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Belgian Dubbel

348 calories 23.7 g .5 L
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 30 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 46 liters
Post Boil Size: 32 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.053 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.076 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 77% (brew house)
Source: Wheel Ale Brewing
Calories: 348 calories (Per .5L)
Carbs: 23.7 g (Per .5L)
Created: Friday February 10th 2023
1.076
1.007
9.1%
29.8
22.2
3.6
17.42
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
6 kg Simpsons - Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter6 kg Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter £ 1.00 / kg
£ 6.00 		37 2.6 63.2%
0.50 kg Bestmalz - BEST Caramel Munich II0.5 kg BEST Caramel Munich II £ 1.24 / kg
£ 0.62 		34.5 45.5 5.3%
0.70 kg BB - Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar0.7 kg Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar - (late boil kettle addition) £ 2.55 / kg
£ 1.79 		40 40 7.4%
1.50 kg Bairds - Munich Malt1.5 kg Munich Malt 36.8 5 15.8%
0.30 kg United Kingdom - Amber0.3 kg Amber 32 27 3.2%
400 g Castle Malting - Special B400 g Special B £ 2.60 / kg
£ 1.04 		34 150 4.2%
100 g Weyermann - Carafa Special Type II100 g Carafa Special Type II £ 4.26 / kg
£ 0.43 		29.9 425 1.1%
9.50 kg / £ 9.87
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
25 g Styrian Goldings25 g Styrian Goldings Hops £ 0.04 / g
£ 1.00 		Pellet 4.1 Boil 20 min 5.1 41.7%
35 g First Gold35 g First Gold Hops £ 0.06 / g
£ 2.10 		Pellet 8.6 Boil 60 min 24.74 58.3%
60 g / £ 3.10
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® ABBAYE BELGIAN ALE YEAST
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
£ 4.45 / each
£ 4.45
Attenuation (avg):
88%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
17 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.75 (M cells / ml / ° P) 415 B cells required
£ 4.45 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 3.25 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Kettering Rd
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
30 L Strike 68 °C 65 °C 90 min
12 L Sparge -- -- 15 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 18 °C
Quick Water Requirements
Water Liters
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 3.7 L/kg 32.1
Mash volume with grains 37.9
Grain absorption losses -8.8
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 13.1 L) 23.6
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.9
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 35.5 L) 46
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.5
Boil off losses -5.7
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.3
Post boil Volume (equipment estimates 30 L) 32
WARNING: Exceeded batch size - reduce boil size  
Going into fermentor (equipment estimates 32 L) 30
Total: 55.7  
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
"Belgian Dubbel" Belgian Dark Strong Ale beer recipe by Wheel Ale Brewing. All Grain, ABV 9.07%, IBU 29.84, SRM 22.23, Fermentables: (Finest Pale Ale Maris Otter, BEST Caramel Munich II, Dark Brown Muscovado Sugar, Munich Malt, Amber, Special B, Carafa Special Type II) Hops: (Styrian Goldings, First Gold)
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