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FRENCH    GUARD

FRENCH GUARD

Bière de Garde • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Cherrvallian

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January 13, 2012 pm 07:40pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 7 lbs Vienna Malt; Weyermann®

    Vienna Malt; Weyermann®

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

  • 3 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

  • 2 lbs BEST Munich Malt; Best Malz

    BEST Munich Malt; Best Malz

    BEST Munich malt is produced through a special germination process followed by a special kilning process which enhances the aroma and the color of the finished malt. Best Munich malt will reinforce color, mouth feel and malt forwardness in your finished beer.

  • 1/2 lbs Caramel Munich 60L; Briess

    Caramel Munich 60L; Briess

    Caramel, roasted, malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Caramel Munich 60L is a caramel malt that adds rich amber to red color. • Excellent in IPAs, Pale Ales, Oktoberfests and Porters. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.

  • 1/2 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

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

  • 1/2 lbs Torrified Wheat

    Torrified Wheat

    Helps head retention and mouthfeel, used in some pale ales.

  • 1/2 oz Perle - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 60 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

  • 1/2 oz Perle - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 20 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

  • 1/2 oz Vanguard - 5.2 AA% whole; boiled 2 min

    Vanguard

    Still being tested and looked at by micro & craft breweries.

  • Wyeast 2308 Munich Lager™

    Wyeast 2308 Munich Lager™

    A unique strain, capable of producing fine lagers. Very smooth, well-rounded and full-bodied. Benefits from temperature rise for diacetyl rest.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: D - Bière de Garde

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.067 1.060 - 1.080
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.016
Color: 12.8 SRM 6 - 19
Alcohol: 7.4% ABV 6% - 8.5%
Bitterness: 22.0 IBU 18 - 28

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