Archive for the ‘WLP500 (Trappist Ale)’ Category

Batch 61: Pumpkin Dubbel 2016!

To be entered into the homebrew competition for the 2016 Baltimore Craft Beer Festival 🙂 Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter: 1L and 0.5L starters from two separate pure pitch packs Batch Size (Gallons): 10.5 gallons Original Gravity: 1.075 (+0.064 w/ D90 ≈ 1.081) Final Gravity: IBU: ~25 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color: Primary […]

Posted September 12, 2016 by fbarrett in BREW AGAIN, CaraAroma, Crystal 60L, D90 Syrup, Dubbel, Maris Otter, Northern, Pilsner, pumpkin, Pumpkin Ale, pumpkin pie spice, WLP500 (Trappist Ale)

Batch 54: Pumpkin Dubbel 2015

Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter: none (used 2 vials, 1 per carboy) Batch Size (Gallons): 8 gallons (split into 2 carboys) Original Gravity: 1.062 Final Gravity: 1.006 (estimated 1.072 after addition of D90, giving ABV ~ 9%) IBU: 23 Boiling Time (Minutes): 75 Color:  23 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 9.5# German […]

Posted August 23, 2015 by fbarrett in 2-row, CaraAroma, Crystal 60L, D90 Syrup, Dubbel, Pilsner, pumpkin, Pumpkin Ale, pumpkin pie spice, Super Styrian, Vanilla Bean, WLP500 (Trappist Ale)

Batch 40: Pumpkin Dubbel

Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter: 1/2 yeast cake from Batch 38 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons Original Gravity: 1.072 Final Gravity: 1.009 (ABV: 8.6%) IBU: 17 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color:  20 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 12# German Pilsner 1# C60 1# CaraAroma 1# D90 (at flameout) 1oz Northern Brewer (9.1 […]

Posted August 9, 2014 by fbarrett in CaraAroma, Crystal 60L, D90 Syrup, Dubbel, Northern, Pilsner, pumpkin, Pumpkin Ale, pumpkin pie spice, WLP500 (Trappist Ale)

Batch 39: Belgian Quad (Kris Kringle contender?)

Recipe Type: All-Grain Yeast: WLP500 Yeast Starter: 1/2 yeast cake from Batch 38 Batch Size (Gallons): 5.5 gallons Original Gravity: 1.077 before D180, est 1.083 total OG after D180 Final Gravity: 1.011 (ABV: 10.1%) IBU: 23 Boiling Time (Minutes): 60 Color:  22 Primary Fermentation (# of Days & Temp): 20# German Pilsner 1# Aromatic 8oz CaraAroma […]

Posted August 9, 2014 by fbarrett in Aromatic, CaraAroma, D180 Syrup, Northern, Pilsner, Quad, WLP500 (Trappist Ale)

Batch 38: Dubbel or Nothin

My first dubbel, which will serve as a starter for next week’s beer (Christmas Quad and Pumpkin Dubbel), I present: Dubbel or Nothin Copious notes taken (though not necessarily followed) on the topic of and recipes for Dubbels from Zymurgy and a smattering of HBT recipes 🙂 10# Pearl Malt (2-row) 1# Aromatic 1# CaraAroma 0.5# […]

Posted August 2, 2014 by fbarrett in 2-row (Pearl), Aromatic, BREW AGAIN, CaraAroma, Crystal 60L, D90 Syrup, Dubbel, Northern, WLP500 (Trappist Ale)