Mikes Belgian strong dark

**Jaybird** · 09-25-2007, 07:24 AM

I got this recipe out of Zymurgy some time back it was all about Belgian beers. Well the guy that came up with it (Mike Heniff) has I guess like 35 medals for brewing belgian beers (I am sure more now) anyway this is it I will DBBL the recipe this is for 5 gal and I dont know the Eff rate of his system so I am going to assume 75% that seems about average I would like some help or input PLEASE as I have never brewed a Belgian
12.5 #Pilsner
2.25# Vienna
1#Munich
1# CaraMunich
1# belgian candi sugar
0.75#carapils
0.1 OZ of either Carafa ll or chocolate
1.3 OZ pellet Hallertauer Tradition hops 7.1% aau 60min
0.5 OZ pellet Hallertaure Hershbrucker hops 4.4% aau 10 min
0.5 oz "" "" "" "" " " 3 min
he claims 1.095 OG
and with 1/2 gallon slurry of either WL WPL550 or Wyeast 1388 ferment @68 for 10 days FG will be 1.020
IBU of 40

I will use Belgian dark Syrup instead of the sugar and add just a touch of the candi sugar to make up for the small loss of fermentiables in the syrup
any thoughts???
JJ

ScubaSteve · 09-25-2007, 07:41 AM

18.6 lbs of malt? If you halve that...it seems kinda low in malt for a belgian, doesn't it?

**Jaybird** · 09-25-2007, 07:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ScubaSteve

18.6 lbs of malt? If you halve that...it seems kinda low in malt for a belgian, doesn't it?

Not Half DOUBLE 37.2# for a 10 gal batch
JJ

ScubaSteve · 09-25-2007, 08:06 AM

OH SNAP! Carry on!

**Jaybird** · 06-13-2008, 08:53 PM

There are a few Belgian recipes going around. I am going to revisit this thread. I never did brew this. wasent able to get enough info, I am wondering about the hops and where to get them. I wasent able to find those two diferent types of hallertauer. any suggestions.
Cheers
JJ