Insane Belgian Style Elderberry Dunkelweizen
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • Extract • 5 gal
This is a bit of a "frankenbeer" that I pulled out of my ass.
January 9, 2006 pm 01:20pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- .50 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- .25 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- 9 lbs
Liquid Wheat Extract
Liquid Wheat Extract
Made with a preponderance of wheat malt (55%) for the production of wheat or Weiss beers. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- 3 lbs
Liquid Dark Extract
Liquid Dark Extract
Used predominantly in the production of dark beers such as milds, browns, porters, and stouts.
- 1 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- .25 lbs
Torrified Wheat
Torrified Wheat
Helps head retention and mouthfeel, used in some pale ales.
- 1 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- 1 oz
Saaz - 5.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Saaz
Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.
- .50 oz
Perle - 8.2 AA% whole; boiled 1 min
Perle
Used mainly for its minty bittering and good green hop aromas in all non-pilsener lagersand wheats. Aroma is pleasant and slightly spicy
- 3 oz
Elderberries - (omitted from calculations)
Elderberries
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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
The Saaz & Perle hops used in this batch, I let go stale on perpose. For some strange reason, it took about a week for the yeast to get going. This turned out to be a very strange but delicious tasting beer.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.098 | 1.075 - 1.110 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.005 | 1.010 - 1.024 | |
| Color: | 20.0 SRM | 12 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 12.3% ABV | 8% - 11% | |
| Bitterness: | 12.8 IBU | 20 - 35 |
Discussion
Terminal gravity
2006-03-27 2:33am
I got it down to 1.005 so it's a bit stronger.
