Beer Style: Belgian Golden Strong Ale
(18D)
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 US gallons
The only substantial change I'd make to the hopping is to dry-hop rather than finish-hop, using the same quantities of the same varieties. After three weeks of fascinating fermentation, a strong beer was produced that was intriguingly complex and true to type. After a few months in the bottle it acquired a strong banana-ester component in the nose that priming with corn sugar rather than DME might have ameliorated. Good stuff, IMHO.
Original Gravity: 1.078
Final Gravity: 1.013
Alcohol by Vol: 8.51%
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.00 US Gallons
Heat 14 quarts of mash water to 135 degrees. Mash-in for 3 minutes. Adjust pH to about 5.3. Protein rest for 30 minutes for 131-128 degrees. Conversion of about 2 hours at 150-141 degrees. Mash-out for 5 minutes at 168 degrees. Sparge with 5.5 gallons at 168-165 degrees. Boil 2 hours. Add boiling hops at 60 mins and finish hops at end of boil. Chill. Pitch yeast.
Source: Martin A. Lodahl