Brew Recipe

5 Gallons  -  All Grain

OG: 1.104         FG: 1.020

Alcohol by Volume: 11.0 %

Color:

52.2 (HCU)

36.6 (SRM)

Recipe Style:

Specialty Grains
  • CaraMunich - Belgian   (11 ounces)
  • Munich - German   (8 ounces)
  • Chocolate - English   (3.5 ounces)
  • Biscuit - Belgian   (2 ounces)
Fermentables
  • Pilsener - Belgian   (18 pounds)  
  • Candi Sugar - Clear - Belgian   (1 pounds)  90 min
  • Candi Sugar - Dark - Belgian   (1 pounds)  90 min
Mash Schedule

152 degrees for 90 minutes
160 degrees for 10 minutes
170 degree sparge

Strike Water: 0 gallons (0.00 quarts)
Sparge Water: 0 gallons (0.00 quarts)
Total Water: 0 gallons (0.00 quarts)

Efficiency: 74%

Hop Additions
  • Styrian Goldings Pellet  (0.75oz.- 3.75% AA)  90 min
  • Hallertau Select Pellet  (0.75oz.- 3.75% AA)  90 min
  • Hallertau Select Pellet  (0.25oz.- 3.75% AA)  10 min
  • Styrian Goldings Pellet  (0.25oz.- 3.75% AA)  10 min

IBUs: 27.7

Boil Additions
  • Irish Moss  (1 tsp)  15 min
  • Corriander  (0.5 tsp)  15 min
Yeast
  • Rochefort Yeast (Liquid)
Priming Solution
  • Dry Malt Extract (DME)  (1.25 cup)
Stubborn Bitch Belgian Quadruple

Primary Fermentation: 7 days
Secondary Fermentation: 5.2 weeks (37 days)
Bottle Conditioning: 1.5 months (46 days)
Total Aging Time: 3 months (90 days)

Brewing Notes

2 stuck sparges, very long transfer into primary, 1 broken auto-syphon when I went to transfer to secondary, etc., etc.

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