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Beer Recipes and Food => All Grain => 18 - Belgian Strong Ale => Topic started by: jamie_savoie on December 14, 2012, 03:23:39 PM

Title: Grand Cru
Post by: jamie_savoie on December 14, 2012, 03:23:39 PM
Brewing this tomorrow.  Shooting to create something along the line of Don de Dieu-ish.  Will split in 2, ferment with 2 yeast strains, let it ride a couple of months, bottle and condition for awhile

Recipe: 22 - Grand Cru
Brewer: Jamie
Style: Imperial Wit
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (30,0)

Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 6,52 gal
Post Boil Volume: 5,98 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 5,00 gal  
Bottling Volume: 4,60 gal
Estimated OG: 1,086 SG
Estimated Color: 5,9 SRM
Estimated IBU: 34,0 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 70,00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 82,5 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amt                  Name                                      %/IBU        
7 lbs                 Pilsner (Weyermann) (1,7 SRM)    43,8 %        
5 lbs                 White Wheat Malt (2,4 SRM)                  31,3 %        
1 lbs                 Wheat, Flaked (1,6 SRM)                     6,3 %  
8,0 oz               Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30,0 SRM)          3,1 %        
8,0 oz               Rice Hulls (0,0 SRM)                         3,1 %  
2 lbs                 Honey (1,0 SRM)                              12,5 %        
1,00 oz              Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4,00 %] - First Wort 60,0 min  11,5 IBUs    
1,00 oz              Saaz [4,00 %] - First Wort 60,0 min       10,4 IBUs
1,00 oz              Hallertauer Hersbrucker [4,00 %] - Boil 20 min              6,3 IBUs      
1,00 oz              Saaz [4,00 %] - Boil 20,0 min              5,7 IBUs      
0,50 oz              Wild Chamomille (Boil 1,0 mins)                
0,75 oz              Coriander Seed (Boil 5,0 mins)                    
1,0 pkg              Forbidden Fruit (washed yeast from SWMBO slayer (http://nbcba.org/forum/index.php?topic=2097.0))                
1,0 pkg              Canadian/Belgian Ale  (Wyeast Labs #PC-3864)            

Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 16 lbs
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Name                   Description                             Step Temperat Step Time    
Mash In                Add 17,50 qt of water at 168,6 F        154,0 F       40 min        

Sparge: Fly sparge with 4,07 gal water at 168,0 F