Belgian Strong Ale Brew Session

Brew Session Info

Brew Date 5/10/2015

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

That took a lot longer than I thought it would. Ran into a few snags, should be much less duration next time.

Water Infusion

Brew Session Specific

Grain Weight

15 lb kg

Grain Temp

75 °FC

Target Mash Temp

153 °FC

Mash Thickness

1.33 qt/lbl/kg

Total Boil Time

60 min.

Wort Into Fermenter

5 gals liters

Equipment Profile

Grain Absorption

0.15 gals/lb liters/kg

Sparge Grain Absorption

0.01 gals/lb liters/kg

HLT-MT Heat Loss

°FC

Mash Tun Loss

0.25 gals liters

Brew Kettle Trub Loss

0.5 gals liters

Boil Loss

1 gals/hour liters/hour

Wort Shrinkage

0.2 gals liters

Calculated Totals

Total Water Needed

9.10 gals liters

Mash Tun Capacity

6.19 gals liters

Mash/Strike Volume

5.24 gals liters

HLT Temperature

164.16 °FC

Strike Temperature

164.16 °FC

1st Runnings

2.99 gals liters

Sparge Volume

3.86 gals liters

Total Runoff

6.70 gals liters

Mash / Boil

Mash

Mash PH

Mash Start Temp

154 °FC

Mash End Temp

152 °FC

Mash Time

60 minutes

Boil

Pre-Boil Gravity

1.052 1.077 (estimated)

Boil Volume

7 gallons liters 6.70 (gallonsliters estimated)

Boil Time

60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)

Post-Boil Volume

5 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 7.00 gallonsliters at 1.052 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 1.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.059.

You wanted an OG of 1.091. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

Volume in Fermenter

5 gallons liters 5.00 (gallonsliters estimated)

Original Gravity

1.090 (1.091 predicted)

Final Gravity

1.008 (1.020 predicted)

Conditioning

Condition Date

Bottle/Keg

Keg PSI

7 PSI

Tasting Notes (1)

Tasted on 5/22/2015 by MrRoper

Notes:

Very clean. Much less sweet/maltiness than I expected.

Comments

Cleaned out the collection ball on 4/19.
10 years ago
Kegged today.
10 years ago

Recipe Facts

Belgian Strong Ale

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

5.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
6.50 Gallons Liters Boil Size
60 min Boil Time
1.091 OG
1.020 FG
19.4 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
0.21 BG:GU
46.1° SRM Color
75% Efficiency
9.1% ABV Alcohol
316 per 12oz Calories

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