So, I am not into “cloning” beers outright. However I am inspired to make a similar flavor profile to this beer. I love this beer! It would be rather complicated to duplicate this brew entirely anyway as it contains 2% of a Kriek.
I have the homebrew recipe listed in Brew Like a Monk from Noel Blake. However it does not really give specifics as to how the kriek component was added at Ommegang.
What I am wondering is this. Perhaps it would be interesting to brew a Belgian dark strong in a similar vein to this recipe and then blend a bit of a melomel in at bottling time for fruity vinous complexity. Say, a raspberry melomel, as I have one aging… I am nowhere near brewing lambics or krieks, so I thought maybe a melomel could add some similar character.