Title: NBC 2017 Cat 24B: Belgian Pale Ale Silver Medal
Post by: mr hoppy on March 19, 2017, 11:40:29 PM
Post by: mr hoppy on March 19, 2017, 11:40:29 PM
MCI Lager malt (EBC 4) 3.17kg
Vienna (EBC 7) 1.33kg
Melanodin (EBC 70) 0.2kg
Special B (EBC 400) 0.1kg
Carafa III Debittered (EBC 1200) 0.03kg
Saaz 3.1% AA
60 mins - 50g
15 mins - 25g
5 mins - 25g
1/2 tsp Gypsum
1/2 tsp Calcium Chloride
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient @ 15 mins
Yeast - WLP 515 Antwerp Ale Yeast
Mash 66C - 60 mins
Boil - 90 mins
IBUs 25
Colour 24 EBC
OG 1056
FG 1010
Fermentation 20C for 3 days then raise to 23C (at a rate of 1C a day).
This was a rebrew of a beer i entered a couple of years back. I was trying to make something a bit like the draught DeKoninck, which I'd enjoyed in Belgium. That time the judges dinged it as not being toasty enough and lacking Belgian yeast character. I'd used Munich and fermented around 16C. I read the section about DeKoninck in Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium and switched out the Munich for Vienna and bumped the fermentation temperature a couple of degrees.
Vienna (EBC 7) 1.33kg
Melanodin (EBC 70) 0.2kg
Special B (EBC 400) 0.1kg
Carafa III Debittered (EBC 1200) 0.03kg
Saaz 3.1% AA
60 mins - 50g
15 mins - 25g
5 mins - 25g
1/2 tsp Gypsum
1/2 tsp Calcium Chloride
1 tsp Yeast Nutrient @ 15 mins
Yeast - WLP 515 Antwerp Ale Yeast
Mash 66C - 60 mins
Boil - 90 mins
IBUs 25
Colour 24 EBC
OG 1056
FG 1010
Fermentation 20C for 3 days then raise to 23C (at a rate of 1C a day).
This was a rebrew of a beer i entered a couple of years back. I was trying to make something a bit like the draught DeKoninck, which I'd enjoyed in Belgium. That time the judges dinged it as not being toasty enough and lacking Belgian yeast character. I'd used Munich and fermented around 16C. I read the section about DeKoninck in Michael Jackson's Great Beers of Belgium and switched out the Munich for Vienna and bumped the fermentation temperature a couple of degrees.
Title: Re: NBC 2017 Cat 24B: Belgian Pale Ale Silver Medal
Post by: Cambrinus on March 20, 2017, 07:45:48 AM
Post by: Cambrinus on March 20, 2017, 07:45:48 AM
Great recipe with good info.
Thanks for sharing!
-F
Thanks for sharing!
-F
Title: Re: NBC 2017 Cat 24B: Belgian Pale Ale Silver Medal
Post by: mr hoppy on March 20, 2017, 07:39:28 PM
Post by: mr hoppy on March 20, 2017, 07:39:28 PM
Thanks!
It's just a shame Antwerp Ale Yeast isn't available all year round. (It's a seasonal in November and December.)
It's just a shame Antwerp Ale Yeast isn't available all year round. (It's a seasonal in November and December.)
Title: Re: NBC 2017 Cat 24B: Belgian Pale Ale Silver Medal
Post by: darren996 on March 21, 2017, 05:15:03 PM
Post by: darren996 on March 21, 2017, 05:15:03 PM
Man that is so on the list, cheers 