Chimay Blue Ale

**insco2** · 12-10-2005, 07:01 AM

does anyone have a recipe for Chimay blue Ale out there?

drengel · 12-10-2005, 04:50 PM

http://www.beertools.com/html/recipe.php?view=4159

sounds pretty good but the layout on the page is confusing. i'd try to reculture some yeast from a bottle of it.

heres another one but you have to unzip it
http://hbd.org/cbm/prom.html

**insco2** · 12-11-2005, 10:18 PM

i cannot get my cp to unzip properly thanks for the reply though

**Beermaker** · 12-11-2005, 10:41 PM

Chimay Red

10 gallon all grain batch

20 Pounds Maris Otter 2 row Pale Malt

8 oz Aromatic Malt

16 oz Cara-Munich Malt

2 oz Chocolate Malt

Mash @ 150 for 90 minutes

Bring to a boil

3 lbs Candi Sugar

11 HBU Tettnanger hops

Boil for 45 min

1/2 oz Styrian Goldings

1/2 oz Hallertau

2 tsp Irish Moss

boil for 15 min

Let cool/ crash cool for 15 min. Strain hops, top to 10 gal in the fermenter, pitch yeast (reconstitute yeast from a Chimay bottle or Wyeast 1214). Primary fermentation is 5-7 days, rack to secondary and let sit for 5-7 days. Bottle with:

Pre-measured Priming Sugar

Age to taste.

OG 1.068-1.071

FG 1.012-1.015

7.1% ABV

Enjoy