
8-17-15
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
ardennes
September 26, 2015 pm 05:15pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 12 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
- .25 lbs
Caramel Vienna Malt; Malteries Franco-Belges
Caramel Vienna Malt; Malteries Franco-Belges
This malt strengthens the color and increases the mellowness of all beer styles while also providing a fine aroma and taste.
- .25 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- .12 lbs
Roasted Barley
Roasted Barley
Sweet, grainy, coffee flavor and a red to deep brown color. For porters and stouts.
- 1.5 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'.
-
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
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.082 | 1.075 - 1.110 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.016 | 1.010 - 1.024 | ![]() |
Color: | 15.4 SRM | 12 - 22 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 8.7% ABV | 8% - 11% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 35.1 IBU | 20 - 35 | ![]() |