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Belgian Tripel • Extract • 5 gal
A (hopefully) sweet Belgian style sipping ale with strong orange notes.
July 14, 2003 am 11:33am
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Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .375 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- 9.9 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 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.
- .5 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 oz
Centennial - 9.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Centennial
Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.
- 1 oz
Styrian Goldings - 4.7 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
- 1 oz
bitter orange peel - (omitted from calculations)
bitter orange peel
-
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™
Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™
Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.
Notes
Steeped biscuit malt in 1/2 gal water at 150 F for 20 minutes. Strained into kettle, sparged with additional 1/2 gal water. Added 1 tsp water crystals at beginning of boil and 1 tsp. Irish moss with 15 min left. Half of orange peel was added with 15 min left, the other half with 3 min left. The honey was orange blossom honey, and 1/2 lb is an approximation...
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.083 | 1.075 - 1.085 |  |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.016 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 8.8 SRM | 4.5 - 7 | |
| Alcohol: | 8.8% ABV | 7.5% - 9.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 28.8 IBU | 20 - 40 | |
Discussion
Aged notes
2008-03-20 10:04pm
The last bottle of this was poured in 2007, nearly four years after brewing. It was extraordinarily smooth! The hops were barely noticable as a balancing agent against the malt, honey and orange peel. My wife has dubbed this "the best beer I've ever brewed" even if it is somewhat of a strange brew!
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