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T-Boone's Big 'Ol Belgian Tripel

T-Boone's Big 'Ol Belgian Tripel

Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Big Red Head

Single Infusion Mash @ 148deg. for 60 min. 7 days in Primary, 5 weeks in Secondary for conditioning, bottle condition for 2 months.

June 25, 2012 am 11:41am

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 14 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 0.5 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.

  • 1.5 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

  • 0.25 lbs Oats Flaked

    Oats Flaked

    Belgian White Ale(wit), other specialty beers.

  • 1.5 oz Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Saaz

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

  • 1 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Hallertau

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

  • 1 tbsp Corriander crushed - (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander crushed

    Coriander is the seed of Coriandrum sativum, a plant in the parsley family. The seed is ground or crushed. Coriander has a mild, distinctive taste similar to a blend of lemon and sage.

  • 1 tsp Allspice - (omitted from calculations)

    Allspice

    A spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name.

  • Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™

    Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™

    Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.082 1.075 - 1.085
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 4.7 SRM 4.5 - 7
Alcohol: 9.4% ABV 7.5% - 9.5%
Bitterness: 50.8 IBU 20 - 40

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