This is one of my favorite beers, but at $25 a bottle if you can find it in Canada I'm thinking I could at least attempt a clone and see if I can't do something close. Here's the description:
This is described as a Belgian style ale brewed with Papaya and Mango and aged in Grand Marnier barrels. It’s ingredients include water, malts(pils, pale), brewing sugar, Citra and Simcoe hops, papaya, mango, and brettanomyces claussii yeast.
I'm an extract brewer, so here's my basic plan. Any advice on order, quantity would be appreciated!!!
for a 10 liter trial batch:
target is 11.4%,
2.5kg Light DME
0.4kg Amber candi sugar (late addition)
0.2kg Cane sugar (I'm assuming I would use this 4-5 days after initial fermentation)
Simcoe 14g 60 min
Citra 18g 20 min
Simcoe 20g 5 min
dried Mango 200g? (either added with pectic enzyme as wort cools, or in secondary?)
dried Papaya (same)
Belgian Strong Ale yeast
Brett Claus (in secondary)
-would this also need a champagne yeast?
Oak soaked in Grand Marnier (at same time as brett?)
by my calculations that should be
OG 1.110
FG 1.028
SRM 19
IBU 38
I am itching to try this one, and it's a pretty complex one, so a little over my head.
This is described as a Belgian style ale brewed with Papaya and Mango and aged in Grand Marnier barrels. It’s ingredients include water, malts(pils, pale), brewing sugar, Citra and Simcoe hops, papaya, mango, and brettanomyces claussii yeast.
I'm an extract brewer, so here's my basic plan. Any advice on order, quantity would be appreciated!!!
for a 10 liter trial batch:
target is 11.4%,
2.5kg Light DME
0.4kg Amber candi sugar (late addition)
0.2kg Cane sugar (I'm assuming I would use this 4-5 days after initial fermentation)
Simcoe 14g 60 min
Citra 18g 20 min
Simcoe 20g 5 min
dried Mango 200g? (either added with pectic enzyme as wort cools, or in secondary?)
dried Papaya (same)
Belgian Strong Ale yeast
Brett Claus (in secondary)
-would this also need a champagne yeast?
Oak soaked in Grand Marnier (at same time as brett?)
by my calculations that should be
OG 1.110
FG 1.028
SRM 19
IBU 38
I am itching to try this one, and it's a pretty complex one, so a little over my head.