Brun Water profile question

[Brewsncrabs]

Brewing a Dubbel. What profile should I use in Brun Water? Amber malty? Or one of the Belgian profiles? Mineral additions? Thoughts? I am new to Belgians. I use 100% RO water.

10 lbs Pilsen (Dingemans) (1.6 SRM) Grain 1 76.9 %
1 lbs Cara 45 (Dingemans) (47.0 SRM) Grain 2 7.7 %
8.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 3.8 %
8.0 oz Special B (Dingemans) (147.5 SRM) Grain
1lb D90 Candi Syrup
Styrian
Saaz
WLP500

 

[Big Monk]

I would use 40 ppm Calcium, 30-40 ppm Sulfate, 80 ppm Chloride and call it a day. That's pretty much my house profile with RO and all I brew is Trappist beer.

 

[Brewsncrabs]

Thank you. What do you think of the recipe?

 

[Big Monk]

Thank you. What do you think of the recipe?

Ditch the carapils but otherwise it looks great. I would drop the Cara45 to 8 oz., the Special B to 5-6 oz. and up the syrup or the pils.

 

[Brewsncrabs]

Are you saying up the pils to compensate for the reduction in Cara45 and Special B or my OG needs to be higher? Add ~1/2 lb? Love your website BTW.

 

[Big Monk]

Are you saying up the pils to compensate for the reduction in Cara45 and Special B or my OG needs to be higher? Add ~1/2 lb? Love your website BTW.

If you have all the color you need I'd say take the weight of the reduced specialty malts and add that to the Pils.

What is your estimated color and OG? What is your preboil gravity estimate before adding the syrup?

Thanks!

 

[Brewsncrabs]

Here is the original recipe.


BnC Belgian

Belgian Dubbel (26 B)



Type: All Grain
Batch Size: 5.25 gal
Boil Size: 7.74 gal
Boil Time: 60 min
End of Boil Vol: 5.99 gal
Final Bottling Vol: 5.00 gal
Fermentation: Ale, Single Stage


10 lbs Pilsen (Dingemans) (1.6 SRM) Grain 1 80.0 %
1 lbs Cara 45 (Dingemans) (47.0 SRM) Grain 2 8.0 %
8.0 oz Special B (Dingemans) (147.5 SRM) Grain 3 4.0 %
1 lbs Candi Syrup, D-90 (90.0 SRM) Extract 4 8.0 %
1.50 oz Styrian Goldings [2.60 %] - Boil 60.0 min Hop 5 13.4 IBUs
1.00 oz Saaz [2.20 %] - Boil 30.0 min Hop 6 5.8 IBUs
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 15.0 mins) Fining 7 -
1.00 Items Boil Chiller (Boil 15.0 mins) Other 8 -
1.0 pkg Trappist Ale (White Labs #WLP500) [35.49 ml] Yeast 9 -
0.50 tsp Yeast Nutrient (Primary 15.0 mins) Other 10 -


Gravity, Alcohol Content and Color

Est Original Gravity: 1.061 SG
Est Final Gravity: 1.013 SG
Estimated Alcohol by Vol: 6.3 %
Bitterness: 19.2 IBUs
Est Color: 18.6 SRM

 

[Big Monk]

I would reduce the specialties like I said above and add that weight in Pilsner