Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.

Author Topic: Basic Belgian  (Read 6324 times)

Offline sdixon

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 753
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Basic Belgian
« on: February 13, 2012, 11:36:17 PM »
Grain Bill
----------------
4.000 kg Pilsner (76.19%)
1.000 kg Munich I (19.05%)
0.250 kg Caraaroma (4.76%)

Hop Bill
----------------
25.0 g Styrian Golding Leaf (4.4% Alpha) @ 60 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)
25.0 g East Kent Golding Leaf (4.7% Alpha) @ 30 Minutes (Boil) (1.1 g/L)

Misc Bill
----------------
Single step Infusion at 150°F for 60 Minutes.
Ferment at 68°F - 72F with Allagash White culture (from the beer we drank at Richards place a few meetings ago)
"Good people drink good beer"
Hunter S. Thompson


On Tap]

Offline sdixon

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 753
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2012, 10:29:29 PM »
I ended up spunding this batch. I suspect since it is cultured from a microbrewery it works well under some pressure. We shall see.
"Good people drink good beer"
Hunter S. Thompson


On Tap]

Offline Thomas

  • Yeast Curator
  • Charter Member
  • Junior Poster
  • *****
  • Posts: 392
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2012, 11:13:17 PM »
Allagash yeast eh? Will you be washing it after the brew is done?

Offline sdixon

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 753
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2012, 11:29:36 PM »
For sure I will. I already washed the yeast from an Allagash Dubble I cultered and brewed a few weeks ago (which I can bring this weekend if you are going to Deans). This one is an Allagash White. I also have a Wyeast 3522 (Belgian Ardennes) fermenting now that I may have washed for this Saturdays meeting.

From what I have read, they are both bottled conditioned with their house yeast (the Dubbel and White), but I am most confident about the White being the house yeast. Can you tell the difference between 2 similar yeast strains? No point in going to the trouble to catalogue two cultures if they are actually the same.
"Good people drink good beer"
Hunter S. Thompson


On Tap]

Offline Richard

  • Charter Member
  • Forum Ninja
  • *****
  • Posts: 4618
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 67
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2012, 11:33:46 PM »
Do we know what Wyeast strain it is that Allagash use?
Charter Member

Kegged: air.
Primary: air.
Bulk Aging: Silence of the Lambics (Pitched 13/05/2012).
Owed: JQ LSA x 1, Kyle Stout x 1 & IPA x 1.

Offline sdixon

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 753
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2012, 11:35:43 PM »
No they wouldn't tell me. But reading between the lines of our conversation, I'm thinking it was a variation of 3522.

PS - I do know however that Upright Brewing use Wyeast 3522 now.

http://www.uprightbrewing.com/?page_id=253
"Good people drink good beer"
Hunter S. Thompson


On Tap]

Offline Richard

  • Charter Member
  • Forum Ninja
  • *****
  • Posts: 4618
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 67
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2012, 11:40:14 PM »
We could perhaps culture the yeast and do a brew with 3522 and your culture... I figure that would answer the question if the starters were prepared appropriately.

To the sciencemobile!
Charter Member

Kegged: air.
Primary: air.
Bulk Aging: Silence of the Lambics (Pitched 13/05/2012).
Owed: JQ LSA x 1, Kyle Stout x 1 & IPA x 1.

Offline sdixon

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 753
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #7 on: February 14, 2012, 11:42:35 PM »
I like it. Let's do it!
"Good people drink good beer"
Hunter S. Thompson


On Tap]

Offline Kyle

  • Charter Member
  • Forum Ninja
  • *****
  • Posts: 3082
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 280
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2012, 09:51:20 AM »
I asked him if he could tell them apart before, and no, he can tell that they are yeast, but thats about it.
Charter Member

On Tap: DIPA, Vienna SMaSH, Imp Stout
Planned: IPA
Fermenting: --

Offline pliny

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 799
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 250
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2012, 03:51:17 PM »
Hey sdixon, I think there's a Belgian beer tasting tonight at the Garrison. FYI.
Sounds like it would be up you alley.

Offline Richard

  • Charter Member
  • Forum Ninja
  • *****
  • Posts: 4618
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 67
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2012, 03:56:15 PM »
What's the entry fee?
Charter Member

Kegged: air.
Primary: air.
Bulk Aging: Silence of the Lambics (Pitched 13/05/2012).
Owed: JQ LSA x 1, Kyle Stout x 1 & IPA x 1.

Offline pliny

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 799
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 250
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2012, 04:02:29 PM »
Tonight - 7pm - $30.
I've been to tastings there before and they are very generous. Definitely get your money's worth.
I'd be going but I have plans to go to Crabbe.

Offline sdixon

  • NBCBA
  • Senior Poster
  • ***
  • Posts: 753
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 0
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2012, 05:18:22 PM »
Yes, thank you i am going. yep $30.
"Good people drink good beer"
Hunter S. Thompson


On Tap]

Offline Kyle

  • Charter Member
  • Forum Ninja
  • *****
  • Posts: 3082
  • Liked:
  • Likes Given: 280
Re: Basic Belgian
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2012, 08:46:13 AM »
Wikipedia was very helpful when I took Chemistry:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction
Charter Member

On Tap: DIPA, Vienna SMaSH, Imp Stout
Planned: IPA
Fermenting: --