Finally brewed the Tripel

83% Belgian Pils
4% Bdlgian Aromatice
13% Cane Sugar

Used Northern Brewer hops to get an IBU of 30 (the store was bare bones on hops)

Trappist Ale yeast WL 500 (over a gallon starter)

We did a 6 gallon batch last night, and it took way to long.

Starting gravity = 1.087

Pictures to come soon

First Belgian Tripel

It's about time I finally made one. My friend Jeremy and I are going to crank this sucker out on Monday night.

Seeing that it is 10 gallons at an OG target of 1.090, I need to make a HUGE starter this weekend. Will probably use WL500 Trappists ale yeast.

The recipe is coming together to look like

85% Belgian Pils
10% Belgian Aromatic
5% Caramunic (not sure about this one)

Hop schedule will be Northern for bittering and possible Saaz for aroma. Target IBU 30 or so.

Time to do the math

Fat Tire Clone

Mr. top 25 cigars and I brewer a Fat Tire Clone yesterday. We hit the Original Gravity perfectly at 1.052. Since I was able to get a 72% mash efficiency, the larger batch (11 gallons) came out correct. The SRM and IBU might be off, but we are not entering in a brew competition with this one.

We enjoyed cigars, Bell's Two Hearted Ale, and my Bourbon Barrel Porter. All essential ingredients for distance runners.

MN Dead Runners: this could be at the November FA