
6-8-16
Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
bottled on 7-8
July 9, 2016 pm 06:10pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 13 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
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 1 oz
Willamette - 6.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
- 1 oz
Willamette - 6.5 AA% whole; boiled 20 min
Willamette
This hop is used for finishing and dry hopping American and British style ales. Aroma is mild and pleasant ans slightly spicy
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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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 25 - Strong Belgian Ale
Subcategory: C - Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.074 | 1.070 - 1.095 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 1.005 - 1.016 | ![]() |
Color: | 5.3 SRM | 3 - 6 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 8.5% ABV | 7.5% - 10.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 36.6 IBU | 22 - 35 | ![]() |
Discussion
quality
2016-08-14 1:11pm
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