
9.19.18
Belgian Golden Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal
bottled on 10-30 blue cap
October 29, 2018 pm 01:30pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 10 lbs
Pilsen Malt; Briess
Pilsen Malt; Briess
Subtly sweet maltiness. Characteristics & Applications: • Can be used as a base malt. • More pronounced malty flavor than 2-Row Brewers Malt. • Use with 2-Row Brewers Malt for rich malt flavor and additional color. • Produced from AMBA/BMBRI recommended 2-Row Malting Barley varieties.
- .5 lbs
Pacific Northwest Wheat
Pacific Northwest Wheat
- .2 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
- 1.5 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 2 oz
Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 2.9 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Mild to strong. 'Noble'.
- .5 oz
Saaz - 4.2 AA% whole; boiled 25 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- .5 oz
Saaz - 4.2 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.
Notes
secondary on 9-28 bottled on 10-30
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: D - Belgian Golden Strong Ale
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.068 | 1.070 - 1.095 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.010 | 1.005 - 1.016 | ![]() |
Color: | 2.5 SRM | 3 - 6 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 7.6% ABV | 7.5% - 10.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 29.2 IBU | 22 - 35 | ![]() |