Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP500
Yeast Starter: 2L
Batch Size (Gallons): 5
Original Gravity: 1.113
Final Gravity: 1.024
IBU: 32.9
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 8.2
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 10 @ 74f, 7 @ 68f
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 21 @ 68f
Tasting Notes: yum

Grain
7.00 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) Bel (3.0 SRM) Grain 35.44 %
7.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 35.44 %
2.00 lb Vienna Malt (3.5 SRM) Grain 10.13 %
1.00 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 5.06 %
0.50 lb Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.53 %
0.25 lb Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 1.27 %

Hops
60 min 1.00 oz Czech Premiant BYOB [8.00 %] (60 min) Hops
25 min 1.00 oz Czech Premiant BYOB [8.00 %] (25 min) Hops
5 min 1.00 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40 %] (5 min) Hops

Misc
2.00 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar
1.00 items Servomyces (Boil 5.0 min) Misc
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 5.0 min)

Water
Antwerp Water Profile

Mash
23qt of water @ 162.1f to reach a mash temp of 151f for 60 minutes. Sparge to reach preboil volume of 6 gal.
Carbonate to 2.8 vol

1/18/09 - Brewed
1/20/09 - Dumped trub, took a gravity reading, 1.060, candied banana, clovey, sweet, rich, very nice
1/22/09 - Took out a sample, 1.044, more complex, candied banana, fermentation seems to have slowed significantly
1/26/09 - Took out a sample, 1.032, a little burn, awesome flavor production, less banana esters
2/2/09 - Took a sample before racking to keg. 1.024, right on target. A little hot, awesome flavor, good ester characters
2/19/09 - Filetered w/1micron filter, started carbonating, 30psi @ 38f
2/20/09 - Relieved pressure before bed, set it at 14psi for remainder of carbing
2/21/09 - Tasting notes as follows



Appearance: Small offwhite head, some carbonation, little lacing and small ring around the glass for head retention. Need to leave it in the keg for a few more days to get carb up a little.

Aroma: Faint sweet malty flavors, toffee, caramel, sweet breadyness like a bread pudding or something. Some candied banana esters.

Flavor: Rich but balanced malty sweetness, more toffee and caramel, some candied banana and other fruity esters.

Mouthfeel: A little sweet but not cloying or overpowering, pretty well balanced, a little hot. Will probably improve as carbonation level improves.


Some backstory: I was planning on brewing a 7.5g batch after buying a 14.5g conical, got both the ingredients and conical at the same time. Got home, found out the conical doesn't fit in my fermeezer, returned it and exchanged it for a 7g conical, had to adjust batch down. This combined with ~82% efficiency combined to produce an 11.8% tripel. I'm very happy with how this came out, I think it will age very well.