
8-1-15
Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
ardennes
August 17, 2015 pm 12:50pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 11.5 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
- 1 lbs
Carapils®/Carafoam®; Weyermann®
Carapils®/Carafoam®; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Same color rating and brewing characteristics as regular Weyermann Pilsner Malt, except for enhanced foam production, head retention, and fuller body and mouthfeel. Recommended Quantities: Up to 5% of total grain bill for pale/blond beers; up to 40% for Bockbier Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, all pale to golden lagers, low-alcohol beer, “light“ beer, Bockbier
- 1 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 1 oz
Mt. Hood - 6.8 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Mt. Hood
Used mainly for aroma and flavor in American and German style ales and lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant, light, and clean.
- 1 oz
Czech Saaz - 3.4 AA% whole; boiled 30 min
Czech Saaz
Very mild. 'Noble'.
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Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes™
Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes™
One of many great beer yeasts to produce classic Belgian ales. Phenolics develop with increased fermentation temperatures, mild fuitiness and complex spicy character.
Notes
mash@150 for 90 mins add amylase in secondary(@1.014 add amylase in secondary(@1.014) )
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: D - Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.072 | 1.070 - 1.095 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 1.005 - 1.016 | ![]() |
Color: | 6.5 SRM | 3 - 6 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 8.4% ABV | 7.5% - 10.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 36.2 IBU | 22 - 35 | ![]() |