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8-1-15

8-1-15

Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

leobloom

ardennes

August 17, 2015  12:50pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 11.5 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 Carapils®/Carafoam®;Weyermann®

    Carapils®/Carafoam®;Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Same color rating and brewing characteristics as regular Weyermann Pilsner Malt, except for enhanced foam production, head retention, and fuller body and mouthfeel. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill for pale/blond beers; up to 40% for Bockbier Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, all pale to golden lagers, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Bockbier

  • 1 lbs Corn Sugar

    Corn Sugar

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

  • 1 oz Mt. Hood -6.8 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 Czech Saaz -3.4 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • Wyeast3522Belgian Ardennes™

    Wyeast3522Belgian Ardennes™

    One of many great beer yeasts to produce classic Belgian ales. Phenolics develop with increased fermentation temperatures, mild fuitiness and complex spicy character.

Notes

mash@150 for 90 mins add amylase in secondary(@1.014 add amylase in secondary(@1.014) )

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: D -Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.072 1.070 -1.095
Terminal Gravity: 1.009 1.005 -1.016
Color: 6.5 SRM 3 -6
Alcohol: 8.4% ABV 7.5% -10.5%
Bitterness: 36.2 IBU 22 -35

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