Have a bag of Amber DME to use up and thought this would be a good place for it. Batch size: 1.25 Gal Boil: 30min Malt: 0.9lb Amber DME 0.9lb Pilsen DME 4oz Candi Syrup 45L Steep: 1oz Dingemans Special B (140-155L) 2oz Dingemans Caravienne (8L) 1oz Best Malz Aromatic (16-23L) 2oz Briess Extra Special (130L) 1oz Best Malz Dark Munich (10L) Hop: .67oz Styrian Golding 2.1% @30 .33oz Styrian Golding @5 Yeast: WY3787 or Omega Belgian W Stats: OG 1.071 FG: 1.017 (76%) ABV: 7.04% SRM: 18.62 IBU: 19.24 Thoughts? Thinking about dropping either the Dingemans B or Briess Extra Special and upping the other one.
If I switched to C90 I'd have to drop the special b/extra special down quite a bit if I wanted to stay close to color standards. Or I could reduce the amount of candi syrup used. Which route should I use?
I would reduce the darker malts. For my last batch I used 8 oz Special B in a 10 gallon batch with 2 lb Candi 180 and thought the color was perfect
I dropped some the specialty grains down. Would you rather do A) 4oz of C90 for an SRM of 17.64 B) 2oz of C180 for an SRM of 17.64 but dropping ABV from 6.88 to 6.56 C) 3oz of C180 for an SRM of 20.51 D) 3oz of C180 and dropping the Special B altogether.for an SRM of 18.16 Thanks!
Go with D and I would slightly under pitch, 80% of what yeast calc says. You will get more esters but avoid too many fusels. I have noticed that with large starters I don't get the ester profile I want out of my Belgians. I also pitch cool (63-65) and let it rise no higher than 75 with great results
Thanks everyone - here is my updated grain/DME bill Malt: 1.9lb Pilsen DME (I'll try and get the amber in a baked good somehow) 3oz D180 @5 Grain: 2oz Caravienne 2oz Carapills 1oz Special B 1oz Aromatic Hop: .67oz Styrian Golding 2.1% @30 .33oz Styrian Golding @5 Yeast: WY3787 or Omega Belgian W Stats: OG 1.072 FG: 1.017 (76%) ABV: 7.15% SRM: 18.87 IBU: 18.92
Mr Malty says to direct pitch 0.6 vials w/o a starter. I have no idea how you measure .6 of a vial but I figure if I do half I'll get the underpitch you recommend.
