Belgian Dark Strong Ale Leffe Radieuse Clone

[iduncant]

Talk about an explosive yeast.

That picture above was from this morning after 2 full days of fermentation. I just started ramping up the temp today by about 2 or 3 degrees. so at around 71 degrees the yeast was filling up the airlock

My girlfriend was kind enough to clean it up before i got home, so the picture doesn't look too bad. However, there's still some yeast drying on the ceiling.

 

[Akavango]

Yeast on the ceiling? This yeast is powerful but i never got some on the ceiling.
Hope it turns out fine for you.

 

[iduncant]

I've got it in the cellar! I'll let you know how she tastes when I crack one open in December.

 

[Shenanigans]

I'm going to brew a smaller beer first and use the cake for this.
Still need to work out a blow off; is it really necessary in a bucket?

 

[Akavango]

I'm going to brew a smaller beer first and use the cake for this.
Still need to work out a blow off; is it really necessary in a bucket?

With that yeast yest it is. I use 33L buckets and did a batch of 24L withe the 530, I still got some krauzen up the blow off tube for a couple days.

 

[Shenanigans]

With that yeast yest it is. I use 33L buckets and did a batch of 24L withe the 530, I still got some krauzen up the blow off tube for a couple days.

OK thanks for the warning

 

[Shenanigans]

Yet another question - not sure if it's been asked before or even if I asked myself.

What was the efficiency for the original post?
Something like 65% ?

 

[Akavango]

75%

 

[Shenanigans]

Thanks for the quick reply!
I have Beersmith set to 67.5% but I’m getting a much higher OG than you. I probably did something wrong with the volumes. I’ll check again when I get home tonight.

 

[iduncant]

Very excited to try this. I brewed this back in august, and I'll be tasting it on the 20th of this month. It was a very good brew day, I'm expecting great things from this batch.

 

[Akavango]

I have to commend you on your patience. I would have tasted at least one a long time ago. Hope it is worth the wait.

 

[Shenanigans]

What is considered Dark Candi Syrup 45L or 90L?
I just did a homemade one which is about 45 L (90 EBC) would that be dark enough?

Thanks!

 

[Akavango]

What is considered Dark Candi Syrup 45L or 90L?
I just did a homemade one which is about 45 L (90 EBC) would that be dark enough?

Thanks!

I would think so, the beer is red purple ish in colour. Aromatic, caramunich and special b are on the dark side so i don't think your syrup needs to be to dark to recreate the colour.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

This is going in the queue. I have 5 real leffe bruns in the fridge and I miss it already...

 

[lupulos]

what a great beer! reminds me I have one in my cellar from two years ago. the airlock blew at 4am a couple weeks before my two year old was born. still finding dried yeast from that blowout. that sucker continued to bubble and expel crap from the blowoff for weeks!

I'm going to make it again tomorrow. thanks for the inspiration!

 

[Shenanigans]

I would think so, the beer is red purple ish in colour. Aromatic, caramunich and special b are on the dark side so i don't think your syrup needs to be to dark to recreate the colour.

Thanks again for the quick reply.

 

[lupulos]

This is what mine looks like after two years! Worth saving.

 

[lupulos]

well, the batch I made back in february is still sitting in a carboy, discovered it has a bio-film of some sort on it today so I pulled a sample- tastes great. wonder what's growing on it.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

This is going in the queue. I have 5 real leffe bruns in the fridge and I miss it already...

Brewed this on the 18th of October, fermented with WLP545 (Belgian Strong Ale) Today it was at 1.005. Tastes amazing. Harvested a good bit of yeast. Going to do this again real soon since I don't think I'll be holding onto the first batch very long. Need to get more Bombers for bottling.

well, the batch I made back in february is still sitting in a carboy, discovered it has a bio-film of some sort on it today so I pulled a sample- tastes great. wonder what's growing on it.

Rack from under the surface, stop the flow when you're left with ~1 inch of beer left, bottle the rest?

Whats your plan?

 

[Akavango]

I missed this beer, I have gone pro so unfortunately I don't have much time to home brew anymore.
Enjoy.

 

[Shenanigans]

I missed this beer, I have gone pro so unfortunately I don't have much time to home brew anymore.
Enjoy.

Cool for the Rising Sons?

I've been posting in this thread for about 2 years but still need to brew it.
At the moment I don't have any WLP530 but have a vial of WLP570 I would like to use up. Of course it won't be a clone then but do you think it would be good with that too?

Might actually make a Belgian IPA with some fruity hops. :fro:

 

[Akavango]

Cool for the Rising Sons?

No I started a contract brewing business 6 months ago, I'm about to release my third beer. The brand is Radikale.

 

[Baja_Brewer]

No I started a contract brewing business 6 months ago, I'm about to release my third beer. The brand is Radikale.

Congrats! And thanks again for posting this and your inputs. I'm going to brew it again with at least two other yeasts. Might try and very term temp profile like CSI's threads always seem to.

 

[lupulos]

Rack from under the surface, stop the flow when you're left with ~1 inch of beer left, bottle the rest?

Whats your plan?

yep, that's what i did. deeelish! this is one of my favs and one of only a couple beers I have attempted to brew twice.

 

[Akavango]

I need to brew this again soon. Glad it turned out so good for you.

 

[crusader1612]

Just to resurrect this Thread - I found this recipe sometime ago, and ifnally got around to brewing it.
I lowered the OG to 1.068, as most of this will be placed onto Brett B.

anyways, I didn't have access to Liquid yeast on this one, so I made the decision to try out the new Mangrove Jacks Abbey Ale Yeast. bear in mind I racked this to secondary on brett, and saved a gal for secondary bulk aging for a few weeks, at around 15 deg C, just to help smooth it out, but I'll say this much, this is probably one of the better Belgian style dry yeasts around, and it tasted very similar to what I remember.

I'll post results once I've bottled the plain version, but this yeast seems to be the goods.

 

[Akavango]

Hope it turns out ok for you. I like the idea of using Brett B on this recipe. I used the same malt recipe to make a Belgian IPA a while ago and it turned out very nice.
Let me know how the brett version works out.

 

[Shenanigans]

I used the same malt recipe to make a Belgian IPA a while ago and it turned out very nice.
Let me know how the brett version works out.

Sounds good.
What hops and yeast did you use?

 

[Akavango]

Same yeast WLP530, I used chinook and centennial for hops.

 

[Shenanigans]

Same yeast WLP530, I used chinook and centennial for hops.

Cool. Thanks.