Looking for an Awesome All Grain Belgian Strong Recipe

I made one once and it was simple:
85% Pilsner
15% Table Sugar (added at high krausen)

Duvel yeast strain (WY1388 / WLP570 ) I used White Labs.

Make a big starter.

Also there is a show by Jamil where he describes his process including ramping up temps. I did mine at basement ambient.

 

I recently made my Belgian Tripel IPA that I made some tweaks too. I call it a tripel, but it is very similar to a belgian strong ale (speaking of which, what is the technical difference of the two?).

14 lbs Pilsner
2 lbs wheat

I mash low on this, at 135 for 20min, and then at 150 for another 45 or so. This helps the beer finish really dry, I got over 85% attenuation on my most recent batch.

1oz Columbus 90min
.5oz Columbus 30min
1.5oz Saaz 15min
.5oz Columbus flameout
1oz Amarillo Flameout

Dry hop with:
.5oz Saaz
1oz Columbus
2oz Amarillo
1oz Citra (because I had it on hand)

Yeast:
WL550 (make a huge starter or a smaller beer and pitch on the cake, I usually do the latter)

Add 1.5lbs of light Candi Sugar (or just sugar dissolved in a small amount of water) after 3 days in primary, this also helps the beer finish really dry.

 

I like to start mine with just the malt in the low 60's, then after high krausen move your fermenter to a warmer location and start adding sugar solution. I've had good experience with 1.5 - 3lbs of white table sugar. I put it in the warmest closet in the house till the end, still only gotten it down to 1.010 but that is the lowest I've managed so far. I space 1lb of sugar out per day and keep vigorous fermentation going as long as I can.

 

[quote="neophilus, post: 326032, member: 316127I space 1lb of sugar out per day and keep vigorous fermentation going as long as I can.[/quote]

Interesting. But why do you want to keep vigorous fermentation going as long as you can?

 

i believe that a triple has to be below a certain SRM, as in 2 or less, but a strong ale can be any color.

your recipe looks great, i love the combo of columbus and saaz. how did it turn out???

 

I love this beer, I have been working on the recipe for the past few years. It is the only beer I have brewed more than twice. This beer is also a favorite amongst non-beer geeks. The loads of fruit flavors from the yeast and hops make it really enjoyable. The trick is to get the FG really low because the fruit flavors already give it an apparent sweetness.