mac1jw

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Looking for good reading material for brewing belgians, dubbels and bigger beers. I've read "Brew like a Monk" and while it was good general/historical reading, I was hoping for more.

Any suggestions?

thanks in advance,
dave

z987k

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Designing Great Beers - Ray Daniels

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mac1jw

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Have it...he doesn't cover belgians

Denny

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I've never found anything better than BLAM. What kind of info are you looking for?

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http://www.experimentalbrew.com - the website for the book

ghpeel

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I second this.

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jsullivan02130

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Check out Michael Jackson's Beer Companion. (Yeah, the other MJ.) An underrated book and a terrific one for understanding beer styles.

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mac1jw

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I'm trying to get a handle on the brewing process as it pertains to belgian dubbels. I get the lower mash temps, big starters, longer primary, long conditioning part of the process. I'm a little fuzzy on the bottle conditioning with additional yeast and sugar.

z987k

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That's simple. Belgians have a higher volume of co2 in solution, so naturally you would need a bit more sugar to achieve this.

I would recommend reading How to Brew - By John Palmer - Priming Solutions

A dubbel usually has 2.3-2.9 Lco2/L beer.

Additional yeast usually is not necessary, depending on the amount of time it's been since fermentation has finished.

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RunBikeBrew

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Jamil's "Brewing Classic Styles" has recipes for all the Belgian styles, including comments on how to get them right.