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Honey Golden Strong

Honey Golden Strong

Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5.25 gal

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Good beer. Very stable in the bottle. Clover honey flavor dominates and is a bit cloying. Next time, I will use raspberry or orange flower honey.

April 14, 2012 am 11:47am

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Ingredients (All Grain5.25 gal)

  • 2.75 lbs Pale Ale Malt; Dingemans

    Pale Ale Malt; Dingemans

    Dingemans Pale Ale malt is fully modified and is easily converted by a single-temperature mash. This is the preferred malt for ales of all types. This malt is interchangeable with British pale ale malt.

  • 0.25 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • 10.75 lbs Pilsner Malt; Rahr

    Pilsner Malt; Rahr

    A principal ingredient of cask ales using heritage barleys.

  • .25 lbs Weyermann CaraFoam®; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraFoam®; Weyermann

    Pilsner, Lagerbier, alcohol-reduced Beer, Light Beer, Bock Beer

  • .0625 lbs Acidulated Malt; Weyermann®

    Acidulated Malt; Weyermann®

    German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Lowers mash, wort, and beer pH. Contains 1−2% lactic acid. Slightly smoky. Enhances enzymatic activity in mash and improves extract efficiency. Lightens color in pale brews. Enhances stability and extends shelf life of finished beer. Promotes well-rounded, complex beer flavor. Recommended Quantities: Up to 10% of total grain bill. Each 1% lowers mash pH by 0.1. Suitability (beer styles): Any ale or lager, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beers, wheat beers

  • 3 lbs Honey

    Honey

    Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.

  • .5 oz Tettnanger - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 15 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1.5 oz Willamette - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Willamette

    This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy

  • Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II™

    Wyeast 1762 Belgian Abbey II™

    High gravity yeast with distinct warming character from ethanol production. Slightly fruity with dry finish.

Notes

Fresh clover honey; unpasturaized added after 3 days fermentation.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.084 1.075 - 1.085
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 7.2 SRM 4.5 - 7
Alcohol: 9.4% ABV 7.5% - 9.5%
Bitterness: 29.3 IBU 20 - 40

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