Looking for a simple Belgian Dubbel Recipe..

[seymour]

...just worked out how to download.....you wait im going on the other threads now wiv me pics...Hahahahaha

Any pictures of this ol' roller-coaster? viewtopic.php?f=12&t=53034

[louiscowdroy]

...just worked out how to download.....you wait im going on the other threads now wiv me pics...Hahahahaha

Any pictures of this ol' roller-coaster? viewtopic.php?f=12&t=53034

[louiscowdroy]

That's my little set up......

[jmc]

The genie is out of the bottle

Some nice kit you have there.

ATB
John

[seymour]

C'mon, Louis, you can come up with a better use for that cask, I know you can!

[louiscowdroy]

Hahaha, your prob right, but its there as a statement of intent........Hahahaha.

See in that pic, from the door third green pot to the right - that's my Target and its growing like billion........gonna be a strong plant me thinks in its 1st year with me....

[louiscowdroy]

The genie is out of the bottle

Some nice kit you have there.

ATB
John

Thanks John,

My plastic mash tun isn't as flash as some but it does me ok....and allows me to have some fun.

Just thinking about starting that Dubbel now, got Mash Tun with boiling water in now heating up.......must go firm on a recipe.....dam it, why cant I make my mind up??

[barney]

Happy brewing

[louiscowdroy]

Happy brewing

Wow, that's the hardest recipe I've tried so far, to try and keep it within style guidelines oh my god and use the different malts.....

I think I've had to take the hit on the EBC's, most of the malts I wish to use are 50, the freakin candy sugars 450!! So, using the base malt and then Carragold to try and up the ABV to style oh my word.

I think what I should have done was use pale and lager malt, bit of carragold and the candy sugar for taste and mouthfeel and colour. I've also blended 200g of raisins with a little water, ready for 15 mins from the end of the boil.

I dare not show you the grain bill, I think you will all freak.....

Louis

[louiscowdroy]

Seymour....

Nightmare struck me today like never before

[seymour]

Seymour....Nightmare struck me today like never before

How so? Belgians can be tough.

[louiscowdroy]

Seymour....Nightmare struck me today like never before

How so? Belgians can be tough.

The bleedin raisins blocked my copper pipe filters......Nightmare

[louiscowdroy]

Seymour....Nightmare struck me today like never before

How so? Belgians can be tough.

I blendid them you see thinking that would extract the best flavours....little did I know that come the process of draining the bleedin pot, they would in turn block the stupid filters....

I need to get those false bottom filters, do you think mate???

[louiscowdroy]

Seymour....Nightmare struck me today like never before

How so? Belgians can be tough.

Its taken me 3 hours to sort the blasted thing out to save 10 litres of precious wort and to clean up, im blummin thread bare.....

[seymour]

Well, not to rub salt in your wounds, but for the record I wasn't the one who mentioned caramelizing raisins in "a simple Belgian Dubbel Recipe." But I'm sorry you had such a tough day. Rest assured this beer will be delicious, and by the time you're drinking it, you'll have forgotten all the toil.

Just to clarify, as I understand it the guys meant for the raisins to be blendered, then added to the boil kettle (with or without caramelization first, depending on the source), right? Are you saying that even after a long boil, there were still such big chunks as to clog your boil kettle outlet?

One last suggestion. You're right, homebrewing is long hard work. You spend the same time and energy, and end-up thread-bare whether you brew a 10 L batch or a 25 L batch. You really ought to consider doubling your quantity so that you at least get more of the goods.

Anyway, good work. What doesn't kill you makes you drunker. Or something like that.