Belgian Dark Strong Ale Recipe - LaTrappe Quad

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LaTrappe Quad

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All Grain
5.25 Gallon(s)
7.05 Gallon(s)
90 min
75%
All Grain Belgian Dark Strong Ale homebrew recipe. This homebrew recipe uses the following ingredients: Pale Ale - BE, CaraMunich II - DE, Belgian Candi Syrup - Dark, Saaz (CZ) Hops, White Labs Abbey Ale WLP530 Homebrew Yeast.

This recipe was cloned from Black Fleet Big Black Belgian-2021.

Fermentables

72% - Pale Ale - BE
11.5
38
3
Mash
9% - CaraMunich II - DE
1.5
34
46
Mash
19% - Belgian Candi Syrup - Dark
3
32
90
Late

Hops

Saaz (CZ)
2
Pellet
Boil
60 min(s)
3.2
16.5

Yeast

White Labs Abbey Ale WLP530
77%

Other Stuff

No other stuff in this recipe

Mash Steps

Protein Rest
Direct Heat
124
20 min
Saccharification Rest
Decoction
150
60 min
Mash-Out
Direct Heat
170
10 min

Special Instructions

1.
Treated the water the night before with slaked lime and CaCl.
2.
On brew day add 7.4 gallons of the treated water to the brew kettle and add 6.4 ml of lactic acid.
3.
Heat water to 129?F and add grain (target 124?F) for 20 minutes. Perform decoction by bringing 350 oz of mash to boil in a separate pot and added back to main kettle to mash at 148?F for 50 minutes.
4.
Mash out at 170?F for 10 minutes. Boil for 60 minutes and add hops according to schedule.
5.
Add sugar with 5 minutes left in the boil.
6.
Transfer wort and add O2 for ~ 1 minute. Add yeast from starter to the wort when the temp is in the low 60's.
7.
Ramp up the temperature 1-2? per day from ~64?F to 76?F over the course of the first week.
8.
Rack off of the yeast into a secondary and drop the temperature to 50?F for ~6 weeks until reached 1.014 FG.
9.
Use a ~350ml starter culture of the same Belgian yeast for bottling.
10.
Also, remove beer from refrigeration and let it rise to ambient temperature. For bottling, I am adding 125g of corn sugar boiled in ~1 pint of water for priming and mixing in the yeast from the starter.

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Recipe Facts

LaTrappe Quad
Belgian Dark Strong Ale
  • 5.25 Gallons Liters Batch Size
  • 7.05 Gallons Liters Boil Size
  • 90  min Boil Time
  • 1.088 OG
  • 1.020 FG
  • 16.5 IBU (tinseth) Bitterness
  • 0.19 BG:GU
  • 28.3° SRM Color
  • 75% Efficiency
  • 8.7% ABV Alcohol
  • 306 per 12oz Calories
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