Brewing Method: All Grain
Yeast: Wyeast 1968
Yeast Starter: 1.5 qt
Batch Size: 5 gallons
Original Gravity: 1.064
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 7 %
Total Grains: 12.5 lbs
Color: 14.8
Extract Efficiency: 77 %
Hop IBU's: 48.8
Boiling Time: 70 mins
Primary Fermentation: 8 days - 68f
Secondary Fermentation: 21 days - 65f
Additional Fermentation:
Grain Bill:
11 lbs Shrier Belgian Pale Ale
.5 lb Aromatic
.5 lb Wheat
.25 lb Crystal 40L
.25 Belgian Special B
Hop Bill:
1 oz Centennial 10.7% 60 mins - whole
.5 oz Fuggles 6% 18 mins - whole
1 oz Styrian Golding 3.8% - end of boil - pellets
1 oz Cascade 3.5% - end of boil - pellets
1 oz Cascade 3.5% - dry hop - pellets
Mash Schedule:
step mash - 1 qt water to the pound of grain
30 minutes at 130f
2 gallons boiling water to 156f for 60 mins
Brewers Notes:
First 2 days of ferment were 70 degrees then 65-70 for the next 6.
Bottled with 3/4 cup corn sugar
This beer was good 4 weeks after bottling and was awesome after 4 months.