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Spotted Tongue  Wheat Dubbel Date

Spotted Tongue Wheat Dubbel Date

Belgian Specialty Ale • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Homebrewer Stan

Will serve at NHC if it's good.

May 17, 2011 pm 04:27pm

4.0/5.0 1 rating

Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 6 lbs Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®

    Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Dark, Stout

  • 0.5 lbs Chocolate Wheat Malt

    Chocolate Wheat Malt

    Intensifies aroma; improves color. For dark ales, alt, dark wheat, stout and porter.

  • 6 lbs Cargill White Wheat; Cargill Malt

    Cargill White Wheat; Cargill Malt

    Produced from the finest American Soft White Winter Wheat, Cargill White Wheat may be used in amounts up to 60% in creating many styles of wheat beer and in smaller amounts (5 -10%) to aid in head retention.

  • 1.1 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.

  • 1.1 lbs Molasses

    Molasses

    Imparts strong sweet flavor. Use in stouts and porters.

  • 0.6 oz Magnum - 10.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • 0.2 oz Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale

    White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale

    Used in two of the six Trappist breweries remaining in the world, this yeast produces the distinctive fruitiness and plum characteristics. Excellent yeast for high gravity beers, Belgian ales, dubbels and trippels.

Notes

SS infusion mash @ 150. Yeast cake from previous batch. Molasses is actually date syrup. Amber candi sugar is actually palm sugar.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: E - Belgian Specialty Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.069 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 25.0 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 7.2% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 26.4 IBU 0 - 100

Discussion

Homebrewer Stan

Very good, would make again.

2011-08-06 11:44am

Many favorable comments when served at NHC, and from friends. Date syrup adds a nice flavor.

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