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The Brülosophy Podcast

Sucrose vs. Invert Sugar In A Belgian Tripel

The Brülosophy Podcast

Marshall Schott

Brew, Brewing, Science, Beer, Leisure, Hobbies

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Contributor Will Lovell joins Marshall to discuss the use of invert sugar in beer as well as go over the results of an xBmt comparing Belgian Tripels made with either invert sugar or sucrose.

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Indeed.com slash show. Terms and conditions apply. Made popular by Hendrik Verlinden in 1932, Triple is a strong golden Belgian ale that was eventually adopted by the monks of Westmall, and like many other Belgian styles, it relies heavily on the

1:28.5

use of simple sugar, of which brewers have a variety to choose from. This is the brewosophy

1:34.1

podcast. I'm your host, Marshall Schott, and today I'm joined by contributor Will Lovell to chat about

1:38.2

the use of different types of sugar, namely sucrose and invert sugar when making Belgian triple.

1:44.3

This is just a very interesting observation through the years of brewing and brewing Belgian beers

1:48.9

is how like really opinionated as brewers we all can get about what types of sugar are the

1:55.1

correct thing to use in this style.

1:56.9

So I'm very excited to talk about this and the different controversial opinions that

2:01.1

each sugar may have behind it. So super excited to talk about this today. Well, I feel like I have to

2:08.0

say out loud now that prior to starting this episode, recording this episode, you and I were just

2:13.3

chatting and I made the comment that brewers seem to have this tendency to overcomplicate

2:18.0

seemingly simple things. And I can't help but wonder if the inversion process when it comes to

2:24.1

making inverted sugar really has that big of an impact. So, you know, since the time I started

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