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Chimay Grande Reserve Clone

Chimay Grande Reserve Clone

Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 5 gal

Johnny Max

BrewCrAzY Clone Recipe By: Johnny Max & Capt'n Ron www.BrewCrAzY.com

May 24, 2007 am 08:18am

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Ingredients (All Grain5 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

  • 6 lbs Belgian Caramunich

    Belgian Caramunich

    Caramel, full flavor, copper color. For Belgian ales, German smoked and bocks.

  • .125 lbs Belgian Chocolate Malt

    Belgian Chocolate Malt

    Adds a nutty flavor, Brown Ales

  • 1.5 lbs Candi Sugar Amber

    Candi Sugar Amber

    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 Magnum - 14.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Magnum

    Bred in 1980 at Germany’s Hüll Hop Research Center, this high-alpha variety is renowned for its exceptionally large, heavy cones. Hallertauer Magnum delivers excellent yields and, like many Hüll-developed hops, boasts a strong resistance to disease.

  • .5 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • .25 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 2 min

    Hallertauer Hersbrucker

    Mild to strong. 'Noble'.

  • .125 tsp Grains of Paradise 2 min boil - (omitted from calculations)

    Grains of Paradise 2 min boil

  • 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

BrewCrAzY Clone Recipe. Ferment at 67F. Brewin to the MAX! Johnny Max & Capt'n Ron www.BrewCrAzY.com The podcast for those of us who brew our own Damn BEER!

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.090 1.075 - 1.110
Terminal Gravity: 1.016 1.010 - 1.024
Color: 30.8 SRM 12 - 22
Alcohol: 9.8% ABV 8% - 11%
Bitterness: 30.5 IBU 20 - 35

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