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Author:

Dani Valenti

Boil Size: 16 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.076

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 3.65

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 23 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 12/5/2022 7:48 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/30/2016 3:04 AM

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Author:

Mateo Meda

Boil Size: 29 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.075

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/29/2022 10:00 PM

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Author:

paulgrape

Boil Size: 33.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.042

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/24/2017 4:34 AM

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Author:

Odinbarbearia

Boil Size: 42 Litres

Boil Time: 70

Boil Gravity: 1.047

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 17 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 9/1/2017 2:35 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 8.6 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/5/2020 5:21 PM

Notes: Gold medal at 2023 T.R.A.S.H. competition.

Silver Medal - 2024 TRASH Competition - Specialty Spiced Beer

Silver Medal - 2024 Fermentation Frenzy - Creative Beer Category (13 entries)

Author:

jt drowns

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.058

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/1/2018 3:46 PM

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Author:

Doghair Brewery

Boil Size: 14 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.08

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 11/10/2018 2:01 AM

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Author:

RustyBarrelHomebrewing

Boil Size: 8 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.083

Efficiency: 60

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/16/2020 3:50 AM

Notes: ===============================
12/2/2025

TLDR; next time try different yeast or higher fermentation temp; pull oak cubes and bottle once its tasting great. consider oak aging in keg and natural carbonation so you get the yeast in the bottle.

Scored 33 but no medal in MALT Turkeyshoot.

My opinion : This peaked before I bottled it. It was tasting so good at one point, it was kinda hazy too, smooth and complex. By time I bottled it it has become super clear, overly rum oakey and too sweet, cloying and boozy, syrupy almost. There was oak cubes in the keg which could have done it but otherwise the beer changed a lot over the course of the year.

From the judges : basically they wanted more belgian yeastey character, I could agree with that. Could maybe try a different yeast or ferment hotter, I think the safale belgian is kind on the clean side and maybe too flocculant. One judge said not enough oak and rum but the other said lots of it.

Scoresheet :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n8N_0sn9xB-U0bPfhRitOs-o5zAfjyZE/view?usp=drive_link

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3/20/2025
Brew night on new digiboil better efficiency and boil off. Took too much volume couldve done less for higher OG. Next time.

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1/22/2025

5 years later finally dusting this recipe off for production.

adjusting for efficiency. adding DME. using cane sugar instead of candi. adding more malt.

using warrior for bittering. adding some hallertau at end of boil because why not.

probably going to be using reused s-33 from a previous batch.

this batch likely going into a bourbon barrel. again, because why not. it will probably be darkened quite a bit since the barrel has had stout and barleywine in it previously.

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1/15/2020
initial recipe creation notes:
* choosing simple grain bill from NB's version because thats my style. they had belgian pale which i subbed for 2row but then changed my mind and went with a pilsner munich mix.
* changed from 2lb 180 to 2lb 90 to reduce the calculated color to within the bjcp range
* many recipes on aha were using magnum so i used the minimal of that to get into bjcp range
* using one full pack of rva hopefully dont have to make substitutions. some options are
** 1338 belgian strong ale
** 3787 trappist style high gravity (<-- used this for tripel play in 2019, possibly reuse for 2020 tripel andor dubbel)
** 1762 belgian abbey ii
* going to mash at 148 for 60. cb&b suggests 90 min mash at low temp. ill take the low temp but im pretty good at reaching low FG so ill stick with 60 mins

note that there appears to be some back and forth about the definition of quad and belgian dark strong ale . brewers association has them as two separate styles however bjcp does not have quad. it has been said that quad should be a subcategory of BDSA, and also that quad refers to certain specific BDSA beers such as westy 12. indeed the base recipe referenced below from northern brewer appears to be a westy 12 clone. also of note is that rochefort 8 is considered BDSA while rochefort 10 is considered a quad.

consulted with :
1) northern brewer's quad : https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2785/6868/t/3/assets/AGNorthy12BelgianQuad-1532541330362.pdf?9962267991876753943

2) craft beer & brewing article : https://beerandbrewing.com/make-your-best-belgian-dark-strong-ale/

3) BJCP : http://www.bjcp.org/style/2015/26/26D/belgian-dark-strong-ale/

4) winning homebrew recipes from aha : https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-recipes/

here is Ryan's recipe for Tin Tin's Magic Elixir :
15lb: 2-row*
3lb: Munich
0.5lb: Classic Wheat
1lb: Aromatic
1lb: Cara Munich
1lb: Special "B"
0.5lb: Melanoidin
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1lb: Dark Candi Sugar**
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Hallertau Hops (4%) for 60 minutes
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WLP545***

*Probably a sin but I changed this from Pils Malt.
**Recipe I found online had "cane sugar." I just like the taste of the Dark Candi Sugar better. Smarter people than me can argue that there is no difference but seems to add a little something IMHO.
*** I wanted to do one of the two RVA Trappist but they were out when I bought my recipe.

Author:

Shenfield Shed

Boil Size: 29.5 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.061

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 2.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: 19 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 5/16/2024 7:23 AM

Notes: After the boil, cool to 80c and add 30g each of Amarillo, Mosaic and Sabro. Allow to whirlpool for 30mins before a further 30min stand with out your pump on, this allows the hop material to settle to the bottom of your brewing system but also mimics the extended transfer time you would see in a commercial brewery.

Secondary additions:

Once fermentation has completed, add your dry hop addition – 50g each of Sabro, Amarillo and Mosaic, we suggest that if you can cool the beer to around 14c before adding the hops, this can help. This big juicy New England IPA really benefits from being able to rouse the hops after 24 hours of contact time. Leave the hops in contact for 2-3 days in total, rousing each 24 hours if you can. After this contact time, if you can, remove the hops and the move to cold crashing the beer for 24-48 hours as close to 4c if possible. Following this cold crash you can package your beer, ideally into a keg.

Author:

Harri_G

Boil Size: 11 Litres

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.054

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 20 ° C

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/1/2015 3:55 PM

Notes:

Author:

Genus Brewing

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.05

Efficiency: 75

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 6/18/2020 8:22 PM

Notes:

Author:

Carlos Zago

Boil Size: 32.82 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.04

Efficiency: 59

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.5

Primary Temp: 12 ° C

Priming Method: co2

Priming Amount: 0.8 bar

Creation Date: 10/25/2019 4:50 PM

Notes:

Author:

zachi

Boil Size: 39 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.031

Efficiency: 78

Mash Thickness: 3.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/19/2019 8:47 AM

Notes:

Author:

adv_trev

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 55

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 1/18/2019 8:01 PM

Notes:

Author:

Luke Tennant

Boil Size: 520 Litres

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.043

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 3

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 7/17/2018 6:47 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 341 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 11.2

Efficiency: 80

Mash Thickness: 1.5

Sugar Scale: Plato

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 1.75

Primary Temp: 55 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 10/18/2017 6:48 PM

Notes:

Author:

cncdude7777

Boil Size: 7 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.044

Efficiency: 70

Mash Thickness: 1.35

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: 50 ° F

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 8/9/2016 12:43 AM

Notes:

Author:

Slide 11

Boil Size: 7.5 Gallons

Boil Time: 60

Boil Gravity: 1.052

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: 1.25

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: N/A

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/5/2016 3:39 PM

Notes:

Author:

Boil Size: 6.75 Gallons

Boil Time: 90

Boil Gravity: 1.038

Efficiency: 65

Mash Thickness: N/A

Sugar Scale: Specific Gravity

Brew Method: All Grain

Pitch Rate: 0.35

Primary Temp: N/A

Priming Method: N/A

Priming Amount: N/A

Creation Date: 2/3/2015 3:23 PM

Notes: