
Pete's Belgian Ale
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • Extract • 5 gal
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
Ingredients (Extract, 5 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 | |||
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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 | ![]() |