I'm planning on brewing the following from the Brew magazine website. It'll be my first high gravity batch. What is done differently when brewing the bigger beers vs. lower gravity ales? Also, they have a 1 pt. starter going into the batch. Does that mean a pint of wort and yeast or a pint of just the yeast slurry? Thanks!
Classic Belgian Tripel
Author Tess and Mark Szamatulski
Issue 2008
Online Date Wednesday, 31 December 1969
Classic Belgian Tripel
(5 gallons )
OG = 1.084 to 1.086
FG = 1.017 to 1.019
IBU = 25
Ingredients
4 oz. Belgian aromatic malt
3 oz. Belgian biscuit malt
8.5 lb. Muntons extra light dry malt extract (DME )
1.5 lb. Belgian clear candi sugar
7 AAU of Styrian Goldings bittering hops (60 min)
2.5 AAU Styrian Goldings flavor hops (15 min)
1 tsp. Irish moss (15 min)
1 AAU Czech Saaz aroma hops (2 min)
1 pt. starter of Belgian Strong Ale yeast (Wyeast 1388) or Abbey Ale yeast (White Labs WLP530)
1 cup corn sugar for priming
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I did a belgian about 2 months ago. I didnt really do anything different although im still pretty new to brewing.
Are you planning on making a starter for this batch? If not I would reccomend doubling or tripling the amount of yeat you use.
If I were to make another belgian strong I would probably go with 2 packs of dry yeast rehydrated before pitching, aerate the living hell out of the wort, and maybe add some yeast nutrient to it to make sure they get off to a good start.
Also, they have a 1 pt. starter going into the batch. Does that mean a pint of wort and yeast or a pint of just the yeast slurry?
A 1 pint starter is 1 pint of sterile wort, with gravity about 1.040, plus the contents of one White Labs vial (or Wyeast equivalent).
This is just enough to wake up yeast that has been refrigerated for awhile.
Because you're brewing at 1.080, you will need more yeast than that.
Check out the Mr Malty yeast pitching calculator and some of the other yeast starter threads on this site (there are lots and lots of them).
One thing I have read is pitch the yeast at a cooler temp - like 64 and then raise the temp during fermentation (although I think that will happen naturally).
Also - be ready for a blow off.
Also age MUCH longer I would assume. I'm brewing a Belgian Strong Pale Ale and I expect to be drinking in next winter! LOL
Make sure you have a strong starter.
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My next batch is going to be a Belgian Dark Strong Ale, similar to what you are brewing. As others have stated go with a larger starter... my OG should slightly higher and I plan on using a ~1L (prob a little less) starter and I my batch size is 2.5 gallon... good luck.
My first brew was a Belgian Trippel and from High Gravity and I pitched one smack pack into OG 1.088 started fermenting at 62* and raised it up to 72 over 10 days, racked it to secondary @ FG 1.016
I'm doing the exact same brew this week and will be using a 2L starter..
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My next batch is going to be a Belgian Dark Strong Ale, similar to what you are brewing. As others have stated go with a larger starter... my OG should slightly higher and I plan on using a ~1L (prob a little less) starter and I my batch size is 2.5 gallon... good luck.
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