDIT: I came up with the recipe Gob Stopper Grape Ale, which is indeed a French saison with grape concentrate as part of the fermentable sugars.

Hopefully I'll brew it sometime in the next couple weeks.

Now my Roll-a-Style list looks like this:

Number	Beer Style
1	9B. Eisbock
2	3C. Czech Amber Lager
3	Re-Roll
4	9C. Baltic Porter
5	10C. Weizenbock
6	12C. English IPA
7	13B. British Brown Ale
8	28B. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer
9	32A. Classic Style Smoked Beer
10	29C. Specialty Fruit Beer
11	10A. Weissbier
12	Re-Roll
13	33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
14	6B. Rauchbier
15	16C. Tropical Stout
16	26C. Belgian Tripel
17	16D. Foreign Extra Stout
18	22D. Wheatwine
19	28A. Brett Beer
20	17D. English Barley Wine

My "Bench" now includes:

• Historical Beer: Roggenbier
• Historical Beer: London Brown Ale
• Historical Beer: Lichtenhainer
• Specialty IPA: Belgian IPA
• Specialty IPA: White IPA
• Specialty IPA: Brut IPA
• SheppyBrew Random Recipe

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