Harriet's West Side Belgian IPA

I'm a huge Harriet Fan. I've gone to the brewery several times. I wish the All-grain had come out when I bought this, but I will do that next. The wyeast Belgian Ardennes was fermented at 72F for 6 days then racked (it was down to 1.018 after three days). Fermented another week to 1.014 then bottled.
I couldn't wait and tried a bottle on the 6th day. I was not impressed. The esters was a little mild for my taste (maybe I didn't get the fermentation temp high enough). Tried one last night (day 10 in bottle)... much much better. I loved it. I just hope it will be around long enough to age for 6 weeks. That is why I will brew another very soon (the all-grain version).
Note: the yeast ferments very quickly and then seemed to stall, but fully ferments.

Normally, I do not care much for wheat beers, but this one is balanced well between the wheat and hop flavors. Light, crisp and heady. I use the better liquid yeast. I also followed instructions exactly, but waited a few extra weeks in the bottle before sampling. I have found that more time in the bottle results in better quality taste and carbonation. Pricey, but I would buy this again. Really delicious!

I used the liquid Wyeat Belgian yeast and it came out ok. I fermented this a little warmer than usual, at around 74, so as to get more esters.
There was a sulphery smell during fermentation, but after aging the beer there is no hint of Sulpher. This beer benefits form a few extra weeks of aging.

I was slightly off-put by the price, but I do believe it was worth it. This was one of the beers I brewed for my own wedding, and it was hugely popular with everyone from beer geeks to my dad, who, when he can be forced to drink beer, salts it. I can't make anything without a bit of a tweak, so I pumped this up with an extra pound of candi sugar added once fermentation had passed its peak (about 3 days in), and dry-hopped as well. I still felt this wasn't much of an IPA, but fermented at about 72 and got great clovey esters that really highlighted the bitterness that did shine through.

Verdict? Don't think you're getting an IPA, but it's a well-balanced beer that anyone can enjoy and worth adding to the regular rotation.

This is a great Belgian beer with a great hoppy taste!! Brewing my second batch.

More Belgian than IPA-y. The hops are kind of pushed to the background and it's more like a Belgian trippel-style, in my opinion. Damn tasty though.