jkarp
Well-Known Member
Batch size: 3 gal
OG: 1.076
FG: 1.009
SRM: 5
IBU: 62
Ingredients:
2.5 lbs Belgian two-row
2.5 lbs Belgian pils
1 lb clear invert sugar
1 lb pilsener DME
1 oz Northern Brewer (60 min)
.5 oz Sterling (20 min)
.5 oz Sterling (10 min)
.5 oz Sterling (5 min)
.5 oz Sterling (1 min)
1 oz Sterling (dry hop)
Chimay yeast (harvested)
1 tsp Irish moss
Instructions:
Single-step mash at 154 for 60 minutes. Batch sparged to 4 gal and did an 80 minute boil to reach the final 3 gal batch size. Fermented at 68 deg for 14 days, dry hopped the final 7.
Tasting:
I cheated.
After a long morning of brewing yesterday, I went to the beer fridge and a bottle of my Tripel IPA said "Try me. You know you want to." But, but you've only been in there 5 days! That's 2-2-5DAYS! Surely you're not ready.
Still, I caved.
I poured. The head was clearly Belgian. There was no doubt it would be around 'till the bottom of the glass where it would be scooped out via greedy fingers. The aroma. OMG, that aroma. OMFG, THAT AROMA! Clearly, a hop farm had exploded inside this beer. Now, for the first sip...
The perfect Belgian Tripel. The perfect IPA. Married as one. I apologize, I'm generally not prone to bragging; in fact, I've made more than my share of stinker beers, but this one... This one is the beer that could easily put me in AA. Better than any homebrew I've ever had. Better than any commercial beer I've ever had. This is my unicorn.
8.6% ABV, 62 IBU, 5 SRM. Tripel IPA:
OG: 1.076
FG: 1.009
SRM: 5
IBU: 62
Ingredients:
2.5 lbs Belgian two-row
2.5 lbs Belgian pils
1 lb clear invert sugar
1 lb pilsener DME
1 oz Northern Brewer (60 min)
.5 oz Sterling (20 min)
.5 oz Sterling (10 min)
.5 oz Sterling (5 min)
.5 oz Sterling (1 min)
1 oz Sterling (dry hop)
Chimay yeast (harvested)
1 tsp Irish moss
Instructions:
Single-step mash at 154 for 60 minutes. Batch sparged to 4 gal and did an 80 minute boil to reach the final 3 gal batch size. Fermented at 68 deg for 14 days, dry hopped the final 7.
Tasting:
I cheated.
After a long morning of brewing yesterday, I went to the beer fridge and a bottle of my Tripel IPA said "Try me. You know you want to." But, but you've only been in there 5 days! That's 2-2-5DAYS! Surely you're not ready.
Still, I caved.
I poured. The head was clearly Belgian. There was no doubt it would be around 'till the bottom of the glass where it would be scooped out via greedy fingers. The aroma. OMG, that aroma. OMFG, THAT AROMA! Clearly, a hop farm had exploded inside this beer. Now, for the first sip...
The perfect Belgian Tripel. The perfect IPA. Married as one. I apologize, I'm generally not prone to bragging; in fact, I've made more than my share of stinker beers, but this one... This one is the beer that could easily put me in AA. Better than any homebrew I've ever had. Better than any commercial beer I've ever had. This is my unicorn.
8.6% ABV, 62 IBU, 5 SRM. Tripel IPA: