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Club Strong

309 calories 29.3 g 12 oz
Beer Stats
Method: All Grain
Style: Belgian Dark Strong Ale
Boil Time: 90 min
Batch Size: 42 gallons (fermentor volume)
Pre Boil Size: 45 gallons
Pre Boil Gravity: 1.087 (recipe based estimate)
Post Boil Gravity: 1.093 (recipe based estimate)
Efficiency: 80% (brew house)
Source: Green Mountain Mashers
Calories: 309 calories (Per 12oz)
Carbs: 29.3 g (Per 12oz)
Created: Sunday October 11th 2015
1.093
1.020
9.5%
14.0
22.7
5.6
n/a
 
Fermentables
Amount Fermentable Cost PPG °L Bill %
95 lb Belgian - Pilsner95 lb Pilsner 37 1.6 71.7%
4 lb Rolled Oats4 lb Rolled Oats 33 2.2 3%
8 lb German - CaraMunich II8 lb CaraMunich II 34 46 6%
8 lb Munich Dark 20L8 lb Munich Dark 20L 34 20 6%
4 lb Belgian - Special B4 lb Special B 34 115 3%
13.50 lb Candi Syrup - Belgian Candi Syrup - Dark (80L)13.5 lb Belgian Candi Syrup - Dark (80L) 32 80 10.2%
132.50 lbs / 0.00
 
Hops
Amount Variety Cost Type AA Use Time IBU Bill %
3 oz Chinook3 oz Chinook Hops Pellet 14.3 Boil 60 min 13.98 100%
3 oz / 0.00
 
Mash Guidelines
Amount Description Type Start Temp Target Temp Time
45 gal Infusion -- 153 °F 60 min
Starting Mash Thickness: 1.25 qt/lb
 
Yeast
Wyeast - Belgian Ale 1214
Amount:
1 Each
Cost:
Attenuation (avg):
75%
Flocculation:
Med-Low
Optimum Temp:
68 - 78 °F
Starter:
No
Fermentation Temp:
66 °F
Pitch Rate:
0.5 (M cells / ml / ° P) 1767 B cells required
0.00 Yeast Pitch Rate and Starter Calculator
Priming
CO2 Level: 2.26 Volumes
 
Target Water Profile
2014 Essex Municipal Water (VT, USA)
Ca+2 Mg+2 Na+ Cl- SO4-2 HCO3-
0 0 0 0 0 0
Mash Chemistry and Brewing Water Calculator
 
Notes

Brewed in 2015.

In the 2022 Greg Noonan Memorial Homebrew Competition, this beer took 1st place in it's category, 3rd in Best of Show, and won the Vermont Pub & Brewery's Brewer's Choice award to be brewed as a full-scale production batch to brewed by Black Flannel Brewing and be served at the Vermont Pub and Brewery and Black Flannel.



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