Belgian Golden Strong Ale is too sweet

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maxoldo

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Please help me with this little problem...
Here is the export from BeerSmith:
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
10.00 lb Pilsner Liquid Extract (3.5 SRM) Extract 66.7 %
1.00 lb Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 6.7 %
1.00 lb Biscuit Malt (23.0 SRM) Grain 6.7 %
2.00 oz Cascade [5.50%] (60 min) Hops 26.7 IBU
1.00 oz Williamette [5.50%] (15 min) Hops 6.6 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min) Misc
3.00 lb Invert Sugar (0.0 SRM) Sugar 20.0 %
1 Pkgs Trappist High Gravity (Wyeast Labs #3787) Yeast Wheat
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After 10 days in primary it's too bitter and too sweet. Bitterness might subside a little after bottle conditioning but not sure about sweetness… Too extreme for my taste.
 
But my FG is already at 1.012 I would imagine it can get down to 1.010 maybe. OG was around 1.090
 
You're also tasting an EXTREMELY young 1090 high alcohol content belgian ale. These beers get better with time. Give it a few months to a year in the bottles. Then taste it. Hell, give it a few years! You will be much happier with the result

Cheers!
 
My BGSAs always drop to 1.003 and below - Im sure yours will as well. I suggest increase temperature by 2*F / day untill you reach 82*F. This will help dry it out. Ive had one drop to just below 1.000.
 
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