steelerguy
Well-Known Member
I just received all the ingredients I ordered to brew a Belgian Golden Strong Ale yesterday:
8 lbs. DME pilsner
2 lbs. Belgian Candi Sugar light
1 lb. Belgian pilsner
.5 lbs. Carapils
1 oz. Styrian Goldings
2 oz. Saaz
I was going to do this hop schedule:
60 mins. 1 oz. Styrian Goldings
60 mins. .5 oz. Saaz
15 mins. 1 oz. Saaz
1 min. .5 oz. Saaz
The problem is the Styrian Golding hops I got are only 3.5% and I was expecting them to be more like 5.5 or so. So I was shooting for an IBU of around 30-35 since the FG should be a little over 1.090. This falls way short now even with a full boil.
I have some Willamette hops at 4.6% and am thinking about adding 1 oz. for 60 mins. This should get me into the 30-35 IBU range.
Does this sound reasonable? Do you think Willamette is a reasonable substitution when doing a Belgian Golden Strong?
8 lbs. DME pilsner
2 lbs. Belgian Candi Sugar light
1 lb. Belgian pilsner
.5 lbs. Carapils
1 oz. Styrian Goldings
2 oz. Saaz
I was going to do this hop schedule:
60 mins. 1 oz. Styrian Goldings
60 mins. .5 oz. Saaz
15 mins. 1 oz. Saaz
1 min. .5 oz. Saaz
The problem is the Styrian Golding hops I got are only 3.5% and I was expecting them to be more like 5.5 or so. So I was shooting for an IBU of around 30-35 since the FG should be a little over 1.090. This falls way short now even with a full boil.
I have some Willamette hops at 4.6% and am thinking about adding 1 oz. for 60 mins. This should get me into the 30-35 IBU range.
Does this sound reasonable? Do you think Willamette is a reasonable substitution when doing a Belgian Golden Strong?