- Recipe Type
- All Grain
- Yeast
- Wyeast 3522
- Yeast Starter
- Pitched on Cake
- Batch Size (Gallons)
- 5
- Original Gravity
- 1.07
- Final Gravity
- 1.013
- Boiling Time (Minutes)
- 60
- IBU
- 19.7
- Color
- 27 SRM
- Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 14 days @ 65\\'F
- Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp)
- 21 days in keg @ 75\\'F
- Tasting Notes
- Silky smooth, nice peppery notes and subtle roasted undertones
On account of deadly heatwave and unpredictable daily downpours I have been doing some extract brewing this summer to keep the brewday reasonable short. I threw together this recipe in order to reuse a yeast cake from a Belgian Wit I had brewed for a July 4th BBQ. For some reason I prefer my Belgians to be really dark hence the black color. Delicious beer though, very pleased. Not particularly to style.
I fermented this on the cold side (65'F) so the yeast flavors are less pronounced than they could be.
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 1 7.1 %
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.7 %
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.7 %
4.0 oz Carafa III (525.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.4 %
4.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.4 %
2 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 6 19.0 %
2 lbs Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 7 19.0 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Munich Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 8 31.3 %
1 lbs Turbinado (10.0 SRM) Sugar 9 9.5 %
1.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 10 18.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [3.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 1.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Belgian Ardennes (Wyeast Labs #3522) [124.21 ml] Yeast 12 - Pitched directly on yeast cake
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.070 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.072 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.5 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.4 %
Bitterness: 19.7 IBUs Calories: 245.0 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 27.2 SRM
I fermented this on the cold side (65'F) so the yeast flavors are less pronounced than they could be.
Ingredients
Amt Name Type # %/IBU
12.0 oz Special B Malt (180.0 SRM) Grain 1 7.1 %
8.0 oz Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 2 4.7 %
8.0 oz Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 3 4.7 %
4.0 oz Carafa III (525.0 SRM) Grain 4 2.4 %
4.0 oz Honey Malt (25.0 SRM) Grain 5 2.4 %
2 lbs Light Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 6 19.0 %
2 lbs Wheat Dry Extract (8.0 SRM) Dry Extract 7 19.0 %
3 lbs 4.8 oz Munich Liquid Extract (12.5 SRM) Extract 8 31.3 %
1 lbs Turbinado (10.0 SRM) Sugar 9 9.5 %
1.25 oz Goldings, East Kent [5.00 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 10 18.6 IBUs
0.50 oz Hallertauer Hersbrucker [3.80 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 1.1 IBUs
1.0 pkg Belgian Ardennes (Wyeast Labs #3522) [124.21 ml] Yeast 12 - Pitched directly on yeast cake
Beer Profile
Est Original Gravity: 1.070 SG Measured Original Gravity: 1.072 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG Measured Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 7.5 % Actual Alcohol by Vol: 7.4 %
Bitterness: 19.7 IBUs Calories: 245.0 kcal/12oz
Est Color: 27.2 SRM
