belgian beer
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Batch Info 5lb Batch All Grain Grains 12lbs Pilsner 1lb Flaked Wheat 1.5lbs Belgian Light Candi Sugar @ 10min Hops 2oz Styrian Goldings (3%AA) @60min Yeast Wyeast Belgian Strong Ale (1388) SG: 1.065 FG: 1.006 Fermentation Fermented @ mid-high 70’sF 4gal Strike @ 166F. Mash in @ 154F. 60min mash. 150-152F @30min. 3.5gal sparge @174F.…
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Batch Info 5lb Batch All Grain Grains 7lbs 2 Row 3lb Belgian White Wheat 1lb Flaked Wheat Hops .3oz Magnum (12.4%AA) @60min Yeast Safale US05 American Ale SG: 1.040 1wk: 1.010 FG: 1.004 Fermentation 1wks in primary until transferring to sour carboy & pitching dregs of 1 bottle Dwinell Country Ales Fools Gold and 1…
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Batch Info 5lb Batch All Grain Grains 13.5lbs 2 Row 1lb Munich .5lb Biscuit .3lb Aromatic .25lb Special B .2lb Chocolate Hops 1oz Northern Brewer (8.2%AA) @90min .5oz Hallertau (4.1%AA) @30min .67oz Fuggle (4.3%AA) @30min Adjuncts 1lb Dark Belgian Candi Sugar @10min 1lb Demerara Sugar @10min Yeast Wyeast Trappist High Gravity (1.5 packs) (3787) Whirlfloc…
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Batch Info 10lb Batch All Grain Grains 17lbs Pilsner 6lbs Spelt Malt 1lb Flaked Wheat Hops 1oz Tettnang (3.7%AA) @60min Yeast (2) Wyeast Belgian Saison (3724) SG: 1.056-1.057 1.5wk: w/o plums: 1.036; w/ plums: 1.032 FG (2wk): w/o plums: 1.011 (2 months later after stuck fermentation); w/ plums: Preheated cooler with warm water. Dough-in with…
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Batch Info 5lb Batch All Grain Grains 5lbs Pilsner 3lb Belgian White Wheat 3lb Flaked Wheat .25lb Munich .5lb Rice Hulls Hops 1oz German Hallertau (2.9%AA) @60min (also threw in pinch of Fuggle 4.9% pellets) Yeast Wyeast Belgian Wit (3944) Additions .5oz Crushed Cardamom @5min .5oz Orange Zest @5min 5.7oz Priming Sugar SG: hydrometer: 1.045…
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Batch Info 5lb Batch All Grain Grains 11lbs Pilsner 1lb Caravienne 1lb Biscuit .5lbs Aromatic Hops 2oz Czech Saaz (3.0%AA) @60min Yeast Wyeast Trappist High Gravity (3787) Additions 2lbs Belgian Candi Sugar (homemade) @60min 1 tablet Whirlfloc @ 15min 5.5oz Priming Sugar SG: 1.066 (16 Brix) 3wks: 1.028 (6.1 Brix) FG (4wk): 1.011 Dough-in with…
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Grains 16oz Caravienne 16oz Biscuit 16oz Belgian Pilsner 8oz Aromatic Hops .5oz Zythos (10.9%AA) @60min .5oz Czech Saaz (3.2%AA) @30min .5oz Zythos (10.9%AA) @30min .5oz Czech Saaz (3.2%AA) @15min Malt 7lbs Light LME 1lb Blonde Belgian Candi Sugar @60min 1lb Blonde Belgian Candi Sugar @20min Yeast Wyeast Trappist High Gravity (3787) LAMBIC BLEND (Innoculated 1wk…
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Grains 8oz German Dark Munich 5oz Special B Hops .5oz Challenger (8.2%AA) @60min .1oz Willamette (6.5%AA) @15min .5oz Challenger (8.2%AA) @3min Malt 7lbs Light LME 1lb Light DME 1lb Blonde Belgian Candi Sugar Yeast Wyeast Belgian Abbey II (1762) 1tsp Irish Moss @15min 3.95oz Priming Sugar SG: 1.070 1wk: 1.040 FG(3wk): 1.014
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This is the part in my brewing tale that I was less excited to approach. All these entries that I have been writing I brewed years ago. When I began brewing, I not only took meticulous notes, but I also recorded my impressions of the beers I have been brewing, even revisiting past entries in…
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Once a year around the end of February/early march, I like to observe a little holiday I like to call my “Brewiversary.” It’s not so much a specific day, as a general time in the year that I like to always brew a beer to commemorate when I first started brewing. (As I write this…
