Still very light in palate, despite of colour.
special B - very dark crystal
Sugar is a critical component of abbey and Trappist beer.
sugar - demerara
bring pH to 5.3
saaz - for pales (Trappist single, tripel); gives more citrus notes. Darker beers from this range (dubbel, quadrupel) accomodate perle, styrian well (spicier)
hops -
After 2 weeks of fermentation 22C it attenuated to 1.014. Keep for another 3 days if doesn't change, bottle.
First yeast: Abbey Ale White Labs, push it up to 10-12%. Cold-crash, rack on the strong starter of WLP099. Add 0.5kg of DME daily until fermentation stops.
Yeast nutrient and periodical oxygen additions early in the WLP099 fermentation are key
syrop cukrowy
Goryczka okolo 80IBU
nuty fig, rodzynek by sie przydaly. moze zrobie jakis fajny candy syrup, taki ciemniejszy
check pH in porto/sherry, adjust pH of 25% to the same level. take a few samples, change pH until it is tasty.
on a sweet side I want this beer, so IBU must contrast it.
First Fermented with US-05, then Abbey Yeast Added (WLP530, starter), then after various malt extracts additions WLP099 added (beefy starter, d = 1.026, airated a bit). Before 099 addition beer was sitting at 14.1%