Biere Forte
A beautiful strong beer. I bottled some in wine bottles for a special occasion.
Brewer: | Alex van den Broek | Email: | - | |||||
URL: | http://www.geocities.com/nzhomebrew/index.html | |||||||
Beer: | Biere Forte | Style: | Belgian Dubbel | |||||
Type: | Extract w/grain | Size: | 15 liters | |||||
Color: |
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Bitterness: | 33 IBU | |||||
OG: | 1.092 | FG: | 1.015 | |||||
Alcohol: | 9.9% v/v (7.8% w/w) | |||||||
Water: | Christchurch tap water, its very soft. | |||||||
Grain: | 250g Wheat malt 100g German Vienna 250g German Munich 50g British chocolate |
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Steep: | steep grain at 65° for 45mins | |||||||
Boil: | 60 minutes | SG 1.115 | 12 liters | |||||
3kg Light malt extract 950g Belgian candi sugar |
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Hops: | 30g NZ BSaaz (8.6% AA, 60 min.) 20g NZ Styrian Goldings (5.5% AA, 30 min.) 5g NZ Styrian Goldings (5.5% AA, 5 min.) |
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Yeast: | Safale dried yeast Muntons dried yeast in secondary |
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Log: | primary 7 days secondary 14 days |
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Carbonation: | 1 teaspoon of cane sugar per bottle | |||||||
Tasting: | A great beer, with a good balance between hops and malt. The mouth feel is great. Next time I would decrease the bitterness also as the hop flavour sticks out slightly. |
Recipe posted 11/30/03.