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Kwak

Kwak

Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 6 gal

Mager72

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October 6, 2015  03:02pm

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Ingredients (All Grain6 gal)

  • 14 lbs Pilsen 2RS Malt;Castle Malting

    Pilsen 2RS Malt;Castle Malting

    Features: The lightest coloured Belgian malt. Produced from the finest European two-row spring barley varieties: Henley, Tipple, Sebastian, Prestige, Thorgall. Kilned at up to 80- 85°C. Usage: All beer types. Can be used up to 100% or as part of the mixture. Characteristics: The lightest in colour and low in protein, this malt is well modified and can be easily mashed with a single-temperature infusion. Our Pilsen malt carries a strong, sweet malt flavour and contains enough enzymatic power to be used as base malt.

  • 1.75 lbs Munich 25 EBC Malt;Castle Malting

    Munich 25 EBC Malt;Castle Malting

    Features: Belgian specialty malt of Münich type. Kilned up to 100-105°C. Usage: Pale ale, amber, brown, strong and dark beers, Bocks. Recommended proportion: up to 60%. Characteristics: Rich, golden malt. Provides a modest colour increase toward a nice, golden orange colour. Adds a pronounced grainy malty flavour to many beer styles without affecting the foam stability and body. Is also used in small quantities in combination with Pilsen 2RS to produce light colour beers improving the malty flavour and giving a richer colour. Enhances the taste of character beers.

  • 0.37 lbs Special B Malt;Castle Malting

    Special B Malt;Castle Malting

    Features: Very special Belgian dark malt, obtained through specific double drying process. Usage: Abbey ales, Trappist ales, dubbels, porters, brown ales, doppelbocks. Recommended proportion: 10%. Characteristics: Is used to produce a deep red to dark brown-black colour and fuller body. Unique flavour and aroma. Gives much colour and raisin-like flavour. Imparts a rich malty taste and a hint of nut and plum flavour. May substitute Chocolate and Black malt if bitterness is not desired.

  • 1.5 lbs Candi Sugar Clear

    Candi Sugar Clear

    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.

  • 0.5 oz Northern Brewer -8.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Northern Brewer

    Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.

  • 1 oz Goldings -5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • 0.5 oz Saaz -5.0 AA% whole; boiled 5 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • Wyeast1214Belgian Abbey™

    Wyeast1214Belgian Abbey™

    Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: D -Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.087 1.070 -1.095
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.005 -1.016
Color: 12.2 SRM 3 -6
Alcohol: 10.1% ABV 7.5% -10.5%
Bitterness: 18.3 IBU 22 -35

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