phettebs
Landlord.
I needed to get two beers done quickly so I knocked them both out yesterday. I did a Belgian Red Ale which came out at 1.053 and an APA/IPA that came out at 1.059. These are both for a party but the people are all experienced HB drinkers so I thought I'd make them a bit stronger than the norm.
Both beers were recipes I came up with just before brewing them. For the red, I wanted a very malty beer with Belgian character. I normally only brew high gravity trappist beers (OG > 1.070) so this was new for me. I basically started with my Dubbel recipe and started substituting various malts. In the end, it was nothing like my Dubbel recipe. :-)
The APA was also new. I wanted a bigger malt backbone than my normal base recipe. I also cleaned up a few adjunct malts I had lying around. Altogether, it will have 6oz of hops. I bittered with Summit and then mixed some of my 2011 Cascade and Centennial stock together in a big bowl and then added an oz at 15, an oz at 10, an oz at 5, and an oz at 0. I'll then dry hop in the keg with 1oz of that mix. Should be a very nice beer!
Baz
Both beers were recipes I came up with just before brewing them. For the red, I wanted a very malty beer with Belgian character. I normally only brew high gravity trappist beers (OG > 1.070) so this was new for me. I basically started with my Dubbel recipe and started substituting various malts. In the end, it was nothing like my Dubbel recipe. :-)
The APA was also new. I wanted a bigger malt backbone than my normal base recipe. I also cleaned up a few adjunct malts I had lying around. Altogether, it will have 6oz of hops. I bittered with Summit and then mixed some of my 2011 Cascade and Centennial stock together in a big bowl and then added an oz at 15, an oz at 10, an oz at 5, and an oz at 0. I'll then dry hop in the keg with 1oz of that mix. Should be a very nice beer!
Baz
