Grand-Mères

[Ó Flannagáin]

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: WLP500
Yeast Starter: Yes, big
Batch Size (Gallons): 5.25
Original Gravity: 1.063
Final Gravity: 1.015
IBU: 38.6
Boiling Time (Minutes): 60
Color: 7
Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 7
Secondary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 14
Additional Fermentation: 5 weeks bottle/keg


Full Name: N'est Pas la Bière de Nos Grand-Mères "Ain't your mamma's beer"


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Recipe: N'est Pas la Bière de Nos Grand-Mères
Brewer: Christopher John Flannagan
Asst Brewer:
Style: Belgian Specialty Ale
TYPE: All Grain
Taste: (35.0)

Recipe Specifications
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Batch Size: 5.25 gal
Boil Size: 6.71 gal
Estimated OG: 1.064 SG
Estimated Color: 7.0 SRM
Estimated IBU: 38.6 IBU
Brewhouse Efficiency: 75.00 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes

Ingredients:
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Amount Item Type % or IBU
8.00 lb Pilsner (2 Row) Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 68.38 %
1.50 lb Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 12.82 %
0.75 lb Caravienne Malt (22.0 SRM) Grain 6.41 %
0.25 lb Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 2.14 %
1.25 oz Marynka [6.50 %] (60 min) Hops 25.5 IBU
0.50 oz Strisslespalt [4.00 %] (Dry Hop 3 days) Hops -
0.50 oz Marynka [6.50 %] (30 min) Hops 7.8 IBU
0.50 oz Marynka [6.50 %] (10 min) Hops 3.7 IBU
1.00 oz Strisslespalt [2.50 %] (5 min) Hops 1.6 IBU
1.20 lb Candi Sugar, Clear (0.5 SRM) Sugar 10.26 %
1 Pkgs Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) [StarterYeast-Ale


Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Total Grain Weight: 10.50 lb
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Single Infusion, Light Body, No Mash Out
Step Time Name Description Step Temp
75 min Mash In Add 13.13 qt of water at 161.4 F 150.0 F


Notes:
10-31-07
Holy cow, just tasted the sample when moving to secondary today. I drank the whole thing, which I usually don't do. It's already at 1.010, so that puts it at 6.39% ABV. I can't taste the alcohol. The first taste I get when it hits my mouth is like biting into a naval orange, followed by a nice bitter orange/lemon peel taste. What rocks so hard is that there is no coriander, orange peel or any spice at all in this beer. It's completely the hops/yeast paired. The citrus is strong in this one, but the malt shines through right behind it. I expected no malt flavor from 1.010 gravity, but it's suprising. I think this is my new favorite beer. The WLP500 is a sexy, sexy yeast.

11-16-07
Just put this one in the keg and the hydrometer sample is AWESOME!!! This sucker is DRY!!! FG 1.006!!! But it is sooooo good, it does not taste that dry. 7.44% ABV... holy cow, this beer is a winner.

[Ó Flannagáin]

Just had one tonight... deeeelicious:

[img]http://www.homebrewchatter.com/home2/galleries/2/grandmeres.jpg[/img]

[Ryanh1801]

Damn dude that looks and sounds great.

[DrunkenSatyr]

I want one...

[WOP31]

That sounds good man, what is up those hops i haven't heard of Marynka, what is that one like?

[Ó Flannagáin]

very "earthy"

[WOP31]

OH it's going ot be a hippy beer.

[mdd134]

I got to taste this one and a few other Belgians and they were awesome. The hops in this one is very spicy/earthy it made a really good beer.

[Ó Flannagáin]

Actually, mdd, I was mistaken. We did not try this one last night. It was actually a recipe I haven't put in here yet I call Le Pissoir Rouge ... or red pisser. Which DID use strisselspalt and styrian, but not marynka. It used the rochefort yeast abbey II and had a grain bill of pils, wheat, special b and biscuit.

[ohiobrewtus]

That looks like a damn fine beer.