celtic_man81
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I am making a Belgian Strong Ale for Christmas, and I just wanted a few possible suggestions for ingredience. You can find my current layout here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/belgian-strong-ale-x-mas-special-80606/? (along with some explanations for my odd choice of grains).
To go into further detail, I shall explain here why I have chosen my grain bill as I have (but read the link given above first):
5 lb. Canadian 2-row: Is light, like CaraPils. Probably not as light, but still better than nothing.
.25 lb. Chocolate malt: Has the chocolaty-nutty flavour, when used in minute quantities, as Special "B" does.
.5 lb. British 2-row malt: Will give the "malty" tone of CaraMunich.
I will probably add some crystal malt (dark) to the mix as well, for some caramel flavour.
As for the spices, I wanted to have a spicy overtone to the brew, as I have found the great Belgian Ales I have had in the past seem to have this (probably from the yeast, but I wanted to pronounce it a bit more).
Thanks for any hints and suggestion you can give.
I am making a Belgian Strong Ale for Christmas, and I just wanted a few possible suggestions for ingredience. You can find my current layout here: https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f73/belgian-strong-ale-x-mas-special-80606/? (along with some explanations for my odd choice of grains).
To go into further detail, I shall explain here why I have chosen my grain bill as I have (but read the link given above first):
5 lb. Canadian 2-row: Is light, like CaraPils. Probably not as light, but still better than nothing.
.25 lb. Chocolate malt: Has the chocolaty-nutty flavour, when used in minute quantities, as Special "B" does.
.5 lb. British 2-row malt: Will give the "malty" tone of CaraMunich.
I will probably add some crystal malt (dark) to the mix as well, for some caramel flavour.
As for the spices, I wanted to have a spicy overtone to the brew, as I have found the great Belgian Ales I have had in the past seem to have this (probably from the yeast, but I wanted to pronounce it a bit more).
Thanks for any hints and suggestion you can give.