i took a trip to Brooklyn Brewery and fell in love with their Local 2. sent them an email with my guess at their recipe. didn't hear from them for a while. yesterday one of their asst brewmasters got back to me. i plugged his changes into beersmith, and beersmith tells me that its way too dark for the style. also they use "100% bottle refermentation", which I'm not going to attempt. that's where their extra 1% abv comes from. here's the recipe if anyone wants to try it. i am doing my first all grain this weekend, and am a little leery of doing a strong Belgian for my first.
9lbs 2 row German Pils
2 oz Choc Malt
.25 oz perle hops @ 60 min
.25 oz Perle hops @ 45 min
.25 oz Perle hops a@ 30 min
.5 oz Aurora hops @ 5 min
1 oz East Kent Goldings @ 5 min
1 lb Wildflower Honey
2 lbs Dark Candi Sugar
White labs strong ale yeast.
9lbs 2 row German Pils
2 oz Choc Malt
.25 oz perle hops @ 60 min
.25 oz Perle hops @ 45 min
.25 oz Perle hops a@ 30 min
.5 oz Aurora hops @ 5 min
1 oz East Kent Goldings @ 5 min
1 lb Wildflower Honey
2 lbs Dark Candi Sugar
White labs strong ale yeast.