Belgian Golden Strong Ale Recipe - Grand Cru clone

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Grand Cru clone

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All Grain
16 Liter(s)
18 Liter(s)
60 min
75%
Hoegaarden Grand Cru is a favourite of mine. You find a lot of confusing info online... wheat or not? honey or not? Well this will be my take on it..... To get a dry beer with good malt taste, I decided not to use any caramel malts, but a few malty specialty malts and to do the main mash at a low 63C

Fermentables

64% - Pilsner - BE
3.5
36
2
Mash
8% - Munich Light - DE
0.45
37
6
Mash
8% - Flaked Oats - US
0.45
37
1
Mash
8% - Wheat - BE
0.45
37
2
Mash
2% - Aromatic Malt - UK
0.1
35
20
Mash
9% - Table Sugar - Sucrose - US
0.5
46
0
Late

Hops

Magnum
20
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
10.5
24.9
Brewer's Gold
15
Pellet
Boil
10 min(s)
6.5
4.2
Saaz
10
Pellet
Boil
0 min(s)
4
0.0

Yeast

Wyeast Forbidden Fruit Yeast 3463
75%

Other Stuff

Orange or Lemon peel
0.015
kg
FlameOut
Coriander
0.015
kg
Boil

Mash Steps

Saccharification Rest
Infusion
63
75 min
Saccharification Rest
Infusion
70
15 min
Mash-Out
Infusion
76
5 min

Special Instructions

1.
Add coriander 10 min before end of boil
2.
Add thinly sliced orange peel (only orange, not the white) at flame out
3.
"Slow" cooling in 3 hrs, gives more bitterness and hop aroma

Tasting Notes (1)

TytoNegro

Tasted on 7/27/2016 by TytoNegro

Notes:

First taste impression after 3 weeks in the bottle: A typcal, nice Belgian Triple with a hint of orange, but not of the coriander, so I might increase the amount a bit next time. Good body and a sweetish estery taste

Recipe Facts

Grand Cru clone
Belgian Golden Strong Ale
  • 16.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 18.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 60  min Boil Time
  • 1.082 OG
  • 1.021 FG
  • 29.1 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.35 BG:GU
  • 5.6° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 8.0% ABV Alcohol
  • 284 per 12oz Calories
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