Belgian Dark Strong Ale Recipe - Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

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Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

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All Grain
4 Gallon(s)
5 Gallon(s)
90 min
70%
3/7/13: Made a large yeast starter. 2 quarts of water, 6 ounces of DME, 1/2 t yeast nutrient, and one bloated smackpack of Wyeast Trappist High Gravity (split all the contents between two Erlenmeyer flasks). By the next morning, both flasks were raging ... and actually foaming underneath the foil and down the sides. 3/8/13: Brew Day. 90-minute mash, 90-minute boil. OG was 1.080 (*1 lb. D-180 not included). 3/22/13: Boiled 1 lb. D-180 dark Belgian candi syrup 1 qt. water for 10 minutes, then added it to the beer I racked into the secondary. 5/22/13: Bottle Day. Final Gravity was 1.018. Tasted delicious already, with some very pleasant yeast esters. From here, I plan to bottle condition and age for months.

Fermentables

42% - 2-Row - US
8
36
2
Mash
3% - Belgian Aromatic - BE
0.5
36
20
Mash
3% - Biscuit Malt - BE
0.5
36
23
Mash
5% - Weyermann Abbey Malt
1
34
17
Mash
3% - Dextrine Malt - UK
0.5
33
2
Mash
1% - Special B
0.25
30
180
Mash
1% - Chocolate Malt - US
0.25
34
350
Mash
16% - Belgian Pale Malt
3
0
0
Mash
16% - Pilsner Malt
3
38
2
Mash
3% - Caramel/Crystal 60 - US
0.5
36
60
Mash
3% - Munich - UK
0.5
37
9
Mash
5% - Belgian Dark Candi Sugar - BE
1
36
275
Late

Hops

Hallertau
1.5
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
6.4
33.9
Hallertau
0.5
Pellet
Boil
30 min(s)
6.4
8.7
Hallertau
1
Pellet
Boil
15 min(s)
6.4
11.2
Hallertau
1
Pellet
Boil
5 min(s)
6.4
4.5

Yeast

Wyeast Trappist High Gravity 3787
79%

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Mash Steps

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Recipe Facts

Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
  • 4.00 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 5.00 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.104 OG
  • 1.022 FG
  • 58.3 IBU (brewgr) Bitterness
  • 0.56 BG:GU
  • 41.9° SRM Color
  • 70% Efficiency
  • 10.6% ABV Alcohol
  • 366 per 12oz Calories
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