This was originally a 5 gallon starter beer for a Rochefort clone I want to brew later this spring for drinking next Christmas. Same grain profile, same hop prifie, same yeast. No Belgian sugar, low gravity, session beer. I changed my mind on the yeast and already brewed the Rochefort clone, so it's just going to be a Belgian session beer.
Volume 5.25 Gallons
Efficiency 75%
Grist:
Belgian Pilsner 8 lbs, 0 oz
Special B 0 lbs, 8 oz
Hops:
Styrian Golding Pellets 1 oz @ 60 mins
Hallertau Pellets, German .5 oz @ 30 mins
Hallertau Pellets, German .25 oz @ 5 mins
Other:
Orange blossom honey 8oz
Yeast:
Wyeast Labs Trappist High Gravity #3787
Mash in 3.5 gallons 165 degree water, target 152.
Mash out 1.25 gallons 170 degree water
Batch sparge 3.5 gallons water
Initial volume target = 7 gallons, going to boil a bit longer to reduce DMS in a mostly Pilsner grist.
Target OG 1.045
Actual OG 1.044
Update 6/7-very clove'y, FG 1.004, scary, going to let it sit for a while, but this might be my first dumped beer in a long time. Very disappointed in the thin body, the yeast chewed through this like a Saison yeast.
