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The original was posted on /r/beer by /u/PatsPints on 2024-03-30 18:39:17.

Personally I’m a big fan of clean, yeast-forward Belgian style beers but it’s not hard to see that US breweries who specialize in these styles have been struggling in recent years. Is it just that IPAs and to a lesser extent lagers have become the style of choice in the USA? Does it have to do with the Belgian yeast character being an acquired taste? Perhaps the higher abv and price simply make these special occasion beers.

To go a bit deeper on this question we recently hosted Quinn Bartlett, a young brewer who launched a brewery in Columbus, Ohio that specialized in Belgian-style beers - Buzzsaw Brewing. Unfortunately, Buzzsaw closed last fall, but Quinn is now brewing at a soon to be opened local brewery called Hosters. His thoughts on this question are informative.

During the show we also tried some newer takes on classic Ommegang beers, Tripel with a Twist and Three Philosophers in a can on nitro. The latter a very unusual format for a Belgian Quad, but to be honest it tasted pretty good.

I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on this topic. If you want to hear the thoughts of someone in the business you can check out the podcast on the standard podcast servers (search for All Things Beer) or access the recording from my blog at