Saturday, July 14, 2007

Belgian Strong Ale

Belgian Strong Ale
This is our 5th batch. We should be enjoying this one on September 1st! I set this one off on 7/14/2007 here was the recipe:









9.9 LbsMuntons Extra Light LME
8 ozBelgian Candy Sugar
1/2 ozKent Golding hops
3/4 ozStyrian Hops
1 tbspCoarsely split coriander seeds
1 tspClove powder
1 tspOrange Peel
1White labs Belgian Ale yeast
6 galBottled Spring water


Add 2 gallons of cold water to the brew pot and boil. Remove from heat, and add liquid malt extract, candy sugar, kent golding hops and coriander seeds, clove, and orange peel; then return to heat and boil for 60 minutes. Remove from heat. Add Styrian Hops and steep for an additional 15 minutes. Cool wort to 80-90F. Add 4 gallons of water to the primary fermenter then cooled wort. Pitch yeast. Ferment until finished gravity has been reached. Utilize a 2 stage fermentation method.


Our original gravity was 1.072. ABV estimate 7.5% - 8.8%

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