Chimay Grande Reserve Extract Clone
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • Extract • 5 gal
BrewCrAzY Clone Recipe By: Johnny Max & Capt'n Ron www.BrewCrAzY.com
May 24, 2007 pm 04:17pm
Ingredients (Extract, 5 gal)
- 8.5 lbs
Dry Amber Extract
Dry Amber Extract
Cream-colored and full-flavored; will produce amber colored beers such as pale ales, IPAs, and bitters. Made of pale and crystal malts.
- .25 lbs
Roasted; John Bull
Roasted; John Bull
Mocha flavor and aroma, roasted richness with a smoky bitter finish.
- 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
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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
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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: | 26.4 SRM | 12 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.9% ABV | 8% - 11% | |
| Bitterness: | 30.5 IBU | 20 - 35 |
