CSB Entry: Hoppy Belgian

[swenocha]

The beer I submitted for the CSB. A pretty basic recipe for this hi-grav. I buried the rest of my ill-gotten purchase of PoR in this batch, and it's not at all noticeable here. If I had it to do over again, I would have used a darker candi just to get some raisin, but it's pretty good as it is. I love the Hi-Grav Trappist yeast. It gives a great character to the beer.

Hoppy Belgian
Belgian Specialty Ale

Type: All Grain Date: 3/6/2013
Batch Size: 2.40 gal

Ingredients
Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.25 lb Pale Malt (2 Row) US (2.0 SRM) Grain 89.29 %
0.25 lb Caramel/Crystal Malt - 60L (60.0 SRM) Grain 3.57 %
0.50 oz Northern Brewer [8.50 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.36 oz Pride of Ringwood [9.00 %] (60 min) Hops 19.3 IBU
1.44 oz Summit [8.00 %] (20 min) Hops 41.5 IBU
1.00 oz Centennial [10.00 %] (5 min) Hops 11.9 IBU
0.50 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar 7.14 %
1 Pkgs Trappist High Gravity (Wyeast Labs #3787) Yeast

Beer Profile
Measured Original Gravity: 1.082 SG
Measured Final Gravity: 1.016 SG
Actual Alcohol by Vol: 8.64 %
Bitterness: 72.6 IBU
Calories: 375 cal/pint
Est Color: 8.0 SRM

[mashani]

> Trappist High Gravity

Westmalle yeast is my favorite yeast on the planet when I want to make anything Belgian. There are so many flavors you can coax out of it by playing with the temperature, and it really never makes bad beer no matter how you abuse it.

[russki]

> Trappist High Gravity

Westmalle yeast is my favorite yeast on the planet when I want to make anything Belgian. There are so many flavors you can coax out of it by playing with the temperature, and it really never makes bad beer no matter how you abuse it.

Yep, what he said! 3787 rocks!

[BigPapaG]

> Trappist High Gravity

Westmalle yeast is my favorite yeast on the planet when I want to make anything Belgian. There are so many flavors you can coax out of it by playing with the temperature, and it really never makes bad beer no matter how you abuse it.

Yep, what he said! 3787 rocks!

+ 1000000000

Yeah, and my brewing adventures have me muddling around in French and German brews so far this year...

So much so that I haven't used this yeast once yet this year! (I usually get three or four in!)
-- I'm feeling deprived...

Next Belgian is using Shelde yeast but the one after that has got to be Westmalle!

[philm00x]

I can attest to the deliciosity of this brew. It caught me by surprise! Best of luck, Swen:)

[swenocha]

Well, finished in the "sweet 16." I'm good with that. Also, knocked out by a friend (who, ironically, I met at CSB to turn in beers with). Fun times. I found four more bottles of this, so I had one tonight. I'm pretty happy with this one. Finished in the top 128 last year, and in the top 16 this year. Will have to try to better my position next year.

[Beer-lord]

Good onya.
Dayum, we have some serious brewers in this forum! Congrats to all!

[Inkleg]

Top 16! Damn good job!

[mashani]

That's awesome.

[BigPapaG]

Way to go Swen!

WooHoo!

[BlackDuck]

Good job. That's awesome.

[Rebel_B]

Congrats! Got a pack of #3787 in the fridge, destined for a 'Belgian IPA' either tomorrow or Monday.