Chris Biere de Garde
Bière de Garde • Extract • 11 gal
Added (last 15 minutes): dried tangerine skin (1 tangerine), 1 1/4 inch of vanilla bean, 1/4 tsp anise (crushed), two small cubes of fresh ginger root (3/8 inch x 3/8 inch each).
May 4, 2009 pm 09:48pm
Ingredients (Extract, 11 gal)
- 1.5 lbs
Belgian Pils
Belgian Pils
Pilsner style malted barley grain.
- 1.5 lbs
German Dark Munich
German Dark Munich
Enhances body and aroma. Stout, schwarzbier, brown ale, dark and amber ales.
- .75 lbs
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian Caravienne
Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.
- 0.07 lbs
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Belgian Chocolate Malt
Adds a nutty flavor, Brown Ales
- 0.13 lbs
Belgian Black Roast
Belgian Black Roast
Adds a heavy roast flavor and dark color.
- 1 lbs
Belgian Aromatic
Belgian Aromatic
Imparts a big malt aroma. Use in brown ales, Belgian dubbels and tripels.
- 5 lbs
Dry Light Extract
Dry Light Extract
White color, mild flavor. Will produce lagers and Pilseners and can also be used to produce darker beers when used in conjunction with colored malts. Made of pale malt.
- 10 lbs
Liquid Light Extract
Liquid Light Extract
A brewer can create any beer style with this extract when used as a base in conjunction with colored malts and selected hops. Contains no colored malts or hops.
- .75 lbs
Candi Sugar Amber
Candi Sugar Amber
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.
- .75 lbs
Honey
Honey
Imparts sweet and dry taste. For honey and brown ales. Also: specialty ales.
- .5 lbs
Malto Dextrin
Malto Dextrin
Adds body and mouthfeel. For all extract beers. Does not ferment.
- 2 oz
Brewers Gold - 9.4 AA% whole; boiled 90 min
Brewers Gold
Sibling of and similar to Bullion only maturing earlier and more disease resistant. English/wild Canadian cross. Pungent English character. very poor
- 1 oz
Centennial - 8.0 AA% whole; boiled 15 min
Centennial
Aromatic but acceptable for bittering. Medium aroma with floral and citrus tones. Good in medium to dark ales.
- .25 oz
Fuggle - 4.8 AA% whole; boiled 90 min
Fuggle
Mild. Mainly used for finishing and dry hopping especially pale ales, porters, and stouts. Aroma is mild and pleasant, spicy, and soft.
- .25 oz
Tangerine peel - dried - (omitted from calculations)
Tangerine peel - dried
- .25 tsp
Anise seed - crushed - (omitted from calculations)
Anise seed - crushed
- .1 oz
Vanilla bean - (omitted from calculations)
Vanilla bean
- .1 oz
Ginger root - (omitted from calculations)
Ginger root
- 12 oz
Carmelized Agave Nectar (instead of Honey) - (omitted from calculations)
Carmelized Agave Nectar (instead of Honey)
-
Wyeast 1338 European Ale™
Wyeast 1338 European Ale™
From Wissenschaftliche in Munich. Full-bodied complex strain finishing very malty. Produces a dense, rocky head during fermentation.
Notes
Tangerine peel - dried Anise seed - crushed Vanilla bean Ginger root Wyeast 1338 Earopean Ale yeast Wyeast 3725 Biere de Garde yeast
Style (BJCP)
Category: 16 - Belgian and French Ale
Subcategory: D - Bière de Garde
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.070 | 1.060 - 1.080 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.014 | 1.008 - 1.016 | |
| Color: | 15.6 SRM | 6 - 19 | |
| Alcohol: | 7.3% ABV | 6% - 8.5% | |
| Bitterness: | 24.5 IBU | 18 - 28 |
