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Pete's Belgian Ale

Pete's Belgian Ale

Belgian Dark Strong Ale • Extract • 5 gal

peter

This was one of the first recipes I made up in 1999. It's a strong ale, sweet and spicy.

December 4, 2002 am 07:49am

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Ingredients (Extract5 gal)

  • .25 lbs Crystal Malt 40°L

    Crystal Malt 40°L

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

  • .25 lbs American Chocolate Malt

    American Chocolate Malt

    Use in all types to adjust color and add nutty, toasted flavor. Chocolate flavor.

  • 9 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.

  • 1 lbs Candi Sugar Amber

    Candi Sugar Amber

    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 oz Styrian Goldings - 6.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • .5 oz Hallertau - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • .5 oz Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min

    Saaz

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

  • 1 oz bitter orange peel - (omitted from calculations)

    bitter orange peel

  • .5 oz CORIANDER SEED - (omitted from calculations)

    CORIANDER SEED

  • 1 tbsp BLACK PEPPERCORNS - (omitted from calculations)

    BLACK PEPPERCORNS

  • Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™

    Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™

    Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.074 1.075 - 1.110
Terminal Gravity: 1.016 1.010 - 1.024
Color: 19.0 SRM 12 - 22
Alcohol: 7.6% ABV 8% - 11%
Bitterness: 31.8 IBU 20 - 35

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