Grouse Belgian Dark Strong
Beer Style: Dark Strong Ale
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 gallons
Description:
Featured Belgian Dark Strong recipe from the March 2023 'Grouse Malt House Collaboration Series' using Propagate Lab limited release gluten-free liquid yeast.
Find the original blog here: grousemalthouse.com/gluten-free-recipes-and-yeasts-oh-my/
The Grainfather Community Tools was used to replicate the grain bill, while the rest are possible recommendations appropriate for the beer style.
Ingredients:
- Fermentables:
- Pale Millet Malt 11.25 lb (45%) Mash
- Vienna Millet Malt 5.00 lb (20%) Mash
- Pale Buckwheat Malt 3.75 lb (15%) Mash
- Griffin Millet Malt 2.50 lb (10%) Mash
- Roasted CaraMillet Malt 1.25 lb (5%) Mash
- Dutch Roasted Millet Malt 1.25 lb (5%) Mash
- Hops:
- Saaz, Czech 2.0 oz (61%) Pellet
- Savinjski Golding (1.25 oz (38%) Pellet
- Yeast:
- Propagate Lab (GF) Belgian Dwarf MIP-220 or Lallemand Abbaye Belgian
- Other:
- Whirlfloc or Irish moss
- Yeast nutrients
Additional Instructions
Primary Ferment: Pitch at 64F and let rise to 68/70F 5-7 daysSecondary Ferment: 5 - 7 days
Beer Profile
Original Gravity: 1.089Final Gravity: 1.020
Alcohol by Vol: 9.1%
Color SRM: 17.8
Bitterness IBU: 21.5
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
Procedure:
PREPARATION:
Clean and sanitize your work area and equipment using a cleaner and sanitizer specifically for brewing.
MASH INSTRUCTIONS:
Perform rising step mash (Click 'Resources' > 'Tutorials' > 'All Grain Brewing Tutorial') for 85 - 135 total minutes using 10-20 ml Ceremix-Flex, and 10-20 ml Ondea Pro enzymes
SPARGE INSTRUCTIONS:
“Fly sparge” by gently sprinkling water from the hot liquid tank while matching flow rates of the mash tun and hot liquor tank.
BOIL INSTRUCTIONS:
Saaz, Czech 1.50 oz Pellet 60 min
Savinjski Golding 1.25 oz Pellet 10 min
Fermax Yeast Nutrient 2.5 tsp 10 min
Irish Moss 0.5 tsp 10 min
Saaz, Czech 0.50 oz Pellet 5 min