Archive for the ‘WLP530 (Abbey Ale Yeast)’ Category

Batch 12: Mad Elf Clone

In an ode to one of our favorite winter seasonals, and in acknowledgement of the fact that Tröegs hasn’t made it to the west coast yet, I’m attempting a clone of the infamous Mad Elf. It has Tröegenator (doppelbock) as it’s base, using belgian ale yeast instead of lager, and with cherries in the secondary. […]

Posted October 22, 2012 by fbarrett in cherries, Chocolate, Honey, Hops, Malt, Munich, Pilsner, Saaz, Tettnang, WLP530 (Abbey Ale Yeast)

Batch 10: Belgian Holly Ale/Winter Warmer

Doing a second batch of jmo88’s holly ale from homebrewtalk.com. This time, I’m going to use a belgian yeast (WLP530), and I’m using the original grain bill proposed (instead of doing an extract batch), with slightly different quantities (probably negligible) due to the portions that my LHBS sells in: 13# pale 2-row 0.5# crystal 60 […]

Posted September 23, 2012 by fbarrett in 2-row, Belgian Special B, Centennial, Chocolate, Crystal 60L, Honey, White Wheat, Winter Warmer, WLP530 (Abbey Ale Yeast)