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
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Just discovered your blog. A kindred spirit! Have you done high-gravity brewing before? Tripels are tricky to make (but oh so good after a run); mashing is especially tough and sometimes the yeast gives out early.
I did an IPA with an OG of 1.085, pitched on to a huge yeast cake, so I think I am good to go with the high OG. I am stepping up a WL500 starter twice to get 400 billion yeast cells. My calculations say I need at least 350B.
I decided to fly sparge instead of batch sparge on this one as I have only been hitting 69% efficiency on my batch sparges.
I postponed this because I could not land on a recipe I was 100% on.
Looks like Sunday will be the day. I also reduced it to 5 gal from 10 (I don't think my mash tun could hold over 30lbs of grain).
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