Holiday Honey Cherry Ale
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
A Beldian Strong Ale brewed with Honey and Cherries
December 20, 2013 pm 03:20pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 5 lbs
Pilsen 2RS Malt; Castle Malting
Pilsen 2RS Malt; Castle Malting
Features: The lightest coloured Belgian malt. Produced from the finest European two-row spring barley varieties: Henley, Tipple, Sebastian, Prestige, Thorgall. Kilned at up to 80- 85°C. Usage: All beer types. Can be used up to 100% or as part of the mixture. Characteristics: The lightest in colour and low in protein, this malt is well modified and can be easily mashed with a single-temperature infusion. Our Pilsen malt carries a strong, sweet malt flavour and contains enough enzymatic power to be used as base malt.
- 4 lbs
Melanoidin Malt; Weyermann®
Melanoidin Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: High degree of modification of both proteins and starches. Excellent friability. Low β- glucan values. Highly acidic. Highly malt-aromatic. Adds deep-amber to red-brown color, maltiness, body, and mouthfeel to finished beer. Promotes flavor stability. Recommended Quantities: Up to 20% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Dunkel, Bock, Doppelbock Ales: Amber, Dark, Scottish, Irish Red
- 2 lbs
Weyermann CaraRed®; Weyermann
Weyermann CaraRed®; Weyermann
Red Ale, Red Lager, Scottish Ale, Amber Wheat, Bock Beer, Brown Ale, Alt Beer
- 2 lbs
Belgian Candi Syrup; Dark Candi Inc.
Belgian Candi Syrup; Dark Candi Inc.
Candi syrup is a by-product of the candi sugar making process. Candi syrup has a more intense flavor and deeper color than rock candi sugar.
- 3 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 oz
East Kent Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
East Kent Goldings
Mild, slightly flowery.
- 1 oz
Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- 3 lb
Cherries (pureed) - (omitted from calculations)
Cherries (pureed)
Cherries are shiney red to purple, plumb shaped fruits. A distant relative of the plumb.
- 2 lb
Cherries (fresh) - (omitted from calculations)
Cherries (fresh)
Shiney red to purple plumb shaped fruit. A distant relative of the plumb. Strong distinctly sweet flavor.
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Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity™
Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity™
Robust top cropping yeast with phenolic character. Alcohol tolerance to 12%. Ideal for Biere de Garde. Ferments dry with rich ester profile and malty palate.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.084 | 1.075 - 1.110 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.024 | |
| Color: | 22.9 SRM | 12 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.2% ABV | 8% - 11% | |
| Bitterness: | 45.7 IBU | 20 - 35 |
