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Sluggish Synaps

Sluggish Synaps

Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5 gal

marv1959

Awesome batch! Tasted so good at bottling that I started hitting it after one week in the bottle. I already have two more batches going.

August 18, 2005 pm 10:39pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 8 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 8 lbs German 2-row Pils

    German 2-row Pils

  • 1 lbs Belgian Wheat Malt

    Belgian Wheat Malt

    Malted wheat for use in Wheat beers.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 1.4 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.

  • 1.5 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Czech Saaz - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 5 g ground cardamom - (omitted from calculations)

    ground cardamom

  • White Labs WLP550 Belgian Ale

    White Labs WLP550 Belgian Ale

    Saisons, Belgian Ales, Belgian Reds, Belgian Browns, and White beers are just a few of the classic Belgian beer styles that can be created with this yeast strain. Phenolic and spicy flavors dominate the profile, with less fruitiness then WLP500.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.104 1.075 - 1.085
Terminal Gravity: 1.016 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 7.5 SRM 4.5 - 7
Alcohol: 11.7% ABV 7.5% - 9.5%
Bitterness: 34.9 IBU 20 - 40

Discussion

marv1959

Update

2009-08-17 6:49pm

One of my favorites. Have brewed this recipe several times now

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