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12-30-15

12-30-15

Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

leobloom

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February 9, 2016  11:34am

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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

  • .25 lbs Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.

  • .3 lbs Belgian Special B

    Belgian Special B

  • .2 lbs Roasted Barley;Simpsons

    Roasted Barley;Simpsons

    A typical ingredient of Irish dry stouts.

  • 1.5 lbs Corn Sugar

    Corn Sugar

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

  • 1 oz Brewers Gold -5.6 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Brewers Gold

    Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor

  • 1 oz Bravo™ -5.0 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Bravo™

    Bravo is a second generation super high alpha variety that was developed by the Hopsteiner Breeding Program and released in 2006. It has good resistance to powdery mildew. Bravo is an excellent bittering hop that provides pleasant fruity and floral aroma characteristics.—usahops.org

  • 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.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: E -Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.071 1.075 -1.110
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.010 -1.024
Color: 20.0 SRM 12 -22
Alcohol: 7.8% ABV 8% -11%
Bitterness: 35.0 IBU 20 -35

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