Belgian Dark Strong Ale BDSA

Yesterday I brewed a Belgian Dark Strong Ale BDSA.

Very complex grain bill.

Amount Item Type % or IBU
6.80 kg Pilsner (Weyermann) (1.7 SRM) Grain 68.00 %
1.30 kg Munich Malt (9.0 SRM) Grain 13.00 %
0.45 kg Aromatic Malt (26.0 SRM) Grain 4.50 %
0.45 kg Caramunich Malt (56.0 SRM) Grain 4.50 %
0.25 kg Melanoidin (Weyermann) (30.0 SRM) Grain 2.50 %
0.25 kg Wheat Malt, Ger (2.0 SRM) Grain 2.50 %
70.00 gm Hallertauer [4.70 %] (60 min) Hops 23.9 IBU
20.00 gm Hallertauer [4.70 %] (20 min) Hops 4.1 IBU
1.00 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 20.0 min) Misc 
0.50 kg Candi Sugar, Dark (275.0 SRM) Sugar 5.00 %
1 Pkgs Abbey Ale (White Labs #WLP530) Yeast-Ale 

OG original gravity was @ 10.79 a semi high gravity beer.

My brew day consisted of 20 litres of water @ around 75c, mashed @ 65c for 60 minutes.
Raised temp to 67c for another 10 minutes,
Sparged,
Then added 9 litres of water @ 90c and let that settle for another 10 minutes.

I sparged again and fired up the kettle.

I boiled for 90 minutes.

Cheers

Belgian Dark Strong Ale

Hi,

This weekend I am going to brew a BDSA.

Shane's Aussie Ale

Hi Guys,

Yesterday I brewed a classic ESB.

4.50 kg Pale Malt, Traditional Ale (Joe White)
0.25 kg Crystal, Dark (Joe White)
25.00 gm Goldings, East Kent [6.50 %] (45 min) Hops
25.00 gm Northern Brewer [11.40 %] (45 min) Hops
25.00 gm Fuggles [4.20 %] (1 min) Hops
0.50 items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 min)
1 Pkgs London Ale III (Wyeast Labs #1318) Yeast-Ale

Mash 4.75 kilos of grains in 20 litres of water.

I heated the water to 74* celcius. My strike temp was 71*C with a mash temp of 66*C

I let that rest for 60 minutes before adding another 15 litres of water @ 90*C

I then let that rest another 15 minutes before running off into my kettle.

This was a 75 minute boil.
Boil for 30 mins no hops and then add the 2, 25 gram additions of Goldings and Northern Brewer.
With 1 minute to go add the 25 gram fuggle additions.