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Spotted Tongue BBD Blond

Spotted Tongue BBD Blond

Belgian Blond Ale • All Grain • 5.5 gal

Stan

To be brewed on Big Brew Day, May 3rd, 2008.

April 17, 2008 am 10:48am

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Ingredients (All Grain5.5 gal)

  • 12 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 0.5 lbs White Wheat Malt

    White Wheat Malt

    Weizens. Improves head retention in all beers. Contributes spicy flavor. Protein rest required.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

    Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.

  • 1.5 lbs White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    White Table Sugar (Sucrose)

    Common household table/baking sugar. Lightens flavor and body of beer. Can contribute a cider-like flavor to the beer if not cold-fermented or used in large quantities.

  • 1.25 oz Hallertauer Tradition - 5.1 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Hallertauer Tradition

    Fine, 'Noble'.

  • 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

SS infusion mash at 150. Sugar added to boil. Total boil length of 90 minutes to reduce DMS. Ferment at mid-60's.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: A - Belgian Blond Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.066 1.062 - 1.075
Terminal Gravity: 1.011 1.008 - 1.018
Color: 6.5 SRM 4 - 7
Alcohol: 7.2% ABV 6% - 7.5%
Bitterness: 28.4 IBU 15 - 30

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