Belgian Pale Ale Rec.

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So as an experiment I decided to brew a Belgian pale ale with a little wheat malt. I am drinking it now and it came out real nice.

Wheat's a Belgian Pale Ale?

Brewer: Garrison Brew Co. Email: -
Beer: Wheat's a Belgian Pale Ale? Style: Belgian Pale Ale
Type: Extract w/grain Size: 5 gallons
Color: 13 HCU (~8 SRM)
Bitterness: 29 IBU
OG: 1.056 FG: 1.014
Alcohol: 5.4% v/v (4.3% w/w)
Grain: 2 lb. Belgian Pilsner
1 lb. American victory
Boil: SG 1.051 5.5 gallons
5 lb. Light malt extract
2 lb. Wheat extract
Hops: .5 oz. Cascade (6% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Styrian Aurora (7.6% AA, 60 min.)
.5 oz. Willamette (4.6% AA, 30 min.)
.5 oz. Saaz (2.9% AA, 1 min.)
Yeast: Wyeast 3942 - Belgian Wheat™
 
I know this is an old post, but it sounds interesting, and I really want to make a belgian pale. I just stared doing partial mashes ("mini-mash"). Could you provide a little more info about steeping temperatures, time, sparging temp.and volume?
Is it pretty standard 155- 160 for 45min to an hour, then sparge at 170F?
 
i can give you my dekonick clone when i get home and convert it to partial mash for you. you could msg me so i remember :D

you want to mash lower, at 152°F MAX.
 
Ok, i use Austin Homebrew supply and they only sell 4 types of liquid extract:
Amber Liquid Malt Extract
Dark Liquid Malt Extract
Extra Pale Liquid Malt Extract
Wheat Liquid Malt Extract

Is "extra pale" close enough to "light malt"
 
here. i won't be home until late tonight, but Saccharomyces brewed a version of it. he changed the hops to saaz (i used styrian goldings) and changed the yeast to 515 (i used 550)

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f12/de-koninck-84150/#post896088

the caravienne is important ;)

i could convert this to an extract recipe if you don't want to do partial mash. PM is easy, tho...check out the link in my sig.

you'll want to use Pilsner extract if you can get it. that sucks AHS doesn't have it...weird. extra light would be best if you can't find any.
 
here's my promash report and final recipe. it has 1% more alcohol than de koninck but tastes just like it:

Belgian Pale

A ProMash Recipe Report

BJCP Style and Style Guidelines
-------------------------------

16-B Belgian & French Ale, Belgian Pale Ale

Min OG: 1.048 Max OG: 1.054
Min IBU: 20 Max IBU: 30
Min Clr: 8 Max Clr: 14 Color in SRM, Lovibond

Recipe Specifics
----------------

Batch Size (Gal): 5.50 Wort Size (Gal): 5.50
Total Grain (Lbs): 12.75
Anticipated OG: 1.060 Plato: 14.73
Anticipated SRM: 8.7
Anticipated IBU: 22.7
Brewhouse Efficiency: 71 %
Wort Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Pre-Boil Amounts
----------------

Evaporation Rate: 15.00 Percent Per Hour
Pre-Boil Wort Size: 6.47 Gal
Pre-Boil Gravity: 1.051 SG 12.61 Plato


Grain/Extract/Sugar

% Amount Name Origin Potential SRM
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
78.4 10.00 lbs. Pilsener Belgium 1.037 2
7.8 1.00 lbs. CaraVienne Malt Belgium 1.034 22
7.8 1.00 lbs. Biscuit Malt Belgium 1.035 24
3.9 0.50 lbs. Flaked Oats America 1.033 2
2.0 0.25 lbs. Aromatic Malt Belgium 1.036 25

Potential represented as SG per pound per gallon.


Hops

Amount Name Form Alpha IBU Boil Time
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.70 oz. Fuggle Pellet 4.25 12.7 60 min.
0.50 oz. Goldings - E.K. Whole 5.20 6.3 35 min.
0.30 oz. Saazer Pellet 3.25 2.6 35 min.
0.30 oz. Saazer Pellet 3.25 1.1 15 min.


Yeast
-----

White Labs WLP550 Belgian Ale


Mash Schedule
-------------

Mash Type: Single Step

Grain Lbs: 12.75
Water Qts: 16.00 - Before Additional Infusions
Water Gal: 4.00 - Before Additional Infusions

Qts Water Per Lbs Grain: 1.25 - Before Additional Infusions

Saccharification Rest Temp : 154 Time: 60
Mash-out Rest Temp : 151 Time: 0
Sparge Temp : 170 Time: 10


Total Mash Volume Gal: 5.02 - Dough-In Infusion Only

All temperature measurements are degrees Fahrenheit.
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