My first foray into Belgian beer was with a Dubbel. The recipe was from the dude at Brewcraft. It was also my first time doing an actual partial mash. I got freaked out right after I racked the wort because Griz, at Brewcraft, told me to pitch the yeast at 95 degrees. So I did, but no action for 28 hrs. I thought that with all the extra sugars to raise the gravity I would get a vigorous start. It has started though and this is also my first time using a blowoff tube. Maybe I should try to tie in the whole concept of firsts into naming this beer. What do you think?
The OG was 1.070 and I'm aiming at a 1.020-015 FG which would give me a 7% beer. The IBU's for this one are right around 75. It's in the primary going crazy right now, in about 5 days I will rack it to the secondary then 16 days later bottle it. After a nice cozy 2-3 months in the bottle, I will taste it. In the mean time and between time, I will be brewing more. Maybe another IPA? Maybe an amber? Who knows?
Until next time
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