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TRIPEL TAILTWISTER

TRIPEL TAILTWISTER

Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5 gal

marv1959

BASTARDBREW

June 4, 2007 pm 09:09pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 17 lbs English 2-row Pils

    English 2-row Pils

    Pilsner base malt.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

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

  • 1 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 lbs Torrified Wheat

    Torrified Wheat

    Helps head retention and mouthfeel, used in some pale ales.

  • 1 oz Amarillo® - 8.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Amarillo®

    Grown in Washington. A newer multi-use hop with a nice citrus-flower bouquet and medium-high acid content suited for bittering. Used in American Ales and IPAs.

  • 0.75 oz Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

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

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 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.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.101 1.075 - 1.085
Terminal Gravity: 1.015 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 7.9 SRM 4.5 - 7
Alcohol: 11.4% ABV 7.5% - 9.5%
Bitterness: 41.2 IBU 20 - 40

Discussion

marv1959

In secondary now

2007-07-04 2:36pm

Two weeks of primary. Racked on the 13th day. Little new activity in the secondary. Was 10.9% at transfer. I think it is almost done, will fine today and probably bottle Monday. It actually is all Czech Hops Bittering = Premiant Flavor = Sladek Aroma = Saaz I Typically brew this with Goldings, Hallertau & Saaz Since they were not beertools options, I used replacements with the same alpha acids in my recipe. This is a slight variation of a recipe I have brewed several times before and was pretty much on track when I tasted it at racking. It is always a popular beer and I am brewing it again because of the unrest of the natives since the last batch expired. I actually think this may be an improved hop bill from one which has many devotees among my friends. I am eagar get her in the bottle so I can commence the torture of anticipating the next month or so of maturation.

esimpson1

My spin on this...

2009-01-11 12:59pm

I'm making a similar variant of this today... It's in the brewmagic as we speak... Instead of the listed hops, I'm using Amarillo, Goldings and Spalt in similar IBU equivalents. I'll let y'all know how it turns out.

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