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Christmas BelgoSoCal
Dark, Bitter, with a belgian background!
In primary!!!
| Brewer: | Tom Healy | Email: | tomh51369@yahoo.com | |||||
| Beer: | Christmas BelgoSoCal | Style: | American Brown | |||||
| Type: | All grain | Size: | 6 gallons | |||||
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Bitterness: | 83 IBU | |||||
| OG: | 1.070 | FG: | 1.017 | |||||
| Alcohol: | 6.9% v/v (5.4% w/w) | |||||||
| Water: | None, Hollywood medium balanced profile. Forgot to add gypsom, hop impression I think is two low judging from wort. | |||||||
| Grain: | 8 lb. American 2-row 1 lb. British Malted Oats 1 lb. German Melanoiden 1 lb. Belgian aromatic 8 oz. American crystal 120L 1 lb. 8 oz. Roasted Wheat (homemade) |
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| Mash: | 75% efficiency | |||||||
| 155 infusion for 6 hours. Reheated with roasted wheat and caramel tea. Brew in bag. Vorlauf accomplished by placing siphon tube under bag and pitching the wort back over. Should have squeezed it out after lauttering had quart or two of good wort left in grain. |
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| Boil: | 80 minutes | SG 1.060 | 7 gallons | |||||
| 1 lb. Palm Sugar (slightly caramalized) 8 oz. Cane sugar(homemade invert) |
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| None. Troob pile to loose, happens with whole hops. | ||||||||
| Hops: | 2 oz. Magnum (US) (12% AA, 75 min.) 2 oz. Kent Goldings(US) (5% AA, 15 min.) .25 oz. Magnum (US) (12% AA, 15 min.) |
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| Yeast: | T-85 (on expiration date) | |||||||
| Log: | Followed mfrs recc on rehydration, pitched warm ( 77 f)but visual signs of ferm at around 68. Hopefully t85 will present some usual belgian character. |
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Recipe posted 11/24/13.
