Grats! Care to share your recipe?? I've never brewed a Belgian anything, I'd love to start with a winner!
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Recipe: Slavic Monk Strong Dark Belgian Ale
Brewer: Lucas
Asst Brewer:
Style: Belgian Specialty Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)
Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.50 gal
Boil Size: 6.00 gal
Estimated OG: 1.069 SG
Estimated Color: 40.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 18.5 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 68.00 %
Boil Time: 90 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
9 lbs 14.1 oz Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 68.15 %
1 lbs 6.6 oz Chocolate Malt (450.0 SRM) Grain 9.74 %
11.3 oz Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 4.87 %
1.00 oz Hallertauer [4.80 %] (90 min) Hops 16.2 IBU
0.50 oz Saaz [4.00 %] (10 min) Hops 2.3 IBU
0.55 tsp Gelatin (Secondary 5.0 weeks) Misc
4.00 oz Cherry Extract (Secondary 14.0 days) Misc
4.00 oz Cherry Extract (Secondary 5.0 weeks) Misc
2 lbs 8.0 oz Honey (1.0 SRM) Sugar 17.24 %
5.00 gal San Jose Water
1 Pkgs Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) Yeast-Ale
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 12.00 lb
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Single Infusion, Full Body, Batch Sparge
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
45 min Mash In Add 15.00 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F
90 min boil
Notes:
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This was an attempt to make something similar to the Trader Joes Vintage ales that come out each year.
Tasting this after it sat in secondary for 5 weeks, its an amazing beer. Its going to go into a corn whiskey barrel for aging.
Knox gelatine added at 5 weeks in secondary to clarify further. 1/2 packet in 1 cup warm water till dissolved, then dumped in and swirled.
2 weeks in texas corn whiskey barrel. Barrel had whiskey in it 1 week prior to putting in this beer. You can use oak chips soaked in corn whiskey as a substitute.
Bottle condition for as long as possible. MIN 4 months
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