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Belgian Dark Strong Ale is a flexible style, with a lot of possible additions, but some really bad combinations you should stay away from. It’s malty and fruity, which provides a great foundation for a lot of additions. Plus, it’s the only style that the BJCP style guide refers to as “dangerous”.<\/p>\n

A Belgian Dark Strong Ale is a great base style for a nutty ingredient. Adjuncts like chocolate and coffee would likely work, and pecan to a lesser extent.<\/p>\n

Citrus ingredients like orange peel, coriander, and juniper berries are a possibility. While citrus is often paired with a stout, the I’ve often thought\u00a0it a poor combination with the roastiness. Since this style is less roasty, it would likely be a better base style for orange.<\/p>\n

Combinations of citrus and nutty ingredients would work well-\u00a0chocolate orange would be a great addition for a wintertime Belgian Dark Strong Ale, or even coriander and coffee.<\/p>\n

Berry ingredients are a possibility, like raspberry, blackberry, and strawberry. Other fruits like apricot or plum would also work. On all of these, the fruit would have to be quite restrained- present, but not the primary flavor.<\/p>\n

Some other interesting possibilities are vanilla, bourbon,\u00a0anise,\u00a0coconut\u00a0or elderflower.<\/p>\n

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Belgian Dark Strong Ale is a flexible style, with a lot of possible additions, but some really bad combinations you should stay away from. It’s malty and fruity, which provides a great foundation for a lot of additions. Plus, it’s the only style that the BJCP style guide refers to as “dangerous”. A Belgian Dark […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Belgian Dark Strong Ale is the only style that the BJCP style guide refers to as \"dangerous\". 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