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4 Gatsbys

328 calories 29.4 g 12 oz
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Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Dubbel
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 5.25 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 5.5 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.095 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.099 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 85% (brew house)
Source: Experimental Homebrewing
Calories: 328 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 29.4 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Wednesday February 24th 2016
1.099
1.019
10.6%
27.2
20.8
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Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
15 lb Belgian - Pilsner15 lb Pilsner 37 1.6 90.9%
1 lb Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - D-1801 lb Belgian Candi Syrup - D-180 - (late boil kettle addition) 32 180 6.1%
8 oz Molasses8 oz Molasses - (late boil kettle addition) 36 80 3%
16.50 lbs / $ 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
0.75 oz Magnum0.75 oz Magnum Hops Pellet 15 Boil 60 min 27.21 100%
0.75 oz / $ 0.00
 
Yeast
White Labs - Abbey Ale Yeast WLP530
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
77.5%
Flocculation:
Med-High
Optimum Temp:
66 - 72 °F
Starter:
Yes
Fermentation Temp:
60 °F
Pitch Rate:
1.0 (M cells / ml / ° P) 468 B cells required
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Priming
Method: co2       CO2 Level: 3.5 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
Balanced Profile
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
5 gal Strike at 168 Infusion -- 151 °F 60 min
2.65 gal Sparge -- 168 °F 10 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
Quick Water Requirements
Water Gallons  Quarts
Strike water volume at mash thickness of 1.25 qt/lb 4.69 18.8  
Mash volume with grains 5.89 23.6  
Grain absorption losses -1.88 -7.5  
Remaining sparge water volume (equipment estimates 4.84 g | 19.3 qt) 2.94 11.8  
Mash Lauter Tun losses -0.25 -1  
Pre boil volume (equipment estimates 7.4 g | 29.6 qt) 5.5 22  
Volume increase from sugar/extract (late additions) 0.13 0.5  
Boil off losses -2.25 -9  
Hops absorption losses (first wort, boil, aroma) -0.03 -0.1  
Post boil Volume 5.25 21  
Going into fermentor 5.25 21  
Total: 7.63 30.5
Equipment Profile Used: System Default
 
Notes

Mash w/ single + batch:
Strike grains with 5 gal of water at 167.3 °F.
Mash at 151 °F for 60 min.
Vorlauf and lauter 2.85 gal in your first runnings.
Add 2.65 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 2.65 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 5.5 gal.

Mash w/ mash out
Strike grains with 5 gal of water at 167.3 °F.
Mash at 151 °F for 60 min.
Mash out with 0.85 gal of water at 212 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 3.7 gal in your first runnings.
Add 1.8 gal of sparge water at 168 °F.
Vorlauf and lauter 1.8 gal in your second runnings.
Your combined runnings should be 5.5 gal.

The much-vaunted Westvleteren 12 has been an object of desire for a good many brewers and beer lovers. Rumors abound that the recipe for the beer is blindingly simple. The fermentables are supposedly just Pilsner malt and Belgian candi syrup, a byproduct of the sugar making process that wasn’t available to US brewers until recently. Now several folks import the stuff from Belgium, and some are even making it here in the States, so take this as an opportunity to explore their different properties.
For 5.5 gallons at 1.096, 32 IBUs, 3.8 SRM, 9.3% ABV, 90-minute boil
GRAIN BILL
19 lbs
Dingeman Pilsner Malt
1.5 lbs
Belgian candi syrup (D2 or D-180)
MASH SCHEDULE
Rest
151°F
60 minutes
HOPS
0.75 oz
Magnum
Pellet
11.6% AA
60 minutes
YEAST
WLP530 Abbey Ale or WY3787 Trappist High Gravity
NOTES
Add the syrup late to the boil, with 10–15 minutes remaining. It will allow for better hop utilization. Alternately you can add the syrup to the ferment as opposed to the boil. You’ll need a large amount of yeast, so consider making a starter beer. (In fact, try the variant below.) And for the love of all that’s holy, pitch and start this beer in the low 60°sF and let it rise to fermentation in the higher 60°sF. A beer with this much oomph is asking for fusel alcohols and headaches if you let it ferment hotter.
VARIANT
The Singular Half: Cut all the ingredients in half and ferment away for a not-quite Single or Double. The yeast can be used to ferment the Quad.

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