
Chimay Grand Reserve Clone
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • Extract • 5 gal
Chimay Blue Clone recipe
December 19, 2012 am 09:59am
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 1.5 lbs
Belgian Pale
Belgian Pale
Fully modified and is easily converted.
- .25 lbs
Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans
Special B - Caramel malt; Dingemans
The darkest of the Belgian crystal malts, Dingemans Special B will impart a heavy caramel taste and is often credited with the raisin-like flavors of some Belgian Abbey ales. Larger percentages (greater than 5%) will contribute a dark brown-black color and fuller body.
- .5 lbs
Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann
Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann
Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.
- .375 lbs
Aromatic Malt; Briess
Aromatic Malt; Briess
Golden rich color and a smooth malty flavor. Characteristics & Applications: • Munich-style malt that will contribute an intensely malty flavor and aroma. • Use in any beer style for additional maltiness. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .187 lbs
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Adds a nutty flavor, Brown Ales
- 8 lbs
Extra Pale; Morgans
Extra Pale; Morgans
For making very pale ales and lagers.
- 1.5 lbs
Candi Sugar Dark
Candi Sugar Dark
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.
- .875 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 1 oz
Brewers Gold - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Brewers Gold
Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor
- 0.50 oz
Hersbrucker - 2.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Hersbrucker
Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.
- .25 oz
Hersbrucker - 2.5 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Hersbrucker
Drier, spicier than Hallertauer. Most important aroma variety in Germany.
- 4 g
Grains of Paradise - (omitted from calculations)
Grains of Paradise
Pungent peppery flavor.
-
White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale
White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale
From one 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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.086 | 1.075 - 1.110 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.010 - 1.024 | ![]() |
Color: | 29.7 SRM | 12 - 22 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 9.7% ABV | 8% - 11% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 40.3 IBU | 20 - 35 | ![]() |