Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP500
Yeast Starter: no
Additional Yeast or Yeast Starter: no
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.070
Final Gravity: 1.018
IBU: 65.9
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 19.1
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 60 days @ 68º
Additional Fermentation: 60 days in bottle
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): no
Tasting Notes: Nice simple, Trappist style. HG without harshness. Fruity, Clovey but well-balanced.

I created this recipe with hopes of an easy, well-balanced Belgian/Trappist style ale that was strong enough to let you know it, but smooth enough to allow you to drink quite a few if desired.... mission accomplished.

I wish I had one in front of me now so I could provide better tasting notes, but I can tell you that it was very well received and I am truly proud of the outcome. It was exactly as I had hoped. A complex taste from a bare-bones recipe (with nice round numbers too!).


Bulletproof Monk
16-E Belgian Specialty Ale
Author: Rumshpringa Brewing

Size: 5.0 gal
Original Gravity: 1.070
Terminal Gravity: 1.018
Color: 19.1
Alcohol: 6.97%
Bitterness: 65.9

Ingredients:
1 lb Belgian Caravienne (steep @ 160º for 20 minutes)
7 lb Pale Liquid
2 lb Candi Sugar Amber
2 oz Hallertau Tradition (6.0%) - 60 min
1 oz East Kent Goldings (5.0%) - 20 min
1 oz Saaz (5.0%) - 20 min
1 tsp Irish Moss - 5 min
1 ea White Labs WLP500 Trappist Ale

2 months in Primary, then 2 months in bottle. But the longer you can wait – the better!

(I actually forgot the Irish Moss & Orange Peel on this batch, and can't say it mattered much. Next time I plan to add a bit of Bitter Orange Peel and maybe a tad of corriander, but it's certainly not necessary)