RTZ II Brew Session

Brew Session Info

4/10/2016
(Include any important notes from brew day until tasting)

4/9/16 Started yeast at about 4pm with a jar of WLP575 from batch 33, harvested on 10/21/15. Starter mix was 1000ml water with 210g LME boiled for 15min. Added 1/4tsp yeast nutrient the last 3min. This came out to be 1.072, a little higher than I wanted but it will work. Next time I'll only use 195g LME. 4/10/15 Starter is going strong. Brew session went well, started at about 11am and pitched yeast by 1:30pm. 4/20/16 Racked to secondary. Gravity is at 1.011. 4/30/16 Bottling day, F.G 1.008. Got 54 - 12oz bottles and 1 - 20oz. for a net of 668oz or 5.2Gal. Going to wait until May 21st to open any of it.

Boil

Boil

1.012 NaN (estimated)
3 gallons liters 0.00 (gallonsliters estimated)
60 minutes minutes (60 minutes estimated)
2.6 gals liters

Gravity Estimates

Based on boiling 3.00 gallonsliters at 1.012 for 60 minutes, this will decrease your wort by 0.00 gallonsliters, bringing your after boil OG to 1.012.

You wanted an OG of 1.065. It looks like it will be under.

Fermentation

5.5 gallons liters 5.50 (gallonsliters estimated)
1.065 (1.065 predicted)
1.008 (1.008 predicted)

Conditioning

4/30/2016
10
Corn Sugar
4.5 oz g

Tasting Notes (1)

Rizero

Tasted on 6/30/2016 by Rizero

Notes:

12oz bottle poured into a snifter at 43°. Color is a deep amber with a slight haze. Carbonation is good producing a thin tight head. Aroma is sweet with a little Belgian fruit. It has a medium body with a crisp mouth feel. Flavor is mildly sweet with Belgian yeast given some fruit and a hint of spice. After taste is clean with a touch of bitterness and a bit of the fruit hanging on. Overall it hits what I wanted, I may look onto a new yeast this seems to have lost a bit of the Belgian notes it gave in the first run (batch 33). I think I'll stick with this recipe for my Belgian Dubbel, maybe cut the corn sugar a little and bump up the malt.

Recipe Facts

RTZ II
Belgian Dubbel
  • 5.50 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 3.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.065 OG
  • 1.008 FG
  • 25.0 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.38 BG:GU
  • 22.8° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 7.3% ABV Alcohol
  • 217 per 12oz Calories
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