Belgian Dark Strong Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 10/19/2014

Notes (Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

Taking FOREVER to finish fermenting at the cool temperature of my basement! Racked to "tertiary" January 17, after being in secondary for almost 3 months. Haven't bottled yet because there are still a fair number of bubbles coming up and occasional bubbles out of the airlock - although the gravity hasn't perceptibly changed in the past couple of weeks. It's still 1.040, which is way higher than predicted...

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

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Grain Temp

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Target Mash Temp

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Mash Thickness

qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

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Wort Into Fermenter

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Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

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Sparge Grain Absorption

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HLT-MT Heat Loss

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Mash Tun Loss

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Brew Kettle Trub Loss

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Boil Loss

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Wort Shrinkage

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Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

0.00 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

0.00 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

0.00 gals liters

HLT Temperature

NaN °FC

Strike Temperature

NaN °FC

1st Runnings

0.00 gals liters

Sparge Volume

0.00 gals liters

Total Runoff

0.00 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

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Mash End Temp

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Mash Time

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Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

NaN (estimated)

Boil Volume

gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

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Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 0.00 gallonsliters at NaN for 0 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to NaN.

You wanted an OG of 1.101. It looks like it will be over.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

(1.101 predicted)

Final Gravity

(1.026 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Tasting Notes (0)

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Comments

It turned out that fermebntation was actually done a long time before I thought - but I was using a refractometer that I had gotten for Christmas to measure the gravity and didn't know I had to compensate for the alcohol.
10 years ago
It turned out that fermebntation was actually done a long time before I thought - but I was using a refractometer that I had gotten for Christmas to measure the gravity and didn't know I had to compensate for the alcohol.
10 years ago
Bottled with ~3.5 oz sucrose.
10 years ago

Recipe Facts

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.101 OG
1.026 FG
26.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.26 BG:GU
18.5° SRM Color
81% Efficiency
9.6% ABV Alcohol
357 per 12oz Calories

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