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Harvest Special

Harvest Special

Bière de Garde • Partial Mash • 5.25 gal

kappel

Very good. Banana & Apple flavors. Slightly spicy from Cascade dryhop. Can't wait to see how this one shapes up with 6 months in the bottle.

November 18, 2004 pm 10:12pm

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Ingredients (Partial Mash5.25 gal)

  • 7.5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 2.5 lbs Munich Malt

    Munich Malt

    Sweet, toasted flavor and aroma. For Oktoberfests and malty styles

  • .5 lbs Honey Malt

    Honey Malt

    Nutty honey flavor. For brown ales, Belgian wheats, bocks and many other styles.

  • .25 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

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

  • .25 lbs Belgian Special B

    Belgian Special B

  • 1.25 lbs Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Dry Extra Light; Muntons

    Contains no colored malts or unmalted products; the light color of this product is achieved by using low processing temperatures and low-colored raw materials.

  • .75 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.

  • .25 lbs Candi Sugar Dark

    Candi Sugar Dark

    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 oz Goldings - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 80 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • .75 oz Goldings - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • .25 oz Goldings - 5.5 AA% whole; boiled 45 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • .5 oz Cascade dry hop - (omitted from calculations)

    Cascade dry hop

  • White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale

    White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale

    From one of the six Trappist breweries remaining in the world, this yeast produces the distinctive fruitiness and plum characteristics. Excellent yeast for high gravity beers, Belgian ales, dubbels and trippels.

Notes

90 minute boil. Ferment at 78-60 degrees. Step mash: 120-20 min, 145 15 min, 151 60 min, 160 10 min. .5 oz corriander & .25 oz bitter orange peel at knock-out. .5# of pils malt sub. carapils.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: D - Bière de Garde

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.070 1.060 - 1.080
Terminal Gravity: 1.017 1.008 - 1.016
Color: 17.9 SRM 6 - 19
Alcohol: 7.0% ABV 6% - 8.5%
Bitterness: 33.8 IBU 18 - 28

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