Booby Trapp-ist
Belgian Dark Strong Ale • Partial Mash • 5.5 gal
Wife convinced me not to do a stout, brother in law suggested a trappist style, here's what I came up with.
April 27, 2010 am 12:18am
Ingredients (Partial Mash, 5.5 gal)
- 1 lbs
Belgian Pale
Belgian Pale
Fully modified and is easily converted.
- 3 lbs
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
Munich TYPE I; Weyermann®
German-grown two-row spring barley (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Imparts strongly malty notes to finished beer. Intended mainly for dark ales and lagers. Recommended Quantities: Up to 100% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Lagers: Oktoberfestbier, Märzen, Bockbier, Dunkel Ales: Dark, Stout
- 1 lbs
Diastatic Wheat Malt; Weyermann®
Diastatic Wheat Malt; Weyermann®
German-grown top-quality wheat (2004 harvest). Product Characteristics: Ideal addition to pale or dark wheat beers, whenever extra diastatic power is needed in the mash. Can be used to replace “regular” pale wheat malt. Recommended Quantities: Up to 50% of total grain bill Suitability (beer styles): Ales: Dunkelweizen, Weizenbock, Weizendopplebock, pub wheat ales, light or low-alcohol beers
- .5 lbs
Belgian Biscuit
Belgian Biscuit
Warm baked biscuit flavor and aroma. Increases body. Use in Belgian beers.
- 6.6 lbs
Unhopped Plain Light; Coopers
Unhopped Plain Light; Coopers
- 2 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.
- 1 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.
- 1 lbs
Invert Sugar
Invert Sugar
Increases alcohol. Use in some Belgian or English ales. Made from sucrose & is 5-10% less fermentable than sucrose. Does not contain dextrins.
- 2 oz
Tettnanger - 4.5 AA% pellets; boiled 60 min
Tettnanger
Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.
- 1 oz
Styrian Goldings - 7.0 AA% pellets; boiled 1 min
Styrian Goldings
Mild, pleasant.
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Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity™
Wyeast 3787 Trappist High Gravity™
Robust top cropping yeast with phenolic character. Alcohol tolerance to 12%. Ideal for Biere de Garde. Ferments dry with rich ester profile and malty palate.
Notes
Add some sugar to the wort and some incrementally to primary per yeast instructions.
Style (BJCP)
Category: 18 - Belgian Strong Ale
Subcategory: E - Belgian Dark Strong Ale
| Range for this Style | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Original Gravity: | 1.102 | 1.075 - 1.110 | |
| Terminal Gravity: | 1.017 | 1.010 - 1.024 | |
| Color: | 15.9 SRM | 12 - 22 | |
| Alcohol: | 11.2% ABV | 8% - 11% | |
| Bitterness: | 25.0 IBU | 20 - 35 |
