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Santa's Special Belgian Ale
Specialty Beer • All Grain • 5 gal
October 16, 2001 pm 03:04pm
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Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 8 lbs
American 2-row
American 2-row
Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt
- 4 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 1/2 lbs
Belgian Cara-Pils
Belgian Cara-Pils
Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- 1 lbs
Belgian Munich
Belgian Munich
Used to increase malt aroma and body with slightly more color.
- 2 lbs
Candi Sugar Amber
Candi Sugar Amber
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.
- 2 oz
Perle - 6.5 AA% pellets; boiled 55 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- .5 oz
Tettnanger - 4.2 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- 1 g
sweet gale seeds - (omitted from calculations)
sweet gale seeds
- 1 tsp
irish moss - (omitted from calculations)
irish moss
- 1 g
nutmeg - (omitted from calculations)
nutmeg
-
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
Add the sweet gale and nutmeg within the last five minutes of the boil. Primary fermentation of about a week, the secondary for about 2-3 weeks and then prime with 3/4 cup corn sugar and allow to condition for at least 2 weeks before enjoying!!!!! Also, this was a 90 minute boil.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 23 - Specialty Beer
Subcategory: A - Specialty Beer
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.092 | 1.026 - 1.120 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.019 | 0.995 - 1.035 | |
| Color: | 25.3 SRM | 1 - 50 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.6% ABV | 2.5% - 14.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 55.9 IBU | 0 - 100 | |
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