Tripel Time
Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5 gal
Brew Bros
February 27, 2008 pm 12:21pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 5 gal)
- 6.5 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 3 lbs
White Wheat Malt
White Wheat Malt
Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.
- .75 lbs
Dextrine Malt
Dextrine Malt
In light-colored beers to give additional body. Adds richness without color.
- .75 lbs
German Light Munich
German Light Munich
For a desired malty, nutty flavor. Lagers, Oktoberfests and bock beer.
- .5 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- .25 lbs
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.
- 2 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
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- 1 oz
Sterling - 5.3 AA% pellets; boiled 70 min
Sterling
Perceived to be similar to a Saaz and Mt. Hood combination. Finding favor as a Saaz replacement.
- 1.3 oz
Dried Sweet Orange Peel - cut fresh - (omitted from calculations)
Dried Sweet Orange Peel - cut fresh
- 2 g
Paradise seeds - (omitted from calculations)
Paradise seeds
-
Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes™
Wyeast 3522 Belgian Ardennes™
One of many great beer yeasts to produce classic Belgian ales. Phenolics develop with increased fermentation temperatures, mild fuitiness and complex spicy character.
Notes
3787, 1762 or 1388 add 1/2 of spices at 10 min left in boil add other 1/2 at end of boil Mash at 152 add yeast nutrient Ferment at 75 deg....
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.083 | 1.075 - 1.085 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.013 | 1.008 - 1.014 | |
| Color: | 8.7 SRM | 4.5 - 7 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.2% ABV | 7.5% - 9.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 20.2 IBU | 20 - 40 |
