BELGIAN STRONG ALE:
Medium body, high alcohol and warming Belgian style with spicy notes
8lbs Pilsner Malt Extract
4 oz German Wheat Malt
8 oz Aromatic Malt
4 oz German Vienna
4 oz Brown Malt
1# Dextrose corn sugar
1# Light Candi Sugar (or 1# Honey)
2 oz N. Brewer or (2nd option) 2oz Sterling hops total:
1.5 oz @ 60 minutes
.5 oz @ 10 minutes
1 tsp Irish Moss package, added at beginning of boil
Liquid yeast options: 1st choice Wyeast 1762 Abbey II or 2nd choice Wyeast 1214 Abbey Ale or Dry yeast option: Safbrew T-58
3/4-cup dextrose for bottle priming on bottling day
Starting Gravity:1.075-1.079 ABV: 8.5-9% SRM: 7-9 IBU: 24-26
Full recipe (in MS word format):
BELGIAN STRONG ALE.doc (40.50 kb)