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20/03/2016

Brew 19 - Ris-ky business - RIS attempt
Malt & Sugar:
2kg very dark dme
2kg medium dme
500g wme
250g dark candi sugar

Grains:
250g choc
250g carafa special III
250g roasted barley
500g dark crystal

steeping in 2litres chase spring water
strike temp 76.8 - mash/steep temp 65
rinsed with 2 litres water at 50 degrees
added 4 litres to boil
and 4kg dme and candi sugar boiled for 15 min
50g mandarina bavaria in 1 litre of water separate 15 min boil
all pitched into fv and final 500g WME stirred in.
topped up to 22 litres(determined to end up with 20 litres of beer) = 60 x 33cl bottles!
Mj belgian ale yeast rehydrated in 150ml 30deg water
pitched at 29 degrees - fermenting at 22
og =1090.
fg = 1011

abv 10.37%

tastes very drinkable out of the sample jar, rich chocolate hints with dark fruits and sherry hints. Super now!
fabulous level of sweetness - not sickly, balanced with a light bitterness. superb.
what a fantastic dessert beer :-)
primed with 150g sugar

got my 20 litres bottled :party: 54 bottles of it in 330 & 500 ml sizes. (didn't have enough 330's ah well will have to go carefully with the 500's :whistle:
 
Wow Sounds really good, how long are you going to age that for?

4.5KG of DME , bet that cost a bit :lol:

is Belgian yeast a normal pick for this or is it for attenuation??
 
Wow Sounds really good, how long are you going to age that for?

4.5KG of DME , bet that cost a bit :lol:

is Belgian yeast a normal pick for this or is it for attenuation??

yup 4.5kg of dme is not cheap,

the yeast has similar qualities to the recommended london 1028 in the recipe.

high attenuation, fruitiness good alcohol tolerance. I used it 2 brews ago and It got me 9.3% and was very impressive so I wanted to use it again :-)
 

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