Partial - Belgian Brown Ale (attempted double)
Recipe Type: Partial Mash Yeast: WLP500 Trappist Ale Yeast Yeast Starter: None Batch Size (Gallons): 5 Original Gravity: 1.04 Final Gravity: 1.01 IBU: ~ 30 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 21 days @ ~72 deg F Additional Fermentation: none Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): none Tasting Notes: Very slight hint of raisins at the beginning. Finishes dry and hoppy.
Mini-mash grains & profile:
1.5 lbs. Pilsner
1.75 lbs Caramunich
0.5 lbs Flaked Maize
1 lbs Special B
Gluten Rest 135.0 F 30 min
Beta Rest Decoct 10% of mash and boil it
145.0 F for 30 min
Full Beta Rest Decoct 30% of mash and boil it
165.0 F for 30 min
Sparge. Add 6 lbs. pislner DME to wort and boil for 60 minutes.
add 1lb of caramlized table sugar @ 15min.
Hops:
1 oz Styrian Goldings (4.2) @ 60 mins
0.75 oz Hallertau (3.8) @ 30 mins
0.25 oz Hallertau (3.8) @ 5 mins
Additional spice:
1 oz Corriander Seeds @ 5 mins with the last hops.
Hops and spice stayed with the beer throughout fermentation and were filtered out at bottling.
Great initial taste but i think it finishes too dry and too hoppy. Maybe up the temperature of the middle part of the mash into the 150's. |
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Last edited by Enpitsu; 09-15-2010 at 07:05 PM.
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