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Dubbious Monk

Dubbious Monk

Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

Ixnae of Blokhed Homebrauerei

Hopefully ready by Christmastime/New Years. Don't forget to drink in Goblet or Brandy Snifter.

October 13, 2001 pm 12:51pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 10 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 1 lbs Pacific Northwest Wheat

    Pacific Northwest Wheat

  • .5 lbs Belgian Caramunich

    Belgian Caramunich

    Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

  • .25 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • .25 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 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.

  • 1.25 oz Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • .5 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

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

  • .25 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 1 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • .25 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 1 min

    Saaz

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

  • 6 g Corriander - (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander

  • 6 g Bitter Orange Peel - (omitted from calculations)

    Bitter Orange Peel

  • Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity™

    Wyeast 3787 Trappist 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

Step Mash on dis wan! Dough in @ 122F & hold 15 min. Bring to 140 & hold 15 min. Bring to 150 and hold for 1 hour. Decoct a 1/3 thin mash to boil for 5-10 min, then use it to mash out. Sparge with 168-170 Water. First Wort Hopping with 1/3 bittering hops. Boil for 75-60 Min, adding hops as scheduled. Chill, Rack, Aerate, Pitch 2 Quart Starter of Abbey Ale II. Ferment with Abbey Ale II @ approx 65-70F until 1/4 Krausen. Rack to a large secondary adding Candi Sugar, boiled in Water & cooled, along with Trappist High Gravity for a second Ferment @ 65-70F. Bottle with a bit more Trappist and corn sugar, age for 2 months minimum, Drink carefully leaving some around to see the flavors change with age.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: D - Belgian Golden Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.074 1.070 - 1.095
Terminal Gravity: 1.010 1.005 - 1.016
Color: 16.9 SRM 3 - 6
Alcohol: 8.3% ABV 7.5% - 10.5%
Bitterness: 36.3 IBU 22 - 35

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