| Strong Belgian Blond Beer | Beer recipe |
Description
A strong, slow-drinking beer with a nice character, exquisite aroma, and a sublime taste.
Service:
Glass: Goblet Temperature: 4-8°C
BREWER`S TIP
We suggest refermenting this beer in the bottle to keep its freshness and bring extra complexity.
This recipe is provided by Castle Malting®. Please note that this recipe is just a guideline. Some modification might need to be done to meet different technologies, efficiencies and ingredients yield as grain dry extract and hop alpha acid percentage.
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RECIPE FOR 100L
MALT
HOPS
YEAST
Mashing temperature
Step 1: Mashing
Mash-in and follow the profile below:
Mash-in at 63°C
Rest for 60min at 63°C Rise to 67°C at 1°C/min. Rest for 15min at 67°C Rise to 72°C at 1°C/min Rest for 10min at 72°C and do the Iodine Test Rise to 78°C at 1°C/min Rest for 2min at 78°C to mash out Once the mash is done, filter and sparge with water at 78°C
Step 2: Boiling
Boil for 90min. Hop addition 1: After 30min add Magnum. Hop Addition 2: After 80min add Hallertauer Hersbrucker. Whirlpool to remove the trub
Step 3: Fermentation and Maturation
Cool down the wort to 18°C and pitch the yeast.
Ferment at 18°C for 2 days then rise to 22°C. Once the fermentation is done (FG reached and off-flavors removed – about 7 days), drop the temperature to 8°C and rest for 1 day, and then harvest the yeast. Drop the temperature to 4°C and rest for 10 days.
Step 4: Cold Aging and Packaging
Cold age the beer at -1°C for 5 days, remove the residual yeast, and carbonate until 2.8 volumes of CO2. The beer is ready to package and drink. Enjoy!
*For refermentation in the bottle, add brewing sugar and SafAle F-2.
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