All-Grain - Belgian Dark Strong (Gulden Draak Clone-ish)
Recipe Type: All Grain Yeast: Cultured Gulden Draak Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: WLP 530 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.4 Original Gravity: 1.099 Final Gravity: 1.023 IBU: 27.4 Boiling Time (Minutes): 90 Color: 24.3 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 21 - 65 Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): Till it's Ready - 60 Tasting Notes: It's tasty!
10 lbs 12.0 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 53.09%
5 lbs Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 24.69%
1 lbs Wheat Malt, Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 4.94 %
12.0 oz Caramel Malt - 60L (Briess) (60.0 SRM) Grain 3.7%
4.0 oz Aromatic Malt (Dingemans) (19.0 SRM) Grain 1.23%
4.0 oz Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 1.23%
4.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 1.23%
1 lbs 4.0 oz Sugar, Table (Sucrose) (1.0 SRM) Sugar 6.17%
12.0 oz Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 3.70 %
1 oz First Gold - First Wort Hops
1 oz Fuggles - 30 min
1 oz Fuggles - Dry Hop 7 days
75 minute mash @ 152
My Gulden Draak culture booted up in the starter flask but never activated in the wort, so after 8 days of no activity I kicked in a small starter of the abbey ale yeast.