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Grouse Belgian Dark Strong

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Grouse Belgian Dark Strong

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Beer Style: Dark Strong Ale 
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5 gallons

Description:

A delicious gluten-free homebrew recipe crafted for flavor and drinkability. This recipe was featured in the March 2023 'Grouse Malt House Collaboration Series' using Propagate Lab limited release gluten-free liquid yeast. A diverse grist of base, roasted and specialty gluten-free malts, this recipe helps homebrewers craft a gluten-free beer that rivals traditional styles in character and smoothness.

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 days
Secondary Ferment: 5 - 7 days

Beer Profile

Original Gravity: 1.089
Final Gravity: 1.020
Alcohol by Vol: 9.1%
Color SRM: 17.8
Bitterness IBU: 21.5
Recipe Type: all-grain
Yield: 5.0 Gallons
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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

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