Malte Crystal 90L = Crystal 240 da Muntons (83L) v2.0 ajustada cor Strike water 22L Sparge water 6L Water Adjustments (para agua Bioleve): Strike add 2g Gypsum (CaSo4) 3g Calcium Chloride (CaCl2H2o) Fermentar a 23C, 2 pacotes de M41 rehidratados em 200ml de agua a 30-35C e agitar levemente por 10min.
This is a tweaked version of the dubbel I made after coming home from a Belgian trip that saw visits to St. Sixtus, St. Bernardus, and Westmalle, among other places. I liked the beer I made, but it is very heavy on candi syrup (as dark beers of the first two places listed above tasted only of pils and candi syrup). I'm brewing this version as part of an anniversary endeavor and as such, I'm taking the opportunity to round it out a little bit with some additional malts. Not a lot of them, but it ...
Mashing temp probably too high, causing low efficiency. Over sparged, causing long boil. Cooled from too high a temp (should have left in boiler to cool to 80c), causing cool break in fermenter. Basically a catalogue of errors, but the beer should be OK.