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Chris Biere de Garde

Chris Biere de Garde

Bière de Garde • Extract • 11 gal

cmilmerstadt

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

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Ingredients (Extract11 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

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