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Leif Triple
A very nice triple I brewed for Christmas. Was a big hit.
| Brewer: | Harris Ales | Email: | chad.harris@fiu.edu | |||||
| Beer: | Leif Triple | Style: | Belgian Tripel | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 5 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 25 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.082 | FG: | 1.016 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 8.5% v/v (6.6% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | Florida tap, boiled before mashing. | |||||||
| Grain: | 13 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. Belgian aromatic |
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| Mash: | 70% efficiency | |||||||
| A primitive step mash in kettle. Slowly brought up temp from room temp to 150° and held for an hour. Was in the 120°s for about 30 minutes. | ||||||||
| Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.074 | 5.5 gallons | |||||
| 1 lb. Belgian candi sugar | ||||||||
| Used a teaspoon of Irish Moss. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 25g Tettnanger (3.0% AA, 60 min.) 25g Kent Goldings (5% AA, 60 min.) 25g Tettnanger (3.0% AA, 30 min.) |
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| Yeast: | Wyeast 3787. Two smack-packs worth. | |||||||
| Log: | Fermented warmish at around 72° constant. Out of secondary in about three weeks. Tasted strongly of clove during transfer. Allowed to age 5 months in keg, and clove all but disappeared. | |||||||
| Carbonation: | 2.6 Volumes in a keg. | |||||||
| Tasting: | Spicy, refreshing, lightly bready. A very lovely beer. | |||||||
Recipe posted 01/18/07.
