
Spotted Tongue Tripel A
Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5.5 gal
June 27, 2002 pm 07:42pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5.5 gal)
- 8 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 4 lbs
German 2-row Pils
German 2-row Pils
- 1/2 lbs
Dextrine Malt
Dextrine Malt
In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.
- 1/2 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- 1 lbs
Corn Sugar
Corn Sugar
Use in priming beer or in extract recipes where flaked maize would be used in a mash.
- 1 lbs
Candi Sugar Clear
Candi Sugar Clear
Smooth taste, good head retention, sweet aroma and high gravity without being apparent. Use in Belgian and holiday ales. Use clear for tripels, amber for dubbels, and dark is used in brown beer and strong golden ales.
- 1 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 oz
Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
- 1/4 oz
Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
- 1 oz
Orange Peel - (omitted from calculations)
Orange Peel
- 1/2 oz
Coriander - (omitted from calculations)
Coriander
-
White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale
White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale
From one of the six Trappist breweries remaining in the world, this yeast produces the distinctive fruitiness and plum characteristics. Excellent yeast for high gravity beers, Belgian ales, dubbels and trippels.
Notes
Single step infusion mash at 153-155 to encourage malty, slightly sweet finish. Use orange blossom honey to enhance spicy, orange aroma. Ferment on warm side, 68-72 degrees, to encourage ester production. Try 10 days in primary, 10 days in secondary.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel
Range for this Style | |||
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Original Gravity: | 1.080 | 1.075 - 1.085 | ![]() |
Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.008 - 1.014 | ![]() |
Color: | 6.4 SRM | 4.5 - 7 | ![]() |
Alcohol: | 8.6% ABV | 7.5% - 9.5% | ![]() |
Bitterness: | 26.8 IBU | 20 - 40 | ![]() |