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Gold in Belgian Abbey Ale

Feral Garden Gnome

Liability Brewing Co., Greenville, SC

Category
Belgian Abbey Ale
Entries
49
ABV
6.7%
IBU
Not Found
Style
Belgian Blonde
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Not Found
Adjuncts
Not Found

Hops

Tasting Notes

Belgian Blonde with notes of banana bread, clove, and Anjou pear.

Source: liabilitybrewing.co

The Beer's Page at the Brewery

Brewery Medal HistoryCategory HistoryBrewery Website

Hop Profile

Hop Profile. Select a column header to sort.
FormUseFarm or LotSource
SterlingSterlingNot FoundNot FoundNot Foundliabilitybrewing.co

Hop Profile Cards

Sterling

Origin Country
United States
Alpha Acid
6 to 9%
Oils
1.3 to 1.9 mL per 100 g
US Acreage
44 acres in 2025, 1 states
Medal Beers in 2026
4
Breeder
Not stated on the John I. Haas sheet

Aroma

Tarragon, orange blossom, lemon pepper

Grown by

Not Found

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Beer Details

Description
Belgian Blonde with notes of banana bread, clove, and Anjou pear.Source liabilitybrewing.co
Tasting Notes
Belgian Blonde with notes of banana bread, clove, and Anjou pear.Source liabilitybrewing.co

Research Notes

Feral Garden Gnome is a year-round Belgian blonde ale hopped with Sterling, brewed by Liability Brewing Co. in Greenville, South Carolina.

Award

Category Medal Entries Brewery Location
76, Belgian-Style Abbey Ale Gold (1st place) 49 Liability Brewing Co. Greenville, SC

Specs

Field Value Source
Style Belgian Blonde Liability: Feral Garden Gnome
ABV 6.7% Liability: Feral Garden Gnome
IBU Not Found Not Found
Hops Sterling Liability: Feral Garden Gnome
Malts and grains Not Found Not Found
Yeast Not Found Not Found
Adjuncts, fruit, spices Not Found Not Found
Other year-round Liability: Feral Garden Gnome

Brewery Description

Belgian Blonde with notes of banana bread, clove, and Anjou pear.

Source: Liability: Feral Garden Gnome

Tasting Notes

Belgian Blonde with notes of banana bread, clove, and Anjou pear.

Source: liabilitybrewing.co

Ingredients

Sterling is the only ingredient the brewery names. The banana bread, clove and pear in the description are tasting notes, not listed additions. A separate variant, Feral Garden Gnome with Strawberry and Banana, appears in the brewery's beer archive and is a different beer.

Hop Profile

Hop as Published Variety Form Use Lot or Farm Source
Sterling Sterling Not Found Not Found Not Found liabilitybrewing.co

Brewing Details

Field Value Source
Color (SRM) Not Found Not Found
Original gravity Not Found Not Found
Final gravity Not Found Not Found
Water Not Found Not Found
Process Not Found Not Found

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline has no style named Belgian-Style Abbey Ale; its nearest abbey style, Belgian-Style Dubbel, calls for 6.3 to 7.6 percent ABV and 20 to 40 IBU. The published 6.7% ABV falls inside that range, though the brewery labels the beer a blonde rather than a dubbel.

Awards History

Year Competition Category Medal
2025 Great American Beer Festival Belgian-Style Blonde Ale Silver
2026 Great American Beer Festival Belgian-Style Abbey Ale Gold

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Liability Brewing Co. is in Greenville, SC. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: In planning.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

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Research Notes

  • Field pass 2026-10-13: The Untappd beer entry shows N/A IBU; no numerical bitterness was found.
  • The brewery's awards page already lists this GABF 2026 gold, plus a 2026 World Beer Cup gold, a 2026 U.S. Open gold and a 2025 GABF silver.
  • The old domain liabilitybrewing.com redirects to liabilitybrewing.co.
  • No IBU, malt or yeast is published on the brewery site; the web search budget ran out before third party sources could be searched.
  • Researched 2026-10-13.
  • Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery page's tasting words are recorded.