Red Wine Aged Belgian Strong Dark
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 6 gal
aged on GSM spirals
February 13, 2015 12:32pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 6 gal)
- 13 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- 1 lbs
Barley Flaked
Barley Flaked
Helps head retention, imparts creamy smoothness. For porters and stouts.
- 2 lbs
Light Brown Sugar
Light Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- 1 oz
Cluster -7.2 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Cluster
Used for bittering and flavor qualities in light and dark American lagers. Aroma is very floral.
- 6oz
Oak Wood Chips -soak in GSM red wine (omitted from calculations)
Oak Wood Chips
Adds a pungent woody flavor. Adding oak chips (which is done in the fermenter, not the mash tun) can add some interesting flavors to your homebrew as well as acting as a surface area to accelerate aging. To provide aged-in-oak flavor. Used in some IPA to simulate flavors from ocean passage to India.
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Wyeast3787Trappist High Gravity™
Wyeast3787Trappist High Gravity™
Robust top cropping yeast with phenolic character. Alcohol tolerance to 12%. Ideal for Biere de Garde. Ferments dry with rich ester profile and malty palate.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E -Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.081 | 1.075 -1.110 | |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.008 | 1.010 -1.024 | |
Color: | 21.5 SRM | 12 -22 | |
Alcohol: | 9.7% ABV | 8% -11% | |
Bitterness: | 29.1 IBU | 20 -35 |
Discussion
Sat on oak for 6 mos.
2015-09-15 7:32pm
dried out, nice raisin flavor, brown sugar, sweet cherries, oak is balanced.