Girard Bière de Garde
Bière de Garde • Extract • 5 gal
Voilà! C'est la bière française. "garder: to keep, to care for, to reserve"
September 25, 2005 pm 01:22pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 2 lbs
Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann
Weyermann CaraMunich® I; Weyermann
Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.
- 1 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
- 7 lbs
Dry Light; Muntons
Dry Light; Muntons
Used as the base for a wide variety of styles of beers, including lager, pale ales, bitters, and export bitters. Contains no colored malts.
- .25 lbs
Dark Brown Sugar
Dark Brown Sugar
Imparts rich, sweet flavor. Use in Scottish ales, old ales and holiday beers.
- .8 oz
Northern Brewer - 7.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Northern Brewer
Used for bittering with strong flavors and very fragrant in steam beers, dark English ales, and German lagers. Aroma is medium-strong with evergreen and mint overtones.
- 1 oz
Spalt Spalter - 3.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min
Spalt Spalter
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- .5 oz
Czech Saaz - 4.0 AA% pellets; boiled 5 min
Czech Saaz
Very mild. 'Noble'.
-
White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale
White Labs WLP530 Abbey Ale
Used in two 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
Brew in Springtime. Prime with 1 cup DME Ferment at Ale temp. Lager 8 weeks. Age 3 months in champagne bottles at cellar temp (55F).
Style (BJCP)
Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale
Subcategory: D - Bière de Garde
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.085 | 1.060 - 1.080 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.017 | 1.008 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 18.9 SRM | 6 - 19 | |
| Alcohol: | 8.9% ABV | 6% - 8.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 20.0 IBU | 18 - 28 |
