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6-21-15

6-21-15

Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

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July 23, 2015  04:01pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 13 lbs Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    Pilsner Malt;Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics:Perfect foundation grist for all lagers. Excellent modification and favorable protein and glucan levels. Excellent lautering properties. Provides finished beer with substantial body and mouthfeel, as well as good foam development and head retention. Very flexible grain with high extract efficiency for reliable lager-making in any brew house, including pub ale systems. Yields optimum results for any process⎯from single-step to multi-step infusion, to decoction. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill. Suitability (beer styles): All lagers, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Belgian beers

  • 1 lbs Caramel Vienna Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    Caramel Vienna Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    This malt strengthens the color and increases the mellowness of all beer styles while also providing a fine aroma and taste.

  • .5 lbs Corn Sugar

    Corn Sugar

    Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.

  • 1 lbs Candi Sugar Dark

    Candi Sugar Dark

    Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.

  • 1 oz Mt. Hood -7.1 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Mt. Hood

    Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.

  • 1 oz Goldings -3.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • 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.

Notes

added lambic blend 7-2

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: E -Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.084 1.075 -1.110
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.010 -1.024
Color: 23.0 SRM 12 -22
Alcohol: 9.2% ABV 8% -11%
Bitterness: 31.6 IBU 20 -35

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