Mightyscoop
Active Member
I brewed a Triple based off of The Dragonmead Final Absolution Clone 3 weeks ago today. Here's the recipe I followed:
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 3/19/2011
Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
14.50 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 78.9 %
1.88 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 10.2 %
3.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00%] (60 min) Hops 29.1 IBU
0.40 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40%] (30 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00%] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar 10.9 %
1 Pkgs Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) Yeast-Ale (1.5L Starter pitched at high krausen)
Mashed at 148ºF. 90min boil, ended up with an O.G. of 1.094 with the candi sugar added at 10 min. It's been 3 weeks now, and the S.G. is at 1.004 (and has been for over a week and a half now.) Now, I wanted it to dry out, but WHOA. Go WLP500. I was shooting for more around 1.012. Aside from it smelling like jet-fuel (which I kind of expect for an 11.9% beer) I'm a bit worried it will need a bit more body. It was suggested to me that I add some maltodextrine to bring the body up a bit. Would this be a reasonable thing to do? Granted, I have not tasted the beer yet and probably won't for another month or so to gauge how long it'll need to age out. If I do add unfermentables, would now be the time to do it?
Brew Type: All Grain Date: 3/19/2011
Ingredients Amount Item Type % or IBU
14.50 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 78.9 %
1.88 lb Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 10.2 %
3.00 oz Hallertauer Mittelfrueh [4.00%] (60 min) Hops 29.1 IBU
0.40 oz Styrian Goldings [5.40%] (30 min) Hops 4.0 IBU
1.00 oz Saaz [4.00%] (0 min) Hops -
2.00 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar 10.9 %
1 Pkgs Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) Yeast-Ale (1.5L Starter pitched at high krausen)
Mashed at 148ºF. 90min boil, ended up with an O.G. of 1.094 with the candi sugar added at 10 min. It's been 3 weeks now, and the S.G. is at 1.004 (and has been for over a week and a half now.) Now, I wanted it to dry out, but WHOA. Go WLP500. I was shooting for more around 1.012. Aside from it smelling like jet-fuel (which I kind of expect for an 11.9% beer) I'm a bit worried it will need a bit more body. It was suggested to me that I add some maltodextrine to bring the body up a bit. Would this be a reasonable thing to do? Granted, I have not tasted the beer yet and probably won't for another month or so to gauge how long it'll need to age out. If I do add unfermentables, would now be the time to do it?