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HerbalJoe's Belgian Pale Ale

HerbalJoe's Belgian Pale Ale

Belgian Pale Ale • All Grain • 7 gal

Herbaljoe

Easy drinking Belgian Pale Ale with lots of soft malt character.

November 23, 2008 am 11:22am

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Ingredients (All Grain7 gal)

  • 11.5 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • .875 lbs Weyermann CaraMunich® III; Weyermann

    Weyermann CaraMunich® III; Weyermann

    Provides body. For Oktoberfest, bock, porter, stout, red, amber and brown ales.

  • .5 lbs Belgian Biscuit

    Belgian Biscuit

    Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.

  • 1.1 oz Goldings - 5.0 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

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

    Goldings

    Mild. Slightly flowery.

  • .5 oz Czech Saaz - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • 1 tsp Whirlfloc boiled 10 minutes. - (omitted from calculations)

    Whirlfloc boiled 10 minutes.

  • White Labs WLP510 Bastogne Belgian Ale Yeast

    White Labs WLP510 Bastogne Belgian Ale Yeast

    A high gravity, Trappist style ale yeast. Produces dry beer with slight acidic finish. More 'clean' fermentation character than WLP500 or WLP530. Not as spicy as WLP530 or WLP550. Excellent yeast for high gravity beers, Belgian ales, dubbels and trippels.

Notes

Mash at 152F. Ferment at 66F and raise to 72F at the end. **The yeast used was actually WLP515 Antwerp Ale.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale

Subcategory: B - Belgian Pale Ale

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.053 1.048 - 1.054
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.010 - 1.014
Color: 11.3 SRM 8 - 14
Alcohol: 5.4% ABV 4.8% - 5.5%
Bitterness: 21.6 IBU 20 - 30

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