Barrel aged Flanders red ale
Intended to be a flanders red ale for a club barrel project. 10 brewers are making 5 gallon batches, doing the primary fermentation and then adding to a 55 gallon oak barrel and adding wild ale cultures and aging for several months. Should be interesting
Brewer: | Chris McMath | Email: | jcmcmath@hotmail.com | |||||
Beer: | Barrel aged Flanders red ale | Style: | Flanders Brown | |||||
Type: | All grain | Size: | 5.5 gallons | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 23 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.077 | FG: | 1.012 | |||||
Alcohol: | 8.3% v/v (6.5% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | well water with gypsum | |||||||
Grain: | 9 lb. German Pilsner .5 lb. Wheat malt 2 lb. German Munich .5 lb. British crystal 50-60L .5 lb. British crystal 70-80L |
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Mash: | 80% efficiency | |||||||
Infusion mash with thin decoction to get to mashout | ||||||||
Boil: | 90 minutes | SG 1.053 | 8 gallons | |||||
1 lb. Belgian candi sugar | ||||||||
whirlfloc tab at 15 min | ||||||||
Hops: | 1 oz. Willamette (5% AA, 60 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 30 min.) .5 oz. Saaz (3.75% AA, 15 min.) |
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Yeast: | Fermentis T-58, overnight starter. | |||||||
Log: | brewed 10/12/09 |
Recipe posted 10/12/09.