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Anyone brewed this Chimay Blue recipe before? I just brewed it yesterday and was curious if anyone here has made it in the past.

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Saccharomyces

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No, but OMG it sounds great!

Now you'll have that recipe stuck in my head. Thanks for posting it.

- Eric

The Blow Leprechaun

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I'd like to here how it comes out, my brother is a big fan of Chimay Blue, and if I can get him hooked on homebrewing, maybe he can help me defray costs!

Boerderij_Kabouter

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Age that thing in bottles for a year before even thinking about touching it. Trust me, you will be glad you did.

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The grain bill looks similar to the one posted in "Beer Captured".

But the hops are different.


The recipe, a clone of Chimay Grande Reserve from the Abbey of Notre Dame, came from Tess and Mark Szamatulski's Beer Captured.
Grain Bill

* 13.33 lb. Belgian 2-row
* 8 oz. Cara-Munich
* 6 oz. Belgian Aromatic
* 4 oz. Belgian Special B
* 2½ oz. British Chocolate
* 1½ lb. Dark Belgian Candi Sugar

Hop Bill

* ½ oz. Northern Brewer 7.5% AA whole leaf 90 minutes
* 0.4 oz. Centennial 9.3% AA whole leaf 90 minutes
* ½ oz. Hallertauer 4.0% AA whole leaf 15 minutes
* 1/8 tsp. Grains of Paradise 15 minutes
* ¼ oz. Hallertauer 4.0% AA whole leaf 2 minutes

Yeast

* 15 oz. Grand Cru slurry from Cambridge Brewing Company. Most likely White Labs WLP500

Results Summary

* Batch Size - 5 gallons
* O.G. 1.088
* S.G. 1.016 11 days
* F.G. 1.008 - seems a bit low
* Days in primary fermenter - 11
* Days in secondary fermenter - 2.5 months

Detailed Procedure

1. Mashed all grains at 149°F for 90 minutes.
2. Sparge took 1 hour with 170°F water to make 6 gallons for the boil

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chachi

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Yeah, I think someone reference that recipe in that thread. It is quite a bit darker than I anticipated, but I could not stop sticking my finger in the bucket during sparging. I am going to do a few weeks in the primary (last belgian I made fermented actively for 3 weeks) and then maybe throw it in a corny for a year or so.

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The Chimay Blue is on my short list of beers to brew.

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niquejim

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Your short list is what?............................................. ............30 brews

BierMuncher

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My kegs are all full so I gotta be particular. Two 5-gallon big brews coming up (999 Barley & this Chimay).

I'm picking up 2 more kegs next week so this will round me out at 20.

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