Roll-a-Style 16: 26C. Belgian Tripel

Well ... if you follow this blog at all, you are familiar with my BJCP Goal and Roll-a-Style list.

Of course, the idea is that I have a list of beer styles that I've never brewed. I roll a virtual 20-sided online die, and brew the style that corresponds with the number that comes up.

Originally, I had 20 beers on the list and several on "the bench". I've reduced the list so that I'm still rolling a 20-sided die, but not all the numbers have a style assigned to them. In fact, soon I'll be rolling a 12 sided die.

You also likely know that quite often I know what I want to brew next and "pretend" to roll that die to correspond with the style I want to brew next.

Part of the reason I recently picked Tafel Mystère Belgian Single (Batch 383) to brew was to build up some Belgian yeast so that I could get to a style I've had on the list since the debut of the list.

So ... I pretended to roll a 16

... which corresponds to 26C. Belgian Tripel.

"A strong, pale, somewhat spicy Belgian ale with a pleasant rounded malt flavor, firm bitterness, and dry finish. Quite aromatic, with spicy, fruity, and light alcohol notes combining with the supportive clean malt character to produce a surprisingly drinkable beverage considering the high alcohol content."

I looked up Jamil's "Strict Observance Triple" and basically scaled it down for my recipe.

I called it Yoker Belgian Triple.

"Yoker" is what I sometimes call the Denver Nugget's Super Star Nikola Jokic, and as he is the king of triple doubles, I thought I'd give a tribute him with a SheppyBrew beer name. I'm sure he feels honored for such an accomplishment.

My plan is to use the yeast from Tafel Mystère before the end of the year, but I guess we'll have to see how things go.

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

Number	Beer Style
1	9B. Eisbock
2	Re-Roll
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	Re-Roll
11	10A. Weissbier
12	Re-Roll
13	33B. Specialty Wood-Aged Beer
14	6B. Rauchbier
15	Re-Roll
16	Re-Roll
17	16D. Foreign Extra Stout
18	22D. Wheatwine
19	28A. Brett Beer
20	Re-Roll

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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