Been a Few... Can't decide whats next.

[poops4president]

hey all its been a few days since i bothered everyone!

So i want to do one more AG before I go for the 9909 and I cant decide if i want to do something with a quick turn around or something special to age till winter.
I am pretty set on this but i would like some suggestions please!

The bing cherry dubble
i wana get some cherrys cuz well i like to support the local economy when I can
I am pretty set on this one but I want some opinions has anyone ever done a dubble? what should I look out for, I want a robust beer but the guidlines seem pretty restrictive. this is what I was thinking

12lbs Belgian Pils
2lbs Vienna
8oz Special B
2oz Pale Chocolate
4oz each; Carahell, Caramunich
2lbs amber-ish candisugar

now that is supposed to be around 27 SRM and tops is 17 according to BJCP I am not to concerned about sticking to style but is that all to much?

Dunno bout hops... what ever is available and noble....wlp500 trappist for yeast, and 1.5lbs of bing cherrys(with pits) in the secondary, and I'd like to give oak cubes a try!

What say you?

[mdd134]

If you are wanting to age a beer then the dubble would be great. If you are thinking of a quick brew then a hefeweizen, or american hefe would be good.

I just brewed a dubble not to long ago, here is a tip on the color

when I was formulating my recipe I thought I had the SRM right and it was way off. I noticed that I did not get as much color from the candi sugar as promash showed.

WLP500 is really nice it gives a lot of fruitiness but I do not pick up much spice. it is also a long fermentation time.

good luck. It also looks like me and you will be brewing the 9-9-9 around the same time, I want to brew one other batch before the 9-9-9

[Ó Flannagáin]

Looks like something I made recently, only I used a Saison yeast strain and I added a lb of honey and candi sugar to dry it out:

viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1135&start=0 (http://www.homebrewchatter.com/home2/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=1135&start=0)

So far, I'm pretty happy with how it's turning out. I'm gonna age it in my oak cask for a little bit as well.

[poops4president]

yeah i was thinking that this one would be good for drinking for new years...
how'd the cherrys turn out? I am afraid it might be a little to sweet. I noticed too that the calculator seems to think that candi sugar will darken it alot... but it probably isnt taking into acount that I am going to make it my self and it wont be like the store bought stuff...

[Ó Flannagáin]

candi sugar really shouldn't effect the color much.

Won't be sweet, will be dry. Fructose is completely fermentable.

Haven't tasted with the cherries yet, through them in secondary.

[poops4president]

neat... i forget that table sugar is 100%fermentable

[mdd134]

"candi sugar really shouldn't effect the color much." thats what I think also. Promash shows it will effect the color a lot, but it does not. So I just go with the SRM from the grain only, then add the sugar.