leffe blonde

[speedtripledan]

Does anyone have a clone recipe for this brew i had a few glasses last night and it is rather to my liking. i think honey and cloves must figure into it somewhere.
Thanks Dan

[mysterio]

6 US Gallons

OG: 1.065, IBU 25

5kg pilsner malt
227g wheat malt
227g aromatic malt
680g cane sugar

25 IBU worth of Hallertau

White Labs Trappist Ale or Wyeast Belgian Ale

The spiceyness comes from the yeast.

[jubby]

6 US Gallons

OG: 1.065, IBU 25

5kg pilsner malt
227g wheat malt
227g aromatic malt
680g cane sugar

25 IBU worth of Hallertau

White Labs Trappist Ale or Wyeast Belgian Ale

The spiceyness comes from the yeast.

Oh dear, that's another one on my list to brew

mysterio I notice that the yeast you suggest has a recommended ferment temp of 18-22C. Does that mean you brew this as standard ale, or do you have to go through all that lagering stuff

[mysterio]

Yeah just brew it as an ale, nothing fancy. Need a decent sized starter though because of the highish gravity. A bit of age/cold conditioning will improve most beers though. I brewed this recipe last year with a slightly different yeast (Abbey ale) and I was surprised how close it was to Leffe. If you can bottle it in Champagne bottles, then it's that bit more authentic.

[jubby]

Excellent! I will be brewing this soon then. Thanks for the info.

[speedtripledan]

Top man i will be brewing this at some point very soon

Thanks Dan

[WishboneBrewery]

a version of it is on my to-do list too
Though I'd like to try a few recipes with the WLP500 Trappist yeast.

[Barley Water]

I have done this a couple of times and in fact still have some in Belgian 750,s with corks, great stuff. I used WLP500 on my verison and it came out really well. Of course (and you know this was coming) I had to mess with things somewhat. First of all, I used jaggery instead of white sugar. I also added just a little bit of honey malt because I wanted to sweeten it up just a little. Finally, for that nice citrus touch, I put about 1/2 of the rind of lemon for the last 5 minutes of the boil (I don't know if you can actually taste it but it does add to the aroma which is really nice). I want to say that mine started at 1.069 so the beer is substantial but not over the top. I figure that the lads at Budweiser/Inbev can brew Leffe really well, I thought I would try to improve on their model.

[mysterio]

I will definitely try the jaggery next time I brew this

[steve_flack]

I figure that the lads at Budweiser/Inbev can brew Leffe really well, I thought I would try to improve on their model.

The brewers at these big companies do really know their stuff - it's not their fault they're told to make pish most of the time.

[coatesg]

Have brewed the above fairly recently - despite overshooting (1072!) and having to sub in some saaz for hallertauer (was 2.1% and didn't want it to be too "hallertauer-y" it came out fairly close. The spicyness from the yeast certainly came through from the sample I had. The whole 5 gallon batch (bar one half pint) is cold conditioning in the garage