
10-9-17
Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
secondary on 10-23
October 22, 2017 pm 06:53pm
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
- 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
Columbia - 7.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Columbia
A descendant of Fuggle and sister selection of Willamette. Subtle earth and mild fruit tones. Aroma characteristics are similar to Fuggle.—hopunion.com
- 1 oz
Saaz - 3.5 AA% whole; boiled 5 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
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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: | 1.072 | 1.070 - 1.095 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.009 | 1.005 - 1.016 | ![]() |
Color: | 4.9 SRM | 3 - 6 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 8.3% ABV | 7.5% - 10.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 32.3 IBU | 22 - 35 | ![]() |