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Spotted Tongue Belgian Specialty

Spotted Tongue Belgian Specialty

Belgian Specialty Ale • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Stan

Sugar was actually belgian sugar cubes

May 8, 2004 pm 05:54pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 10 lbs American 2-row

    American 2-row

    Yields a slightly higher extract than Six Rox brewers Malt. Tends to give a smoother, less grainy flavored beer. Some brewers claim they can detect a significant difference in flavor. Lower protein and will yield a lower color than Six-Row Brewers Malt

  • 1 lbs Rye Malt

    Rye Malt

    Often used in German Ales and specialty beers

  • .5 lbs Belgian Munich

    Belgian Munich

    Used to increase malt aroma and body with slightly more color.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • .5 lbs Dextrine Malt

    Dextrine Malt

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

  • .5 lbs German Dark Munich

    German Dark Munich

    Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.

  • 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 oz Styrian Goldings - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • .5 oz Styrian Goldings - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 30 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • .5 oz Styrian Goldings - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • 1 oz grated fresh ginger - (omitted from calculations)

    grated fresh ginger

  • White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I

    White Labs WLP565 Belgian Saison I

    Classic Saison yeast from Wallonia. It produces earthy, peppery, and spicy notes. Slightly sweet. With high gravity saisons, brewers may wish to dry the beer with an alternate yeast added after 75% fermentation.

Notes

Single step infusion mash. Batch sparge. Rye malt was toasted.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: E - Belgian Specialty Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.057 1.026 - 1.120
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 0.995 - 1.035
Color: 8.2 SRM 1 - 50
Alcohol: 5.9% ABV 2.5% - 14.5%
Bitterness: 25.7 IBU 0 - 100

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