After an awe inspiring pint of Dark Star Red Shift, I'm thinking hard about a Belgian flavoured off shoot......
This is were I'm at:
Belge
Date: Soon...
Gyle Number: TBA
Fermentable Colour lb: oz Grams Ratio
Pale Malt 5 EBC 8 lbs. 13.0 oz 4000 grams 71%
Wheat Malt 3.5 EBC 0 lbs. 3.5 oz 100 grams 1.8%
Lager Malt 2.5 EBC 2 lbs. 3.3 oz 1000 grams 17.7%
Candi sugar 500 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 5.7%
Munich Malt 20 EBC 0 lbs. 7.0 oz 200 grams 3.5%
Black Malt 1300 EBC 0 lbs. 0.7 oz 20 grams 0.3%
Hop Variety Alpha Time lb: oz grams Ratio
Galena Whole 12.2 % 80 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 12 grams 24%
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 60 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 10 grams 20%
Galena Whole 12.2 % 40 mins 0 lbs. 0.4 oz 12 grams 24%
Cascade Whole 5.7 % 20 mins 0 lbs. 0.6 oz 16 grams 32%
Final Volume: 23 Litres
Original Gravity: 1.055
Final Gravity: 1.011
Alcohol Content: 5.8% ABV
Total Liquor: 33.6 Litres
Mash Liquor: 13.3 Litres
Mash Efficiency: 75 %
Bitterness: 38 EBU
Colour: 69 EBC
Safbrew T58 ; intended ferment @ 18C
If I've lost the plot then say so.... Any suggestions welcomed.
Cheers
Bigvees
Belgian Ale inspired by DS Red Shift
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Re: Belgian Ale inspired by DS Red Shift
Hi Bigvees,
I think the voting part must've scared people away. In any case, it looks like a nice drop to me, definitely not nonsense. Did you end up brewing this?
Dark Star uses a lot of Fuggles and the closely related Styrian Goldings, both of which are perfect suited to dark English ales. If you must use Cascade hops, my favourite usage is around 30-40 minutes for some nice bitterness, grassy and citrusy flavour, without being excessively grapefruity. I'm not a big fan of Munich malt either (though I think that puts me in the minority.) As does the Dark Star brewer, I'd get the requisite colour, maltiness, and caramelly notes from Crystal Malt and/or CaraMalt instead of Munich.
I think the voting part must've scared people away. In any case, it looks like a nice drop to me, definitely not nonsense. Did you end up brewing this?
Dark Star uses a lot of Fuggles and the closely related Styrian Goldings, both of which are perfect suited to dark English ales. If you must use Cascade hops, my favourite usage is around 30-40 minutes for some nice bitterness, grassy and citrusy flavour, without being excessively grapefruity. I'm not a big fan of Munich malt either (though I think that puts me in the minority.) As does the Dark Star brewer, I'd get the requisite colour, maltiness, and caramelly notes from Crystal Malt and/or CaraMalt instead of Munich.