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Nick's Tripel

Nick's Tripel

Belgian Tripel • All Grain • 5 gal

nrlightfoot

I brewed this batch on Halloween 2009, and it is still aging at the moment but from initial samples I think it will turn out well. I mashed at 152 degrees for 1 hour. My OG was 1.081, and FG is 1.011, and it had reached 1.012 after only 3 days. I'll post a review after I try it in a month or 2.

December 12, 2009 pm 09:34pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 10.00 lbs Belgian Pils

    Belgian Pils

    Pilsner style malted barley grain.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Aromatic

    Belgian Aromatic

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

  • 0.25 lbs Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian Caravienne

    Belgian light crystal malt. Used in lighter Abbey or Trappist style ales.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 0.75 lbs Belgian Wheat Malt

    Belgian Wheat Malt

    Malted wheat for use in Wheat beers.

  • 1.75 lbs Candi Sugar Clear

    Candi Sugar Clear

    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.

  • 1.25 oz Styrian Goldings - 4.8 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min

    Styrian Goldings

    Mild, pleasant.

  • .5 oz Hallertau - 3.7 AA% pellets; boiled 15 min

    Hallertau

    Good for all around bittering and finishing stock ales, Belgian ales, and continental style lagers. Aroma is mild, pleasant and flowery.

  • 0.50 oz Czech Saaz - 3.9 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min

    Czech Saaz

    Very mild. 'Noble'.

  • Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™

    Wyeast 1214 Belgian Abbey™

    Abbey-style top-fermenting yeast, suitable for high-gravity beers. Estery.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: C - Belgian Tripel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.081 1.075 - 1.085
Terminal Gravity: 1.012 1.008 - 1.014
Color: 8.5 SRM 4.5 - 7
Alcohol: 9.0% ABV 7.5% - 9.5%
Bitterness: 30.0 IBU 20 - 40

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