Darkest Before Dawn
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • All Grain • 10.75 gal
My attempt at a BDSA
February 2, 2009 pm 03:53pm
Ingredients (All Grain, 10.75 gal)
- 24 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 4.5 lbs
Belgian Munich
Belgian Munich
Used to increase malt aroma and body with slightly more color.
- .5 lbs
Weyermann Carafa® I; Weyermann
Weyermann Carafa® I; Weyermann
Gives deep aroma and color to dark beers, bocks, stout, alt and schwarzbier.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Special B
Belgian Special B
- 1 lbs
German Light Crystal
German Light Crystal
- .75 lbs
Corn Flaked (Maize)
Corn Flaked (Maize)
Generally a neutral flavor, used to reduce maltiness of beer. Produces beer with a milder, less malty flavor. Uses: Primarily for light Bohemian and Pilsner lagers.
- 2.5 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.
- 2 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 75 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- 1 oz
Hallertau - 4.0 AA% whole; boiled 30 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- .5 oz
Hallertau - 4.0 AA% whole; boiled 5 min
Hallertau
Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.
- 20 g
corriander (5 min boil) - (omitted from calculations)
corriander (5 min boil)
-
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.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.085 | 1.075 - 1.110 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.015 | 1.010 - 1.024 | |
| Color: | 19.5 SRM | 12 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 9.2% ABV | 8% - 11% | |
| Bitterness: | 23.0 IBU | 20 - 35 |
