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En Garde!
This beer had wonderful tones of orange and spice and ended up with an incredible final gravity of 1.003 without giving too much of an alcoholic nature.
| Brewer: | Derek Almashy/Patrick Crabtree | Email: | crabtre@GZIS.COM | |||||
| Beer: | En Garde! | Style: | Bière de Garde | |||||
| Type: | Partial mash | Size: | 6 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 20 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.069 | FG: | 1.003 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 8.5% v/v (6.6% w/w) | |||||||
| Grain: | .5 lb. Belgian Pilsner .5 lb. Belgian biscuit 1 lb. American crystal 40L |
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| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||||
| Did a partial mash by heating three quarts of water to 175 degrees. Moved water to a cold pot and mashed in grains (in a grain bag) at 164 degrees. Mashed for 45 mins at temps of 150-156 degrees. Drained off initial runnings into boil kettle and then sparged with three quarts of 170 degree water. Drained second runnings into boil kettle. This is not a perfect way to do a mash, but works in a pinch. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.063 | 6.5 gallons | |||||
| 7 lb. 5 oz. Light malt extract 2 lb. Belgian candi sugar |
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| Added 1 tsp Irish Moss at 15 mins left on the boil. Added 1 oz ground Coriander and 1 oz Sweet Orange Peel at end of boil. Steeped Coriander and Orange for 15 mins prior to cooling. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 1 oz. Styrian Goldings (4.2% AA, 60 min.) 1 oz. Saaz (3.4% AA, 35 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 3725 Biere De Gard - from a 2 pint starter in growler | |||||||
| Log: | Brewed 3/18/2007 - racked to primary (stainless semi-conical) Drew off yeast from primary 3/29/2007 Kegged 4/4/2007 - FG 1.003 (Yep, really!) |
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| Tasting: | Orange and Spice so far... | |||||||
Recipe posted 03/18/07.