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Rivendell

Belgian Dubbel • All Grain • 5 gal

The Inebriati

Combining the best ideas from all around the brewing universe to create a spot-on dubbel. Spicy with a nice malt backbone. A lot like Chimay Red really.

November 2, 2016  11:41pm

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Ingredients (All Grain5 gal)

  • 10 lbs Pale Ale Malt;Dingemans

    Pale Ale Malt;Dingemans

    Dingemans Pale Ale malt is fully modified and is easily converted by a single-temperature mash. This is the preferred malt for ales of all types. This malt is interchangeable with British pale ale malt.

  • 0.5 lbs Special Aromatic Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    Special Aromatic Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    Specially designed for MFB’s Belgian brewers. Selected French 2-row barley undergoes a particular malting process which favors the development of a very pronounced malt aroma. This malt will lend a pleasant aromatic malt taste, reinforced by a soft and mellow mouthfeel.

  • 0.5 lbs Dark Munich Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    Dark Munich Malt;Malteries Franco-Belges

    Made from premium French 2-Row barley, this highly modified malt reinforces the taste, color and mouth-feel of Bock beers, Oktoberfest/Marzen beers and Porters. This malt is popular with MFB's German customers such as Paulaner and Lowenbrau.

  • 1.0 lbs Special B - Caramel malt;Dingemans

    Special B - Caramel malt;Dingemans

    The darkest of the Belgian crystal malts, Dingemans Special B will impart a heavy caramel taste and is often credited with the raisin-like flavors of some Belgian Abbey ales. Larger percentages (greater than 5%) will contribute a dark brown-black color and fuller body.

  • 0.5 lbs Belgian Cara-Pils

    Belgian Cara-Pils

    Significantly increases foam/head retention and body of the beer.

  • 1 lbs Belgian Candi Syrup;Dark Candi Inc.

    Belgian Candi Syrup;Dark Candi Inc.

    Candi syrup is a by-product of the candi sugar making process. Candi syrup has a more intense flavor and deeper color than rock candi sugar.

  • 0.5 oz Tettnanger -4.5 AA% whole; boiled 60 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 0.5 oz Tettnanger -4.5 AA% whole; boiled 30 min

    Tettnanger

    Mild, slightly spicy. 'Noble'.

  • 1 oz Saaz -3.2 AA% whole; boiled 10 min

    Saaz

    Used for finishing pilseners, continental lagers, and wheats. The aroma is spicy and pleasant with fragrant overtones.

  • 0.25oz Corriander crushed -5 min from end of boil (omitted from calculations)

    Corriander crushed

    Coriander is the seed of Coriandrum sativum, a plant in the parsley family. The seed is ground or crushed. Coriander has a mild, distinctive taste similar to a blend of lemon and sage.

  • Wyeast3522Belgian Ardennes™

    Wyeast3522Belgian Ardennes™

    One of many great beer yeasts to produce classic Belgian ales. Phenolics develop with increased fermentation temperatures, mild fuitiness and complex spicy character.

Notes

1.25 quarts per lb of grain = 4.25 gallons = 67.5 cups of water +8 cups for under screen = 75.5 cups Mash in at 130 degrees and heat back up to first temperature 125 F for 10 min 140 F for 10 min 149 F for 30 min 158 F for 30 min 170 F for 5 min Sparge with 170 degree water at pH of 5 (roughly 1.6 gallons lost to grain) Sparge at 2 quarts per lb grain = 6.75 gallons pitch at cellar temp (68 degrees) 2.5L starter with 1.040 wort 3 days move upstairs and ferment above 75 degrees 4 days remaining in primary then transfer to secondary and ferment two weeks at elevated temp. Move down to cellar for two days, then rack to tertiary carboy. Prime at 3.5 volumes CO2 and bottle.

Style (BJCP)

Category: 18 -Belgian Strong Ale

Subcategory: B -Belgian Dubbel

Range for this Style
Original Gravity: 1.073 1.062 -1.075
Terminal Gravity: 1.013 1.008 -1.018
Color: 21.5 SRM 10 -17
Alcohol: 7.9% ABV 6% -7.6%
Bitterness: 17.0 IBU 15 -25

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