Palm Speciale Recipe Help

[batsakis]

Hello All

I am trying to come up with a recipe for Palm Speciale a Belgian amber ale. I have searched the web without any luck.

I spent some time in Belgium and really have a craving for this. I know it is imported and have seen it in NY, but here in Michigan it is nowhere to be found.

Thanks NICK

 

[Oldsock]

You might try following up with this guy to see how it turned out: http://forum.northernbrewer.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=99961

Or maybe try Jamil's Belgian Pale Ale recipe (or another well regarded recipe) and then adjust from there.

 

[beerandcoding]

Just a quick FYI, the base malt for Palm Speciale is MFB Special Aromatic. It is not a standard Aromatic malt, much closer to a Vienna malt. I only mention this because the recipe Oldsock references uses Pilsner as a base.

Cheers and good luck!
Kevin

 

[SpanishCastleAle]

Just a quick FYI, the base malt for Palm Speciale is MFB Special Aromatic. It is not a standard Aromatic malt, much closer to a Vienna malt. I only mention this because the recipe Oldsock references uses Pilsner as a base.

Cheers and good luck!
Kevin

+1, I've never even had Palm Speciale but back when I bought a sack of Franco-Belges Special Aromatic I did a bit of research on it and this was one of the few tidbits I could find. It's good stuff.

 

[Oldsock]

Just a quick FYI, the base malt for Palm Speciale is MFB Special Aromatic. It is not a standard Aromatic malt, much closer to a Vienna malt. I only mention this because the recipe Oldsock references uses Pilsner as a base.

Cheers and good luck!
Kevin

Interesting, I had a SMaSH IPA Rogue brewed with that malt a few years ago, pretty solid beer I thought.

 

[seatbelt123]

I had one tonight. Really good. Description: English hops, French barley, Belgian yeast. Toasty malt, bitter orange. Not traditionally Belgian at all.

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[JKaranka]

MFB is supposed to be similar to some of the old fashioned amber malts. Any success trying to replicate it? I always find it to be like a Belgian take on a special bitter. You can get that whiff of EKG of it.