SWMBO Slayer - Belgian Blonde - Page 9

**BierMuncher** · 12-08-2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by profarm

well I just did this today, and my OG was 1.051-52. I am using a CPVC manifold and a 48qt cooler...We shall see.

Mind that fermenter closely. This recipe likes to blow off.

bdnoona · 12-29-2008, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by fivehoursfree

Ok, I did more research and realize that wheat extract is partially pale malt. ssoooo

MASH
1.0lb Belgian pale
1.5lb wheat (white wheat or red wheat?)
.5lb Crystal 10L
.5lb wheat flake
.25 lb caravienne
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add 5lb Wheat LME

1.00oz willamette @60min

Does this look like a reasonable conversion to partial mash? I'm hoping to brew this on Saturday but can't do AG yet.

fivehoursfree · 01-04-2009, 08:59 PM

Yea, I don't know. No one has commented on it yet. I'm doing a Belgian Wit right now, with the idea to use the yeast from that to do this one. I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and give it a shot. As I learn more, I realize that a smaller boil will lower the hop utilization, but I plan on compensating by not adding the extract until 15 minutes left in the boil. I don't know if it's exact, but it should increase the hop utilization enough.
Hopefully I will have time to mess around with the brewsmith before I start it.

fivehoursfree · 01-05-2009, 05:42 PM

Ok, so I messed with the brewsmith a little. According to a 3 gal boil, if you added 1.5 lb of extract at the beginning of the boil (the rest near the end, 15 min) 1oz of hops should be fine. I also calculated if you add all the extract at the beginning, you would need 1.5oz of hops to get in the same general area.( a little under 20ibu). Adding all the extract darkens the color a bit, but the late extract addition gets it right. So I will probably be doing the late extract addition.

jcarson83 · 01-19-2009, 08:04 PM

This turned out to be an excellent brew. I brewed it for SWMBOs back off the wagon present (pregnant) but I don't think it will make it. I guess I'll have to do another batch.

ninety3oc · 01-20-2009, 10:08 PM

im a noob to brewing but would this be a good beer as a base to a fruit beer.. maybe rack to secondary on top of fresh oranges or blueberries?

Santalab_2000 · 01-21-2009, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by fivehoursfree

Here are my calculations for a Partial Mash version. Maybe someone could run it through some brewing software to see if it matches up well enough to the original. Also, I do math better on paper, so this is up for edit an correction.

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2.25 lb Pale Malt Extract
3.00lb lb Wheat Malt extract

2.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row)
0.50 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 10L
0.50 lb Wheat, Flaked
0.25 lb Caravienne Malt

1.00 oz Williamette [5.50%] (60 min)
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I would follow the standard mash technique: 45min @ ~155F, sparge @ 170F.

Some notes: Austin homebrew does have wheat malt, so I put all the wheat as extract. They also don't have "pale" LME, they have "Extra Pale". I don't know if thats the same thing or not. Close enough?

How does this look?

I am putting together a partial mash recipe for this brew right now. Your recipe seems to have a lot of extract to me, cause I usually hit an OG of around 1.05* using ~4lb. of grain and 3.3lbs of DME for a 5.5gallon batch. I haven't made this yet, but here's my plan:

Maris Otter 2.2lb
Wheat malt 1.5lb
Crystal malt 0.4lb
Wheat DME 3.3lb (which is 60%wheat and 40%barley)
Same yeast and hops as above

I'd suggest to add some of the wheat malt for balance instead of relying on extract 100%. Wheat malt is pretty common so unless there's a shortage of some sort, I'd just order it from somewhere else. Also, I'd throw in 0.25lb of caravienna malt and some flaked wheat (maybe 0.25lb) into the mash. I just can't get those last two items where I live.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted on what you decide to do and how your beer turns out!

fivehoursfree · 01-22-2009, 01:46 AM

yea, I didn't know what I was talking about when I put that together......

**auto** · 01-22-2009, 12:39 PM

Brewed this last weekend, still fermenting like crazy, lucky for that blowoff tube. Can't wait on this one.

**profarm** · 01-23-2009, 05:47 PM

I did this back at the end Nov. and it's been on the gas for about 3 weeks, I tasted the other day and it tastes like the yeast smells...I can't drink it, it has a very phenolic taste.