Ok so I'm a new brewer. I've done a malt brew before. I am also new to BA. I have found that I love the Quads. So I'm trying to find a place to read about the quad ales and what makes them unique. Anyone ill now where?
hop on over to the home-brewer forum. But check out the BJCP style guidelines section 18E. Pick up Brewing Classic Styles by: Jamil Zainasheff. The more you read the more you brew the more notes you take the better your beers will be.
I'm a quad lover myself. And I've brewed a few. Of you like Belgian quads and want to learn about brewing them then I recommend the book Brewing like a monk. Great read in my opinion.
If you're a new brewer I would suggest getting a few more batches under your belt before attempting a Quad. High gravity beers are tough if your technique isn't down. Maybe start with some Dubbels.
Other forums have some recipes that have been done for years and years. Just make sure you can have enough yeast(and it's a TON) by brewday.
Thank you all for the advise. I'll start with a dubbel first then and I'm getting that book. I found some places to read but still not as informative as I would like.
Of all the Belgian styles I like quads best, tripels close second, and dubbels/singels distant third. Boulevard sixth glass... all time fav on the quads. Boulevard BBQ also especially fine stuff. Way too lazy to brew them tho... there's too many examples of stupendous quads that I've already had, and I'm too likely to try and compare them to the uncomparable. Oddly, there are way MORE examples of outstanding* IPAs out there, but I'm happy to brew those anytime. I guess homebrewers are always ready to dump a metric shit-ton of hops into a brew, fully convinced that they've just created the new heady/PtE because of the sheer quantity only their own cleverness could conceive of. *use grain of salt if you've read the other thread about the beer-fest and my over-complications of the word outstanding
