
2-15-18
Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
brewed 2-15-18 bottled on3-16
February 22, 2018 pm 03:44pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 12 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- .25 lbs
Acidulated Malt; Weyermann®
Acidulated Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Lowers mash, wort, and beer pH. Contains 1−2% lactic acid. Slightly smoky. Enhances enzymatic activity in mash and improves extract efficiency. Lightens color in pale brews. Enhances stability and extends shelf life of finished beer. Promotes well-rounded, complex beer flavor. Recommended Quantities: Up to 10% of total grain bill. Each 1% lowers mash pH by 0.1. Suitability (beer styles): Any ale or lager, especially Pils/Pilsner/Pilsener, low-alcohol beers, wheat 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
Northern Brewer - 9.6 AA% whole; boiled 50 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 1 oz
Hallertau - 2.9 AA% whole; boiled 5 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
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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
Bottled 2-14
Style (BJCP)
Category: 25 - Strong Belgian Ale
Subcategory: C - Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.080 | 1.070 - 1.095 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 1.005 - 1.016 | ![]() |
Color: | 4.4 SRM | 3 - 6 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 9.3% ABV | 7.5% - 10.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 35.7 IBU | 22 - 35 | ![]() |