Need opinions on tweaking a recipe. I am usually happy brewing my hop heavy IPAs, but decided to branch out. This will be about a 10.5 ABV belgian. Will probably sneak a few this year, but I imagine this might be a Christmas 2012 beer.
Thinking about a small dry hop and was looking for opinions. I frankly wish I had just upped the saaz in the first place, but it is gurgling away in my primary and I am trying to determine what to increase the hops slightly. Ideally I would like to use what I have on hand. That gives me the choice of Soriache Ace or Challenger. Any thoughts on dry hopping such a beer? Or any other spice/additive combinations I should consider? Maybe their are other profile changes rather than hops?
This recipe is a tweak on a Mad Elf clone I found:
69.4 % 12.00 Belgian Pils 58.8 4.3
5.8 % 1.00 Crystal 40L 4.2 8.0
11.6 % 2.00 German Munich 10.4 3.2
1.7 % 0.30 British Pale Chocolate 1.4 12.0
11.6 % 2.00 Honey 9.8 0.6
Hops:
50.0 % 1.00 Liberty Pellet 3.6 3.6 75 0.208 11.2
25.0 % 0.50 Saaz Pellet 3.4 1.7 75 0.208 5.3
25.0 % 0.50 Saaz Pellet 3.4 1.7 15 0.099 2.5
Used a starter of WYEAST 3787 and 1214
Other stuff to be in Secondary:
5lbs Cherries (2.5 sour / 2.5 bing)
Allspice
Considerations:
Vanilla
Cardamom
Coffee
Black Peppercorns
I know I am not interested in oak, but haven't really set on anything else.
Thinking about a small dry hop and was looking for opinions. I frankly wish I had just upped the saaz in the first place, but it is gurgling away in my primary and I am trying to determine what to increase the hops slightly. Ideally I would like to use what I have on hand. That gives me the choice of Soriache Ace or Challenger. Any thoughts on dry hopping such a beer? Or any other spice/additive combinations I should consider? Maybe their are other profile changes rather than hops?
This recipe is a tweak on a Mad Elf clone I found:
69.4 % 12.00 Belgian Pils 58.8 4.3
5.8 % 1.00 Crystal 40L 4.2 8.0
11.6 % 2.00 German Munich 10.4 3.2
1.7 % 0.30 British Pale Chocolate 1.4 12.0
11.6 % 2.00 Honey 9.8 0.6
Hops:
50.0 % 1.00 Liberty Pellet 3.6 3.6 75 0.208 11.2
25.0 % 0.50 Saaz Pellet 3.4 1.7 75 0.208 5.3
25.0 % 0.50 Saaz Pellet 3.4 1.7 15 0.099 2.5
Used a starter of WYEAST 3787 and 1214
Other stuff to be in Secondary:
5lbs Cherries (2.5 sour / 2.5 bing)
Allspice
Considerations:
Vanilla
Cardamom
Coffee
Black Peppercorns
I know I am not interested in oak, but haven't really set on anything else.