Mash Guidelines
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Amount
|
Description
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Type
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Start Temp
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Target Temp
|
Time
|
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5.99 gal |
|
Strike |
160 °F |
153 °F |
60 min |
|
2 gal |
|
Sparge |
168 °F |
168 °F |
15 min |
Starting Mash Thickness:
1.7 qt/lb
Starting Grain Temp:
65 °F |
Priming
|
Method: co2
Amount: 8.22 psi
Temp: 32.01 °F
CO2 Level: 2.5 Volumes |
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Notes
GTABrews Brewslam 2025 Belgian and French Ale (24B) 2nd place.
Some notes on the recipe:
- This is for a 4.8gallon batch (I ferment all beers in kegs). You can bottle carbonate these using honey or just burst carb with co2 which is what I do.
- You can replace aromatic malt with Special B if you want it to have a bit more pronounced caramel/raisin taste.
- Single infusion mash at 153F (67C) with a mash thickness of 1.7 qt/lb. Aim for 5.4-5.6 mash PH.
- It's not a hoppy beer by any means so you can really use a wide variety of noble/continental hops. You should be between 20-30IBU.
- You might not want to use a saison yeast as the beer will become too dry (unless thats your thang!).
- You can easily open ferment this which is what I do with most of my beers.
- Ferment low for the first few days to avoid it from developing too much phenolic/ester character, before ramping up temperature by 2-3F (1-2C) per day.
- Best enjoyed fresh.
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Cost $ |
Cost % |
| Fermentables |
$ |
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Steeping Grains
(Extract Only) |
$ |
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| Hops |
$ |
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| Yeast |
$ |
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| Other |
$ |
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| Cost Per Barrel |
$ 0.00 |
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| Cost Per Pint |
$ 0.00 |
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| Total Cost |
$ 0.00 |
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