BDSA Beer Recipe | All Grain Belgian Dark Strong Ale by Melodrama Homebrewing | Brewer's Friend
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384 calories 30.5 g 500 ml
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Boil Time: 60 min
Batch Size: 21 liters (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 27 liters
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.065 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.083 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 72% (brew house)
Calories: 384 calories (Per 500ml)
Carbs: 30.5 g (Per 500ml)
Created: Tuesday September 30th 2025
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
4 kg Weyermann - Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner4 kg Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner 36.3 1.9 56.3%
1 kg Weyermann - Munich Type I1 kg Munich Type I 38 6 14.1%
0.20 kg Simpsons - Crystal Medium0.2 kg Crystal Medium 33 65.01 2.8%
0.20 kg Weyermann - Carapils0.2 kg Carapils 2.44 € / kg
0.49 € 		34.5 2.1 2.8%
0.40 kg Weyermann - Special W0.4 kg Special W 33.6 115 5.6%
1.30 kg Brown Sugar1.3 kg Brown Sugar 45 15 18.3%
7.10 kg / 0.49 €
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
30 g Aurora30 g Aurora Hops Pellet 8 Boil 75 min 26.52 100%
30 g / 0.00 €
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
21.17 L Strike 72 °C 67 °C 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 3.65 L/kg
Starting Grain Temp: 21 °C
 
Yeast
Lallemand - LALBREW® ABBAYE BELGIAN ALE YEAST
Amount:
2 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (custom):
80%
Flocculation:
Medium
Optimum Temp:
17 - 25 °C
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
-
Pitch Rate:
0.35 (M cells / ml / ° P) 147 B cells required
0.00 € Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 3.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
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"BDSA" Belgian Dark Strong Ale beer recipe by Melodrama Homebrewing. All Grain, ABV 9.41%, IBU 26.52, SRM 17.68, Fermentables: (Floor-Malted Bohemian Pilsner, Munich Type I, Crystal Medium, Carapils, Special W, Brown Sugar) Hops: (Aurora)
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