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Blissful Belgan Ale

Blissful Belgan Ale

Belgian Dubbel • Extract • 5.5 gal

July 28, 2002 am 06:42am

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Ingredients (Extract5.5 gal)

  • .5 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

    Sweet, mild caramel flavor and a golden color. Use in light lagers and light ales.

  • .75 lbs Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.

  • .25 lbs Dextrine Malt

    Dextrine Malt

    In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.

  • 1.5 lbs Belgian Pale

    Belgian Pale

    Fully modified and is easily converted.

  • 5 lbs Liquid Light Extract

    Liquid Light Extract

    A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.

  • 3 lbs Premier Wheat Liquid

    Premier Wheat Liquid

    A true brewer's wheat offering a golden appearance with a mild clove aroma and creamy head.

  • 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.

  • .6 oz Northern Brewer - 9.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 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.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 3.9 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 3.9 AA% pellets; boiled 2 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 1 lb Irish Moss - (omitted from calculations)

    Irish Moss

  • White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale

    White Labs WLP400 Belgian Wit Ale

    Slightly phenolic and tart, this is the original yeast used to produce Wit in Belgium.

Notes

2 Tsp Gypsum Add Irish Moss tablet (Whirlfloc T) during last 15 minutes of boil Isenglas and divergan to secondary Prime with 1.0 cup of sugar

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: B - Belgian Dubbel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.072 1.062 - 1.075
Terminal Gravity: 1.014 1.008 - 1.018
Color: 12.6 SRM 10 - 17
Alcohol: 7.6% ABV 6% - 7.6%
Bitterness: 21.3 IBU 15 - 25

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